Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardize the Afghan health system, group says
Human Rights Watch says Afghanistanโs public health system has been hit hard following a sharp reduction in foreign assistance, coupled with serious Taliban abuses against women and girls, It says this is jeopardizing the right to healthcare of millions of Afghans.
Opposition to the Senate border bill jeopardizes help for Afghans who aided U.S. troops
The massive $118 billion Senate border bill not only includes once-in-a-decade border security legislation and wartime aid to Israel and Ukraine, but also offers a chance for the U.S. to keep its promise to Afghans who worked alongside U.S. soldiers in Americaโs longest war.
More than a million Afghans will go back after Pakistan begins expelling foreigners without papers
About 1.3 million Afghans are expected to return to their country of origin from Pakistan, the U.N. health agency warned, weeks after authorities began expelling foreigners living in the country illegally.
Pakistan says nearly 25,000 Afghans waiting for visas to US won't be deported as part of clampdown
Pakistanโs prime minister has sought to reassure at least 25,000 Afghans waiting in Pakistan for resettlement in the United States that they wonโt be deported as part of his governmentโs widely criticized crackdown on undocumented migrants in the country.
Aid agencies warn of chaotic and desperate scenes among Afghans returning from Pakistan
Major international aid agencies are warning of chaotic and desperate scenes among Afghans who have returned from Pakistan, where security forces are detaining and deporting undocumented or unregistered foreigners.
Former US officials ask Pakistan not to deport Afghans seeking relocation to the United States
A group of former U.S. diplomats and representatives of resettlement organizations has asked Pakistan not to deport thousands of Afghans who have been waiting for U.S. visas under an American program that relocates at-risk Afghan refugees fleeing Taliban rule.
Pentagon: Deadly Afghan airport attack was not preventable
The military investigation into the deadly attack during the Afghanistan evacuation has concluded that a suicide bomber, carrying 20 pounds of explosives packed with ball bearings, acted alone, and that the deaths of more than 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members were not preventable.
Whistleblower: As Afghanistan fell, UK abandoned supporters
A whistleblower has alleged that Britainโs Foreign Office abandoned many of the nationโs allies in Afghanistan and left them to the mercy of the Taliban during the fall of the capital, Kabul, because of a dysfunctional and arbitrary evacuation effort.
Watchdog finds no misconduct in mistaken Afghan airstrike
The Associated Press has learned that an independent Pentagon review has concluded that the U.S. drone strike that killed innocent Kabul civilians and children in the final days of the Afghanistan war was not caused by misconduct or negligence, and it doesnโt recommend any disciplinary action.
The Latest: Pakistan says no rush to recognize Taliban gov't
Pakistanโs foreign minister says Afghanistanโs new Taliban rulers should understand that if they want recognition and assistance in rebuilding the war-battered country โthey have to be more sensitive and more receptive to international opinion and norms.โ.
After Afghanistan pullout, US seeks NATO basing, intel pacts
The top U.S. military officer is in Greece meeting with NATO counterparts this weekend, and Army Gen. Mark Milley is hoping to forge more basing, intelligence-sharing and other agreements to prevent terrorist groups from regrouping in Afghanistan, and threatening America and the region.
Friction among Taliban pragmatists, hard-liners intensifies
The friction between pragmatists and ideologues in the Taliban leadership has intensified since the group formed a hard-line Cabinet last week that is more in line with their harsh rule in the 1990s than their recent promises of inclusiveness.
As US military leaves Kabul, many Americans, Afghans remain
As the final five U.S. military transport aircraft lifted off out of Afghanistan Monday, they left behind up to 200 Americans and thousands of desperate Afghans who couldnโt get out and now must rely on the Taliban to allow their departure.
Biden pays respects to US troops killed in Afghanistan
At a military base in Delaware, President Joe Biden stood witness with grieving families under a gray sky as, one by one, the remains of 13 U.S. troops killed in the Kabul suicide bombing were removed from a military aircraft that brought them home.