Taliban struggles to run Afghanistan

CBS News foreign correspondent Roxana Saberi joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss the latest developments in Afghanistan, as well as the meetings between U.S. and Taliban leaders.

• Oct 12, 2021
• 05:41

Remaining U.S. troops to exit Afghanistan by August

Ninety-percent of U.S. forces have been withdrawn from Afghanistan after spending nearly two decades in Afghanistan. The Pentagon says the remaining 10% will leave by the end of August. Nancy Youssef, a national security correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, joins CBSN's "Red and Blue" to discuss the country's future and the American legacy left behind.

• Jul 7, 2021
• 07:23

Biden sticks to Afghanistan withdrawal deadline

President Biden on Tuesday said that he still expects to meet the August 31 deadline to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, but that he was working with the Pentagon to develop contingency plans in the event that operations need to be extended. CBS News congressional correspondent Kris Van Cleave, Politico White House correspondent and associate editor Anita Kumar, and The Washington Post's White House reporter and CBSN political contributor Sean Sullivan join CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on a meeting the president had with G7 allies, and the latest on a House vote advancing key parts of the Biden agenda.

• Aug 24, 2021
• 13:54

Skepticism about U.S.-Taliban peace talks

The Taliban is promising the U.S. it won't allow al Qaeda to have safe haven in Afghanistan if foreign troops withdraw from the country. Former acting CIA Director Michael Morell said such an agreement isn't enforceable and it would allow the Taliban to take over Afghanistan within six months of American departure. He joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano on "Red & Blue" with his analysis.

• Jan 28, 2019
• 05:27

After 20 years in Guantanamo, man wants his art, and "another life"

U.S. officials have accepted for a while that Khalid Ahmed Qasim is no well-trained terror operative. He's finally set for release, but his future remains uncertain.

• Jul 28, 2022

Taliban appeal for aid after deadly quake

The Taliban have appealed for international support following the country's most deadly earthquake in two decades As Charlie D'Agata reports, the country is already in the midst of a humanitarian crisis.

• Jun 23, 2022
• 01:51

Taliban asks for aid after Afghan earthquake

The Taliban is asking for international aid after a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan killed at least 1,000 people. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata explains how this disaster is adding to an already extensive humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

• Jun 23, 2022
• 06:39

Musician reunites with family after fleeing Taliban

As a young trumpet player, Baset Azizi fled Afghanistan when the hard-liners sought to ban Western music and punish musicians. Years later, he had an emotional reunion with his family in Kansas City after they fled. Steve Hartman shares more in "On the Road."

• Jun 3, 2022
• 02:51

Afghan women TV presenters must cover faces

Female news anchors in Afghanistan voiced their frustration after having to cover their faces on air to comply with a new Taliban order requiring all women to cover their faces except their eyes. One presenter said women are being "gradually eliminated" in the country.

• May 23, 2022
• 01:04

Female students say Taliban sent them home for wearing wrong color hijabs

Videos show students protesting enforcement of draconian rules the Taliban says are just suggestions, but which seem to be getting even stricter.

• May 18, 2022

Taliban dissolves Afghanistan's independent human rights commission

The country's hardline Islamist rulers say the body was "not considered necessary," as they continue breaking up freedom-oriented institutions.

• May 17, 2022

Deadly clashes as Afghanistan's Taliban rulers face an armed resistance

Forces vowing to liberate the country from the Islamic hardliners say they've launched an offensive, and the bloodshed is already sending civilians fleeing for safety.

• May 16, 2022

Taliban order women to cover up head to toe in Afghanistan

The decree calls for women to only show their eyes and recommends they wear the head-to-toe burqa.

• May 7, 2022

Afghan women ordered to wear burqa

The Taliban government in Afghanistan ordered all women to wear face-covering burqas in public.

• May 7, 2022
• 00:17

Taliban blocks women from flying solo, or even going to parks with men

U.S. says the Taliban's latest moves show it's "not living up to the essential commitments they made to the Afghan people and the international community."

• Mar 29, 2022

Taliban leaves students in tears by extending ban on girls in school

Female students showed up at schools excited to get back into classrooms after the education ministry suggested a return for all. The Taliban quashed their hopes at the last minute.

• Mar 23, 2022

Afghan evacuees in America

In an exclusive interview, CBS News’ Nancy Chen spoke to a family of seven who left their world behind after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.

• Oct 1, 2021
• 03:15

Afghanistan facing dire food crisis

CBS News visits a food distribution center and a children's hospital in Kabul as millions of Afghans suffer from malnutrition. Imtiaz Tyab reports.

• Oct 20, 2021
• 03:27

Afghans left behind targeted by Taliban

The U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, which concluded with the sudden fall of Kabul and rushed evacuation of Americans and their allies, left tens of thousands of vulnerable Afghans behind. CBS News correspondent Imtiaz Tyab speaks with two Afghans who worked with U.S. troops and diplomats, who now live in hiding in fear of the Taliban.

• Oct 26, 2021
• 03:24

Taliban faces threat from ISIS-K

CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab is on Kabul's streets with the Taliban who say they are using the American weapons they acquired in the U.S. evacuation to protect Afghans from ISIS-K.

• Oct 22, 2021
• 04:10

Biden faces concerns about rising inflation

President Biden is confronting a major economic challenge as inflation continues to rise. Meanwhile, the White House is looking to reallocate Afghan funds to help people in Afghanistan and 9/11 victims. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe breaks down the latest news out of Washington.

• Feb 11, 2022
• 03:53

Craig Whitlock talks Afghanistan on "The Takeout"

Washington Post reporter Craig Whitlock helped uncover years of official deception about the Afghanistan war as part of the team that published the Afghanistan Papers. He joins Major Garrett on this week's edition of "The Takeout" to discuss the ongoing U.S. withdrawal and what led to the Taliban's swift takeover.

• Aug 20, 2021
• 45:10

Meeting the Taliban

Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi and producer Ashley Velie spent roughly a week in Afghanistan reporting on the humanitarian crisis gripping the country.

• Dec 12, 2021
• 06:59

Taliban pleads ignorance as 2 foreign journalists detained in Kabul

One of those missing is a former BBC correspondent who's spent decades covering the country, but the Taliban regime is pleading ignorance.

• Feb 11, 2022

Thousands of Afghan evacuees in legal limbo

A recent U.S. government report determined that more than 36,000 Afghans who were evacuated to the United States lack a direct pathway to obtaining permanent legal residency in the country. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins Tony Dokoupil and Jericka Duncan to break down the issue and the options available to these refugees.

• Jan 31, 2022
• 06:24

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