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Mitt Romney, criticizing Trump and Biden, says the US is facing situation in Afghanistan 'because of terrible decisions made by two administrations'
"Leaving Americans behind and leaving our Afghan friends behind who've worked with us would put upo…
John L. Dorman  Â
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Ted Cruz says the Biden administration's decision to vacate Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan was a 'political decision' that 'proved catastrophic'
Bagram, which was once the largest US military base in the Afghanistan but has since fallen to the …
John L. Dorman  Â
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PHOTOS: US troops left behind everything from energy drinks to armored vehicles when they abandoned a key base in Afghanistan in the dead of night
US forces left the base at 3 a.m. and shut off the power on the way out. The new base commander did…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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US troops left their key Afghanistan base at 3 a.m. without telling their allies, leaving 5,000 Taliban prisoners in their cells, reports say
US forces had been using Bagram Airfield as its main base in Afghanistan since 2001. They departed …
Bill Bostock  Â
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Almost as soon as the US military left its biggest air base in Afghanistan, looters rolled in
The Afghan government's inability to guard one of the country's most important bases doesn't bode w…
John Haltiwanger  Â
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Democrats condemn deadly Kabul blasts as Republicans push Biden to retake Bagram Air Base
Explosions in Kabul have killed at least 12 US service members, per the Pentagon. A handful of Repu…
Oma Seddiq  Â
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ISIS suicide bomber who killed 13 US troops in Afghanistan was reportedly released from prison at Bagram Air Base days before the attack
Bagram Air Base was a key base of operations for the US and its coalition partners until the US mil…
Ryan Pickrell,John Haltiwanger  Â
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A suicide bomber attacked Bagram airfield in Afghanistan to 'avenge' offensive leaflets dropped by the US
"The foreign forces don't have any idea of what are the values of the Afghan people," Ahmad Shaheer…
Daniel Brown  Â
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US Air Force special operators' search for new runways is expanding from highways to beaches
The US Air Force has been looking at "every single piece of concrete in the Pacific" to find new ru…
Christopher Woody  Â
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US troops pulled out of a pivotal air base in Afghanistan after nearly 20 years, a major step toward total withdrawal
US military commanders ceded control of Bagram Airfield to the Afghan National Security and Defense…
Bill Bostock  Â
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The Pentagon says thousands of ISIS-K prisoners went free after the Taliban seized Afghanistan
ISIS-K claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport on Thursday th…
Jake Epstein,John Haltiwanger  Â
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Biden called the US withdrawal from Afghanistan 'secure and orderly' - when in reality it didn't tell allies, abandoned prisoners, and left interpreters fearing for their lives
Biden said on Thursday that US military activities in Afghanistan would cease on August 31, well ah…
Bill Bostock  Â
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GOP Sen. Ben Sasse blasts Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal, says 'we have a hostage situation developing'
GOP Rep. Liz Cheney expressed a similar sentiment on Sunday, saying Americans "are probably being h…
Oma Seddiq  Â
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The Taliban launched an intense hours-long attack on a key US base. These aftermath photos show the heavy damage.
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron work together to clear debris i…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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Video shows thousands of prisoners, reportedly including Islamic State and al Qaeda fighters, freed from Kabul jail by the Taliban
Afghan government troops surrendered Bagram airbase to the Taliban on Sunday. The base houses Pul-e…
Sophia Ankel  Â
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The Pentagon says US troops will be out of Afghanistan by the end of August, well ahead of Biden's September 11 deadline
Earlier this week American troops departed Bagram Airfield, the center of US military operations in…
Bill Bostock  Â
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Iran reportedly paid bounties to the Taliban to target US troops in Afghanistan
The suspected Iranian bounty plot was reportedly cited by US officials as a partial justification f…
John Haltiwanger  Â
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Biden said the US will 'hunt' down ISIS-K over deadly Kabul attack, but his options are limited
"President Biden has simultaneously empowered terrorists and crippled our ability to watch or neutr…
John Haltiwanger  Â
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PHOTOS: The Taliban flew a Black Hawk helicopter over a parade of military equipment captured when it overran Afghanistan
Numerous US-made weapons fell into the hands of the Taliban when the Afghan army crumbled in the fa…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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As the US scrambles out of Afghanistan, warnings grow about what China plans to do there
Critics say China will use the US's exit to promote its interests in Afghanistan. Others say Beijin…