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Review says Abbey Gate bombing wasn’t preventable
A new review says the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed U.S. troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable.
What has happened in Afghanistan since the 2021 Taliban takeover?
The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, as U.S and NATO forces withdrew from the country after more than two decades of war.
Chinese defense minister to visit Russia, Belarus in show of support
Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu is visiting Russia and Belarus in a show of support for those nations.
Displaced Afghan students find homes on US university campuses
Many Afghan students are now nearing graduation at U.S. schools and planning their futures, but others still hope to find a way to get to the U.S.
Former Afghan pilot strives to bring family to US
Tashmorad Qara, an Afghan Air Force veteran, arrived in Virginia in 2021 after escaping Afghanistan when the Taliban regained control of his country.
By Heather Rosseau, The Roanoke Times
How the voice of Transformers’ Optimus Prime was inspired by a Marine
“There’s a calmness to Optimus Prime, and yet a gentility and strength and honor and dignity, that are synonymous with the Marines."
By Sarah Sicard
Biden, Japan’s prime minister meet ahead of G-7 summit
President Joe Biden met privately with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida before joining the Group of Seven gathering of major industrialized nations.
By Josh Boak and Zeke Miller
Rights group documents abuses since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
A U.K.-based rights group launched an interactive map documenting human rights abuses since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan.
Kansas man upset he can’t buy mini Toyotas ‘like the Taliban and ISIS’
“Every time I see that, I say to myself (or anyone unlucky enough to be in earshot) ‘There, that’s the truck I want’ — minus the machine gun..."
By Sarah Sicard
Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport
The Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 bombing outside the Kabul airport that killed 13 U.S. service members.
By FARNOUSH AMIRI, MATTHEW LEE, AAMER MADHANI and LOLITA C. BALDOR