Threats

‘It’s Possible’ US and Taliban Will Target ISIS-K Together, Milley Says

But SecDef Austin cautions, “I would not make any leaps” beyond recent coordinated airport evacuation ops.

  • Tara Copp
Threats

The War on Terror—in Afghanistan and Elsewhere—Is Far from Over, Biden Says

The president vowed to continue counterterrorism efforts.

  • Jacqueline Feldscher
Threats

No US Military Dogs Were Left Behind in Afghanistan, DOD Says

Pentagon officials say the caged dogs in viral photos aren’t military working dogs, all of which were evacuated.

  • Elizabeth Howe
Threats

The Air & Space Brief: ‘Flush the force;’ The last C-17 out of Kabul; 123,000 saved; and more

  • Tara Copp
Threats

The D Brief: America leaves Afghanistan; US-Taliban relations; Hindsight oversight; Zelenskyy at the Pentagon; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Policy

The Future of U.S.-Taliban Relations

Blinken says cooperation is possible, but only if Taliban acts appropriately.

  • Jacqueline Feldscher
Threats

Inside the Final Hours at Kabul Airport

Alone on the airfield after hundreds of other U.S. troops had left, five handpicked joint tactical exfiltration crews blew up the last remaining defenses and took off in the dark.

  • Tara Copp
Threats

The Last U.S. Military Plane Has Left Kabul. What’s Next for Americans, Afghans Left Behind?

"Do not count on Americans to save you," one volunteer rescue group warns Afghans now at risk.

  • Tara Copp
Ideas

The Taliban Reportedly Have Control of US Biometric Devices

Up to 32 million Afghans are tagged in a system that DOD and the Afghan government used for criminal prosecutions, background checks, and voter registration.

  • Margaret Hu, The Conversation
Threats

The Final Retrograde from Afghanistan Has Officially Begun

The threat to U.S. personnel, aircraft in the final days at Kabul airport remains “very real” after a retaliatory U.S. drone strike took out two ISIS-K planners.

  • Tara Copp
Threats

U.S. Conducts Airstrike on ISIS-K Planner in Afghanistan

Embassy issues second warning to Americans at Kabul airport gate: ‘Leave immediately.’

  • Tara Copp
Threats

The Army Brief: Deadly terrorist attack; Evacuation saves 101K; Mandatory vaccines; and more...

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Ideas

Who Is ISIS-K?

Two terrorism experts on the group behind the deadly Kabul airport attack and its rivalry with the Taliban.

  • Amira Jadoon and Andrew Mines, The Conversation
Threats

13 US Troops Killed, More Injured, in Terrorist Attack at Kabul Airport

10 Marines among the dead; they were securing one of the last gates open for Afghans, Americans to escape.

  • Tara Copp and Elizabeth Howe
Threats

13 US Troops Killed in Terrorist Attack at Kabul Airport

In a statement, Biden vows to attackers: "We will hunt you down and make you pay."

  • Tara Copp and Elizabeth Howe
Threats

The Naval Brief: Mandatory vaccine; Navy leadership changes; Airlift helps 101K; and more...

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Threats

US Troops, Afghans Killed by Explosion at Kabul Airport, Pentagon Says

Worsening security and the need to get all troops out is quickly closing the window to safely escape. ‘Today is likely last day,’ one memo advises.

  • Tara Copp
Threats

Afghanistan Airlift Ops Have Rescued 101,300 From Kabul

But numbers out each day are dropping as Taliban tighten grip on airport, security threats rise.

  • Tara Copp
Business

Qatar Helping US Fly Afghanistan Evacuees to Germany

The planes are not part of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet activation, but are flying similar routes.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Not For the First Time, COVID Takes Back Seat to a More Pressing Crisis

The evacuation of refugees from Afghanistan depends on cramming people into closed spaces—during a global pandemic.

  • Elizabeth Howe
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