Evacuations resume at Kabul airport

Evacuation flights out of Afghanistan resumed Tuesday after the military regained control over Kabul's international airport, which was overrun by crowds attempting to flee the Taliban a day earlier. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang, CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion, and Los Angeles Times' White House reporter Eli Stokols join CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on how the White House is defending itself against criticism over its exit strategy and the latest on President Biden's domestic agenda.

• Aug 17, 2021

U.S. races to evacuate Americans in Afghanistan

Pressure is building on the Biden administration to speed up evacuations from Afghanistan. Thousands of Americans and Afghans are desperate to leave the country, which is now under Taliban control. Roxana Saberi reports.

• Aug 17, 2021

Veterans react to fall of Afghanistan to Taliban

Veterans of the war in Afghanistan watched in horror as the country fell to the Taliban. Norah O'Donnell spoke to three veterans who are worried about their fellow service members and the Afghans who helped the U.S. during the war.

• Aug 17, 2021

Biden faces fallout from Afghanistan withdrawal

President Biden addressed the nation Monday for the first time since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. He defended withdrawing U.S. troops after 20 years of war, but admitted that Afghanistan's collapse happened "more quickly" than anticipated. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joins CBSN AM to discuss.

• Aug 17, 2021

U.S. evacuates amid turmoil in Afghanistan

The State Department says U.S. forces have secured the airport in Kabul as efforts to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies continue. CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini joins CBSN with the latest on the evolving situation in Afghanistan.

• Aug 17, 2021

WorldView: World leaders on Taliban's rise

European leaders are reacting to the Taliban gaining control of Afghanistan. Members of a Myanmar separatist group are accused of killing 25 people. New Zealand's prime minister announces a lockdown after one COVID-19 case. And the "Godfather of Sudoku" Maki Kaji dies at age 69. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee joins CBSN AM with headlines from around the world.

• Aug 17, 2021

Flights out of Kabul back on track

Flights have resumed taking evacuees out of Kabul, Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban's takeover. More U.S. troops are heading to the country to continue the evacuation effort. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin joins CBSN AM with the latest.

• Aug 17, 2021

A nervous calm takes hold in the Taliban's Afghanistan

The Islamic extremists say they'll let all Afghans go about their work, but with a history of tyranny and reports of kidnappings, one nervous Afghan says, "none of us believe them."

• Aug 17, 2021

Kabul evacuations resume while Biden defends U.S. withdrawal

Mr. Biden's remarks came after a chaotic day at the Kabul airport as evacuations were halted for several hours after at least two people died.

• Aug 17, 2021

Biden says "buck stops with me" and defends Afghanistan withdrawal

"After 20 years, I've learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw U.S. forces," the president said.

• Aug 17, 2021

Biden defends withdrawal from Afghanistan

President Biden says the U.S. mission in Afghanistan was "never supposed to be nation-building" and must come to an end. CBS News foreign correspondent Roxana Saberi reports on the latest from Kabul, where the Taliban has seized control, and CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang details Biden's response. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports on the impact on American service members and their families. Then Reuters' White House correspondent Jeff Mason and Tom Joscelyn, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, join CBSN's Elaine Quijano with their analysis.

• Aug 16, 2021

"The Kite Runner" author discusses Afghanistan

Taliban forces have regained control of Afghanistan and U.S. troops are scrambling to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies. International best-selling author Khaled Hosseini, known for "The Kite Runner," joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to take a closer look at the 20-year war.

• Aug 16, 2021

Special Report: Biden speaks on Afghanistan

President Biden spoke from the White House about the situation in Afghanistan, defending the decision to withdraw but conceding that the Taliban takeover happened faster than anticipated. Watch his full remarks in this CBS News Special Report anchored by Norah O'Donnell with correspondents Roxana Saberi in Kabul, David Martin at the Pentagon, Ed O'Keefe at the White House and Charlie D'Agata in London. Read more here.

• Aug 16, 2021

Afghans scramble to flee Taliban takeover

Chaos unfolded at the airport in Kabul as Afghan citizens swarmed the tarmac in an attempt to flee the country, which has fallen under Taliban control. Wall Street Journal reporter Gordon Lubold, who covers the White House, national security and Pentagon, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on how Taliban fighters managed to quickly capture the country with little resistance.

• Aug 16, 2021

Former ambassador talks fall of Afghanistan

Thousands of Afghans stormed the Kabul airport, trying to flee Afghanistan after the capital fell to the Taliban. James Cunningham, a former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and a nonresident senior fellow at Atlantic Council, joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero with more on the situation in Afghanistan.

• Aug 16, 2021

Taliban closes in on Kabul

American diplomats and other key personnel are being evacuated from the rapidly deteriorating security conditions in Kabul, Afghanistan. This, as the Taliban’s lightning-fast offensive seizes more territory including Kandahar and Herat, Afghanistan's second and third-largest cities. Roxana Saberi reports.

• Aug 14, 2021

Taliban advance tests Biden administration

The swift collapse of Afghanistan's American-trained military forces has put the Biden administration on the defensive, insisting it's not abandoning the Afghan government and its people. But as the Taliban move closer to Kabul, American diplomats are being evacuated from the U.S. Embassy as the security situation worsens by the hour. Christina Ruffini has the latest.

• Aug 14, 2021

Chaos at Kabul airport as Afghans try to flee

The airport in Kabul descended into chaos as thousands tried to flee Afghanistan now that the Taliban has taken over. CBS News foreign correspondent Roxana Saberi reports from Kabul, and CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge joins CBSN with more. Read more here.

• Aug 16, 2021

U.S. official: Situation at Kabul airport is "tenuous"

President Joe Biden will make his first public address about the ongoing situation in Afghanistan on Monday afternoon. CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini discusses what's happening in the country and the administration's latest efforts to ensure the safety of all Americans in Afghanistan.

• Aug 16, 2021

Biden silent as Taliban seizes Afghanistan

President Biden released a statement over the weekend on the developments in Afghanistan, but has yet to make public comments since the Taliban seized control of the country. It comes as the U.S. works to evacuate Americans and some Afghan allies from Kabul. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe joins CBSN AM with the latest.

• Aug 16, 2021

U.N. secretary general on Afghan chaos

The United Nations held an emergency meeting Monday to discuss the humanitarian and refugee crisis unfolding in Afghanistan as the Taliban takes power. "The world is watching. We cannot and must not abandon the people of Afghanistan," said U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Watch his remarks.

• Aug 16, 2021

Taliban takes Afghanistan as embassy evacuates

The Taliban's lightning takeover of Afghanistan was completed after militants entered the capital Kabul, taking over the presidential palace. President Ashraf Ghani and his family fled and the U.S. military was drafted in to evacuate U.S. embassy staff. Roxana Saberi reports from Kabul.

• Aug 16, 2021

Taliban declares victory in the war in Afghanistan

Taliban fighters are patrolling Kabul after sweeping in this weekend, while thousands of Afghans have flooded the capital city's airport hoping to escape the hardline group's rule. Matt Zeller, U.S. army veteran and advisory board chairman for the Association of Wartime Allies, joined Laura Podesta to discuss the chaotic end to the U.S.'s longest war.

• Aug 16, 2021

How the Taliban was able to take Afghanistan

When CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata was in Afghanistan last month, the Afghan government was still in control of most of the country and all of the provincial capitals. Weeks later, the Taliban entered Kabul having taken control of the entire country.

• Aug 16, 2021

U.S. accelerates evacuations from Afghanistan

The U.S. is working to evacuate thousands of Americans from Afghanistan as the Taliban takes control of the nation's capital, Kabul. Mark Jacobson, the former deputy NATO senior civilian representative for Afghanistan, joins CBSN with his analysis.

• Aug 15, 2021

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