Afghanistan

The main UN compound in Herat, Afghanistan was attacked by “anti-government elements” on Friday and at least one security guard was killed, according to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA.

Officials said that more flights are scheduled but declined to provide more details, citing security issues.

Civilian casualties in Afghanistan reached record level highs in the first half of 2021, with a major spike in May, a United Nations report says.

The strikes are the first known since U.S. Army Gen. Scott Miller stepped down from his role last week.

The House approved legislation Thursday that will expand and expedite the special immigrant visa program for Afghans who aided U.S. and coalition forces and may face retribution from the Taliban. 

The Biden administration says it will evacuate about 2,500 Afghans who worked for the U.S. government and their families to a military base in Virginia pending approval of their visas

A small portion of the thousands of Afghans who worked for the U.S. government will be flown directly to the U.S., while a larger group will be evacuated to third countries or military bases overseas where their visa paperwork will be reviewed, three administration officials told NBC News. As U.S. troops leave the country, the Biden administration has come under...

The Biden administration is set to begin evacuations of Afghan interpreters and translators who aided the U.S. military effort in the nearly 20-year war

As the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan, translators could be in danger, says Matt Zeller of No One Left Behind. Zeller says he is only alive today because an interpreter saved his life in combat. Now he’s speaking up for other interpreters and urging President Biden and Congress to act swiftly to bring Afghan interpreters to Guam, where they can be...

The end of Gen. Austin “Scott” Miller’s command of U.S. and NATO forces marks the symbolic end of the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan.

President Joe Biden says the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan will end on Aug. 31

Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., explains why he thinks President Biden’s speech Thursday represented a step in the right direction when it comes to Afghan allies.

The removal of approximately 3,000 U.S. service members coincides with the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

President Joe Biden announced Thursday that officials are on track to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Aug. 31. The president commended military leadership for achieving their counter-terror objectives in the region and defended the decision to withdraw, saying “We did not go to Afghanistan to nation-build. That is the right and the responsibility of the Afghan people alone to...

As the U.S. exit from Afghanistan continues, the Taliban have been making significant gains in the country’s north

The update comes about two months ahead of the withdrawal deadline President Biden had set earlier this year.

Afghan military officials say the U.S. left Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by slipping away in the night, without notifying the base’s new Afghan commander

U.S. officials say the U.S. military has left Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan after nearly 20 years.

The House approved legislation Tuesday to speed up the visa process for Afghans who worked for the American military or NATO to come to the U.S. 

The U.S.’s top general in Afghanistan has given a sobering assessment of the country’s deteriorating security situation