Afghanistan

Operation killed al-Qaida leader al-Zawahri: Sources

As seen on a computer screen from a DVD prepared by Al-Sahab production, al-Qaida's Ayman al-Zawahri speaks in Islamabad, Pakistan, on June 20, 2006. (B.K.Bangash/Associated Press)

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100s die in deadliest Afghanistan quake in 20 years

1.1 M Afghan children could face severe malnutrition

A boy collects grass for sale, in Kabul, Afghanistan on May 9, 2022. Some 1.1 million Afghan children under the age of five will face malnutrition by the end of the year. (Ebrahim Noroozi/Associated Press)

Taliban barred unaccompanied women from planes

Afghan women chant and hold signs of protest during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, March 26, 2022. Afghanistan's Taliban rulers refused to allow dozens of women to board several flights, including some overseas, because they were traveling without a male guardian, two Afghan airline officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Mohammed Shoaib Amin)

U.S. announces $308 million in aid for Afghans as crisis …

A nurse checks the weight of a child in a makeshift clinic organized by World Vision at a settlement near Herat, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2021. In a statement Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, the White House announced $308 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan, offering new aid to the country as it edges toward a humanitarian crisis since the Taliban takeover nearly five months earlier. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov, File)

Hundreds of Afghans denied humanitarian entry into U.S.

Haseena Niazi, a 24-year-old from Afghanistan, poses outside her home, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, north of Boston. Niazi received a letter from the federal government denying her fiancé's humanitarian parole application earlier in the month. Her fiance, who she asked not to be named over concerns about his safety, had received threats from Taliban members for working on women's health issues at a hospital north of Kabul. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

About 35,000 Afghans are still housed at 6 U.S. military …

Afghan refugee mothers and children play in a park in Liberty Village on Joint Base McGuire-Dix- Lakehurst in Trenton, N.J., Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. (Barbara Davidson/Pool via AP)

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Norco Marine killed in Kabul airport attack honored …

A Veterans Day ceremony is held in Norco on Nov. 11, 2021. (KTLA)

Watchdog finds no misconduct in mistaken U.S. airstrike …

In this Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021 file photo, Afghans inspect damage of Ahmadi family house after U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi, File)

U.S. vows to give condolence payments to relatives …

In this Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021 file photo, Afghans inspect damage of Ahmadi family house after U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi, File)

Taliban won’t work with U.S. to fight growth of extremist …

Relatives and residents attend a funeral ceremony for victims of a suicide attack at the Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. The mosque was packed with Shiite Muslim worshippers when an Islamic State suicide bomber attacked during Friday prayers, killing dozens in the latest security challenge to the Taliban as they transition from insurgency to governance. (AP Photo/Abdullah Sahil)

Joint Chiefs chairman: Afghan war was ‘strategic …

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

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Biden to face U.N. General Assembly this week after …

President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room at the White House, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)