and Afghanistan last week freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure, Khan Muhammad. The deal to release Ryan Corbett and William McKenty was brokered by Joe Biden’s administration before he left office. But two more Americans, George Glezmann and Ma...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said the U.S. is helping from afar as thousands of Americans left behind in Sudan seek to escape fighting in the east African nation, after the U.S. Embassy evacuated all of its diplomatic personnel over the weekend and shut down. President Joe...
The U.S. will continue to help its citizens and residents and Afghans who worked with Americans or are otherwise at risk from the Taliban get out of Afghanistan.
This summer has been the deadliest in the eight-year war for American troops. While the number of uniformed Americans killed in combat in Afghanistan may seem comparatively low — just over 800, most of those since 2007 — the Soviets also suffered relatively light ca...
As many as 10,000 U.S. nationals and their family members are still in Afghanistan. CBS News' Christina Ruffini received messages on Tuesday from one family who said they'd received an email from the U.S. government telling them to go to the airport for evacuation, but when they tried,...
Waziristan, both North and South, are situated in the remote northwest region of Pakistan right along the Afghan border. It is Taliban country. The militants enjoy a huge amount of support there - it is one of the areas referred to by U.S. commanders in Afghanistan who talk about Taliban...
The Trump White House cheered the release and thanked Qatar for its assistance facilitating the deal, but also pressed the Taliban to free other Americans held in Afghanistan. “The Trump Administration will continue to demand the release of all Americans held...
It was unclear what McKenty was doing in Afghanistan. Biden administration's effort to get a deal Before Biden left office, his administration had been trying to work out a deal to free Corbett, McKenty as well as George Glezmann and Mahmood Habibi, in exchange...
When U.S. ground troops left Afghanistan, they left behind a huge array ofmilitary equipment, from armored vehicles to aircraft, that could now be in Taliban hands. The U.S. also left weapons in Iraq that fell into thehands of ISIS, including guns and an anti-tank missile. ...
A Taliban ambassador is warning new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio against making threats after he said he would place bounties on Afghanistan’s rulers for their continued detention of U.S. nationals.