Afghanistan

Afghans Who Worked With U.S. Forces Told They Can No Longer Apply For Special Visas

8:01pm March 10, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

On Thursday, the U.S. State Department announced that it expected to run out of special visas by June 1. The visas are for Afghans who are in danger because they assisted the U.S. mission.

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Afghanistan's Ambassador On The Future Of The War

8:16am March 09, 2017

Rachel Martin talks with Afghanistan's ambassador to Washington, Hamdullah Mohib, who is hopeful the Trump administration will provide his country the help it needs to finally defeat the Taliban.

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Two Afghan men weep for their relatives in front of the main gate of a Kabul military hospital Wednesday, after a deadly six-hour attack claimed by the Islamic State.

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Gunmen Disguised As Doctors Mount Hours-Long Assault On Kabul Hospital

12:46pm March 08, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The attack, which was claimed by the Islamic State, killed at least 30 people and injured dozens more. It took several hours of floor-by-floor fighting to retake the hospital.

Then-deputy director of CENTCOM, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Robert Harward, is pictured with Jordan's Prince Faisal and the Army's head of operations and training Major General Awni Adwan in a May 2012 photo. Harward is now under consideration to replace Mic

White House Narrows List Of National Security Adviser Candidates To Replace Flynn

8:41pm February 14, 2017

A senior administration official says the White House has already interviewed former CENTCOM deputy director Robert Harward about the vacancy, speaking to him last week and again on Monday.

An American soldier scanned the retina of a man in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan in Dec. 2011. Russia cites the danger of ISIS in Nangarhar as its reason for backing the Taliban, the U.S. says.

Why Is Russia Helping Anti-U.S. Insurgents In Afghanistan?

3:35pm February 13, 2017

by Philip Ewing

Russia has begun openly supporting and covertly supplying the insurgent Taliban against the U.S.-backed Afghan government in Kabul. What are the aims behind its latest gambit?

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl at Fort Bragg, N.C. His defense team is arguing that he cannot get a fair trial after Donald Trump repeatedly called Bergdahl a traitor in public.

Lawyers For Bowe Bergdahl Say He Can't Get A Fair Trial After Trump Criticisms

3:18pm February 13, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy for leaving his base in Afghanistan. He spent years in Taliban captivity. President Trump has called him a "traitor."

Mourners carry the coffin of one of six Afghan employees of the Red Cross killed in an attack this week in a remote northern province.

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Red Cross Reacts To Killing Of 6 Staffers: 'We're Completely Devastated'

3:56pm February 10, 2017

by Marc Silver

This week, armed men ambushed and killed the field workers in Afghanistan. Two others are missing. So far, no one knows who did it — or what the motive was.

General Requests Thousands More Troops To Break Afghanistan 'Stalemate'

4:39pm February 09, 2017

by Tom Bowman

The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Nicholson, tells the Senate that the U.S.-led mission is in a "stalemate." He says the Taliban gained 15 percent more ground in 2016 and that "a few thousand" more NATO trainers are needed.

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Soldiers from the 36th Infantry Division deployed to Afghanistan to help train and advise that country's military. The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan says thousands more such troops are needed there.

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Thousands More Troops Needed To Break Afghanistan 'Stalemate,' General Warns

1:14pm February 09, 2017

by Philip Ewing

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan warns Congress that the war there is deadlocked and he needs more troops and billions more dollars to help allies against insurgents and foreign meddling.

The International Committee of Red Cross emblem hangs on the wall of a hospital in Afghanistan's Herat province.

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Red Cross Says 6 Of Its Workers Were Killed By Unknown Assailants In Afghanistan

2:21pm February 08, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The staffers were on their way to deliver livestock materials when they were attacked in the province of Jawzan. The International Committee of the Red Cross says it doesn't know who is responsible.