"We felt in danger": Afghan evacuees in U.S. describe fleeing the Taliban

Many families have arrived at Fort McCoy — one of eight U.S. bases helping to resettle more than 60,000 Afghan evacuees​ — with nothing but the clothes on their backs.

• Sep 30, 2021

Aid groups warn of dire crises in Afghanistan

The World Health Organization and Red Cross are warning of dire health and humanitarian crises unfolding in Afghanistan as the country deals with declining financial assistance. It comes as the U.S. marks one month since pulling troops out of Afghanistan. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab joined CBSN to discuss.

• Sep 30, 2021
• 6:20

Top general warns of al Qaeda resurgence

General Mark Milley warned that al Qaeda could be months away from reconstituting in Afghanistan, saying that the Taliban's takeover of the country has given terrorists a new lifeline. Weijia Jiang reports.

• Sep 29, 2021
• 2:09

Pentagon leaders testify on Afghanistan

Top Pentagon leaders, including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley, testified publicly before lawmakers for the first time since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. CBS News' Natalie Brand reports on their testimony, and then Mark Jacobson, former deputy NATO senior civilian representative for Afghanistan, joined CBSN to discuss the fallout.

• Sep 28, 2021
• 11:03

Afghan interpreter on hiding from the Taliban: "Every moment I'm in danger"

Documents reviewed by CBS News suggest Shirzad applied for a special immigrant visa​ as early as 2016.

• Sep 24, 2021

Afghan translator in hiding speaks out

An Afghan translator who served alongside the U.S. military is hiding from the Taliban and fears he and his family could soon be killed. Catherine Herridge and the CBS News Investigative Unit spoke to the man who is hiding in a safe house in Afghanistan.

• Sep 24, 2021
• 3:23

The Taliban has robbed Afghan women of work, school and safety

Vulnerable women who'd been protected by the previous government from their own families now "have nowhere to go." For some, it's probably already too late.

• Sep 22, 2021

Biden's foreign policy challenges

President Biden is facing an array of global challenges ahead of his speech tomorrow to the United Nations General Assembly, especially when it comes to Afghanistan. The family of civilians killed in a mistaken U.S. drone strike Kabul are calling for an investigation, compensation and relocation to a safe country. CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini joins CBSN to explain the latest developments as well as new details on the diplomatic dispute between France and the U.S.

• Sep 20, 2021
• 7:44

Taliban tells women and girls to stay home from work and school

"I may as well be dead," one woman laments as the Islamic fundamentalists initiate a clear, if undeclared slide back to the repressive days of their 1st reign over Afghanistan.

• Sep 20, 2021

Another evacuation flight leaves Afghanistan with 28 U.S. citizens

It is not clear how many Americans remain in Afghanistan.

• Sep 18, 2021

Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl remains in seclusion at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas

Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl remains in seclusion at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. He’s described as being in stable condition as he re-adjusts following five years as a Taliban captive in Afghanistan. Manuel Bojorquez reports.

• Jun 14, 2014
• 2:22

Afghan president Hamid Karzai said he will not sign a security agreement with the U.S. that would allow American troops to stay in country unless he gets help to restart peace talks with Taliban insurgents

Afghan president Hamid Karzai said he will not sign a security agreement with the U.S. that would allow American troops to stay in country unless he gets help to restart peace talks with Taliban insurgents. Vinita Nair reports.

• Jan 25, 2014
• 0:29

Afghan Americans fear for loved ones under Taliban rule

Afghan Americans are fearful for family and friends who have not found a way out of Afghanistan as chaos unfolds. Jonathan Vigliotti spoke to a family about their fears.

• Aug 20, 2021
• 2:00

Malala Yousafzai says Biden has "huge responsibility" to Afghan women

Yousafzai said the president should "stand up and support the rights of women in Afghanistan."

• Sep 15, 2021

Yousafzai on women's rights under Taliban rule

Malala Yousafzai, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban, called on President Biden to "stand up" for Afghan women who are now under Taliban rule. Watch Norah O'Donnell's interview with the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

• Sep 15, 2021
• 3:46

WorldView: Rival Taliban leaders clash

BBC News reported two Taliban leaders argued over who did the most to secure the group's victory in Afghanistan and how power has been divided. Meanwhile, a new chief prosecutor in Haiti was sworn in just hours after his predecessor asked a judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in relation to the July assassination of President Jovenel Moise, and nine activists and former lawmakers in Hong Kong were sentenced to up to 10 months in jail each for their roles in a candlelight vigil last year to remember the Tiananmen Square massacre. Also, French health care workers face a deadline to have at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine or face unpaid suspension. CBS News' Haley Ott joins CBSN AM from London with those international headlines.

• Sep 15, 2021
• 3:09

First stranded Americans leave Afghanistan

The State Department Monday confirmed it had facilitated the safe departure of four Americans via an overland route out of Afghanistan. There are further American citizens at an airport in northern Afghanistan being denied permission to leave the country by the Taliban. As Charlie D'Agata reports, the Taliban were aware of the evacuation and allowed it to happen.

• Sep 7, 2021
• 2:24

Humanitarian crisis building in Afghanistan

The United Nations put out an urgent plea for countries to fund humanitarian aid to Afghanistan as people there face displacement and hunger. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has the latest on that and other developments from across the border in Pakistan.

• Sep 13, 2021
• 2:23

Blinken to testify to Congress on Afghanistan

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies on Capitol Hill this week about the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and the chaos that followed. Bradley Bowman, senior director of the Center On Military and Political Power at the Foundation For Defense Of Democracies, spoke with CBSN's Tanya Rivero about the key issues.

• Sep 13, 2021
• 7:09

Amid Afghanistan crisis, refugees will find Europe less welcoming

"We've seen this populist wave that has spent day after day, month after month, year after year demonizing refugees and migrants," Amnesty International says.

• Sep 13, 2021

Taliban tightens grip as extremists cheer U.S. withdrawal

CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reports from Pakistan as the Taliban solidifies control over neighboring Afghanistan.

• Sep 12, 2021
• 2:16

Ruling Taliban settle into Afghan capital as world commemorates 9/11

White Taliban flags waved near the now-empty U.S. Embassy in Kabul and members of the group strolled throughout the capital city on Saturday.

• Sep 11, 2021

U.S. aims to process Afghan refugees in Qatar

The Taliban is unveiling its newly formed government just one day after claiming to have seized full control of Afghanistan. Militants were seen firing weapons into the air in Kabul on Tuesday in an effort to disperse hundreds of protesters from demonstrating in the streets. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more. Then CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini joins from Doha, Qatar, to discuss the U.S. relocation efforts for Afghan refugees overseas.

• Sep 7, 2021
• 10:36

Rabbi talks evacuation of Afghanistan

A recent opinion piece in USA Today explores one Jewish organization's efforts to get its staff and their families out of the country and paints a vivid picture of the painful parallels to the lead-up to the Holocaust. Tanya Rivero spoke with the author, Rabbi Will Berkovitz, CEO of Jewish Family Service, about his organization's efforts in Afghanistan and the stories he is hearing from those who are now trapped under the Taliban's rule.

• Sep 10, 2021
• 8:21

Rice says U.S. has become safer since 9/11

Condoleezza Rice said the U.S. is safer today than it was on 9/11, but it's not completely safe now that the Taliban are back in control in Afghanistan. Watch Norah O’Donnell’s interview with former President George W. Bush’s national security adviser.

• Sep 10, 2021
• 3:02

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