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September 21, 2023

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840K Afghans who’ve applied for key US resettlement program still in Afghanistan, report says

September 9, 2023 Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 840,000 Afghans who applied for a resettlement program aimed at people who helped the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan are still there waiting, according to a report that lays out […]

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One year later: Chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal sank Biden approval

August 17, 2022 Matt Mercer

Monday marked one year since the Taliban seized the Afghan capital of Kabul, signaling a swift transformation of a country the United States spent two decades and over $2 trillion attempting to make a functioning […]

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The downside: US strike shows Afghanistan still terror base

August 2, 2022 Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration is holding out the CIA operation that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri as a monumental strike against the global terror network responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks of 2001. […]

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American spy agencies review their misses on Ukraine, Russia

June 9, 2022 Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The question was posed in a private briefing to U.S. intelligence officials weeks before Russia launched its invasion in late February: Was Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, made in the mold of Britain’s […]

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US intel questioned for misjudging Afghanistan, Ukraine

May 12, 2022 Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top U.S. intelligence officials were questioned Tuesday about why they misjudged the durability of governments in both Afghanistan and Ukraine, and whether they need to reform how intelligence agencies assess a foreign […]

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US commission: Cite Afghanistan for religious persecution

April 29, 2022 Peter Smith, Associated Press

Afghanistan should join a list of the “worst of the worst” violators of religious freedom in the wake of the Taliban’s return to power, a U.S. advisory body is recommending to the State Department. The […]

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Taliban hard-liners turning back the clock in Afghanistan

April 1, 2022 Kathy Gannon, Associated Press

ISLAMABAD — Taliban hard-liners are turning back the clock in Afghanistan with a flurry of repressive edicts over the past days that hark to their harsh rule from the late 1990s. Girls have been banned […]

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Afghan refugees in US to receive temporary protected status

March 28, 2022 Ben Fox, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Afghan refugees in the United States will be allowed to stay for at least 18 months under temporary protected status, the government said last week, a move that will help some of […]

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New state budget includes funds to help interpreters escape Afghanistan

December 1, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina is now the only state to put real money behind efforts to help interpreters escape Afghanistan, as the newly enacted state budget includes an allotment aiding the rescue of Afghans and […]

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US urged to help more people escape Taliban-led Afghanistan

November 18, 2021 Ben Fox, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of organizations working to evacuate people who could be targeted by the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan appealed Monday for more assistance from the U.S. government as conditions deteriorate in the […]

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