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2 Romanian NATO soldiers killed by shooters wearing Afghan National Army uniforms
"Two Resolute Support service members died this morning when two individuals wearing Afghan Nationa…
Alex Lockie,Reuters
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1 killed, 3 injured after a firefight between Afghan guards and unidentified gunmen at Kabul airport
A firefight with "unknown attackers" left one member of Afghanistan's military dead, the German mil…
Sinéad Baker
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Helicopters are evacuating staff from the US embassy in Kabul as the Taliban enter the Afghan capital 'from all sides'
Helicopters are transporting US officials from the embassy, as Taliban militants enter the outskirt…
Tom Porter
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What SOCOM's 'biggest lesson' from Afghanistan means for future fights against terrorists and great-power militaries
The Pentagon is shifting to great-power competition, but terrorist threats remain. That means US sp…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Biden said he had 'trust' in the Afghan military. Weeks later, it's facing total defeat and a Taliban takeover.
Biden said a month ago that seeing "the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country…
John Haltiwanger,Ryan Pickrell
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The Afghan military was made up of 'ghost' soldiers who didn't actually exist, and that's why it collapsed so rapidly: ex-finance minister
The US government was warned for years about "ghost" soldiers in Afghanistan, or fake troops create…
John Haltiwanger
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VIDEO: Here's what US troops saw when thousands of Afghans flooded the airport in Kabul desperately looking for a way out
The video offers a view of just how many people poured into Hamid Karzai International Airport tryi…
Ryan Pickrell
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Alleged rape, torture, murder and corruption by Afghan leaders that the US ignored was a 'big factor' in the country's fall, human rights expert says
US officials have mostly seen abuses as an "obstacle" rather than "an essential component of addres…
Ryan Pickrell
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China says the US and its allies must be held accountable for human rights violations in Afghanistan
China said on Tuesday that the US and its allies caused "great suffering" in Afghanistan while "und…
Matthew Loh
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Special-ops veterans feel frustrated about Afghanistan and want answers for the 'scandal' that kept them there for 20 years
US special-operations forces were the first into Afghanistan in 2001, and now some are wondering wh…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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The 3 US Army soldiers Biden is awarding the Medal of Honor each put their lives on the line to save others
Two of the soldiers receiving the Medal of Honor did not survive the wounds they suffered in combat.
Ryan Pickrell
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I'm a former Army nurse who worked in an ER during COVID-19. It was like being on active duty all over again.
Theresa Beebe says she's fought harder and lost more battling COVID-19 at home than on her tour in …
Theresa Beebe
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Biden plans to evacuate all US diplomatic staff from Afghanistan by withdrawal deadline: report
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday was not optimistic about an on-the-ground presence in t…
John L. Dorman
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The RNC deleted a webpage hailing Trump's Taliban deal as fighters swept Afghanistan, but says it was part of routine web maintenance
Taliban fighters entered the Afghan capital of Kabul and seized the country's presidential palace o…
Tom Porter
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The US accidentally killed more than a dozen Afghan policemen in an airstrike after a 'miscommunication'
When a firefight broke out between the Taliban and the local police force after the latter attempte…
Ryan Pickrell
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US-led forces had to bomb a clinic being built to care for local Afghans to stop a Taliban assault
Pfc. Poff, a 3rd Cavalry Regiment soldier assigned to the Train, Advise, Assist Command - East advi…
Ryan Pickrell
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An Army officer is publicly protesting the US government's 'war machine' - and it's gotten the Army's attention
"We begrudge the poor for the pennies we give them to eat and survive but cheer for the nearly $600…
Christopher Woody
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Trump is deeply skeptical of the Afghan War, and that's a good thing
For years, we have been offered rosy assessments from the military's top commanders in Afghanistan.…
Paul Szoldra
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The Afghan military airlifted ISIS captives out rather than re-supply a besieged base - and the Taliban overran it
But there was no help for the approximately 100 Afghan soldiers and border officers at a remote bas…
Daniel Brown
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The Army could have robots in every formation 'within 5 years'
"Once developed, lethal autonomous weapons will permit armed conflict to be fought at a scale great…