U.S. Lawmakers To Watch Closely If Taliban Will Honor Key Part Of 2020 Peace Deal
The rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban is raising bipartisan terror concerns here at home.
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The rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban is raising bipartisan terror concerns here at home.
The stunning development unfolded rapidly on Sunday as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul and the U.S. evacuated Americans from the country.
American diplomats and other key personnel are being evacuated from the rapidly deteriorating security conditions in Kabul, Afghanistan.
The Taliban have captured another three provincial capitals in southern Afghanistan.
The Pentagon is sending troops to Karzai International Airport in Kabul to help evacuate U.S. embassy as the Taliban continues its offensive in Afghanistan.
Sgt. 1st Class Michael Goble was with his unit when they discovered Taliban weapons, said a spokesman for the U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Three high-ranking Taliban prisoners have been swapped for American and Australian men who had been held hostage by the insurgent group since their abduction in 2016.
The suspect had been monitored by the FBI for some time, sources said.
Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman, an FDNY firefighter, and Cpl. Robert Hendricks, a 25-year-old from Locust Valley, lost their lives in the bombing near their military base. Sgt. Benjamin Hines, 31, of York, Pennsylvania, was also killed.
It has been a month of relentless attacks in Afghanistan, with the Taliban and the Islamic State affiliate making alternate claims of responsibility.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter says two U.S. servicemen and two American contractors were killed. Another 16 U.S. service members and one Polish soldier were wounded.
The Pentagon says a U.S. airstrike has targeted Taliban leader Mullah Mansour.
The president said the security situation in Afghanistan is fragile and more U.S. forces need to remain in the country.
An Afghani man's heroism inspired a movie as he risked it all to save in American, but he himself has become the one in need.
State police are cautioning drug users that there are three highly lethal brands of heroin on the streets of New Jersey that have claimed six lives.
Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing dozens of people.
The honor coincides with the International Day of the Girl.
According to court papers filed this week, prosecutors said Babar Ahmad supported Chechen fighters, the Taliban and al-Qaida with websites that sought cash, military equipment and personnel.
Following the controversial Taliban prisoner swap, members of Congress on Monday were questioning whether other prisoners should be released from Guantanamo.
The Obama administration is facing mounting questions over the prisoner swap that won freedom for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl after five years in Taliban hands.
The president was joined at the White House by the soldier's parents, Bob and Joni Bergdahl.
A U.S. citizen was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison Wednesday, after being convicted of conspiring to help the Taliban and acquire anti-aircraft missiles.
Police say Humayoun Nabi and Ismail Alsarabbi were busted after a two-year investigation that involved confidential informants and undercover detectives.
Malala Yousafzai and her father, a human rights activist who founded an all-girls school, was interviewed by CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan on Thursday night.
Police say Humayoun Nabi, 27, and Ismail Alsarabbi, 32, wanted to buy boots, winter coats and other gear for Taliban fighters. They have been arrested on state-level terrorism charges.
