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Biden as U.S. troops leave Afghanistan: Taliban takeover not inevitable
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Biden as U.S. troops leave Afghanistan: Taliban takeover not inevitable
Jul 8, 2021
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An Afghan interpreter living in the US tells CNN about the difficulties of trying to get his family out of Afghanistan and says he feels disrespected by the US effort to evacuate its citizens and Afghan allies from Kabul. | CNN
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An Afghan interpreter living in the US tells CNN about the difficulties of trying to get his family out of Afghanistan and says he feels disrespected by the US effort to evacuate its citizens and Afghan allies from Kabul. | CNN
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Taliban seen celebrating as final US troops leave Afghanistan
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Taliban seen celebrating as final US troops leave Afghanistan
Aug 31, 2021
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The US is sending more than 3,000 troops to Afghanistan to assist with the departure of embassy staff after urging American citizens to leave the country "immediately." The Taliban has seized 12 provincial capitals in Afghanistan so far in an unrelenting sweep across the country, raising fears for the country’s fate. These Taliban gains come just weeks before US troops are scheduled to complete their withdrawal. | CNN
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The US is sending more than 3,000 troops to Afghanistan to assist with the departure of embassy staff after urging American citizens to leave the country "immediately." The Taliban has seized 12 provincial capitals in Afghanistan so far in an unrelenting sweep across the country, raising fears for the country’s fate. These Taliban gains come just weeks before US troops are scheduled to complete their withdrawal. | CNN
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"I'm glad we're getting out of there, but it's really sad," says wounded special ops. veteran Jimmy Hatch of the US withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. "It makes me think about the folks who lost their lives there and the people who got hurt and people who come home and have, you know, mental health issues and emotional issues because of their exposure to it." | CNN
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"I'm glad we're getting out of there, but it's really sad," says wounded special ops. veteran Jimmy Hatch of the US withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. "It makes me think about the folks who lost their lives there and the people who got hurt and people who come home and have, you know, mental health issues and emotional issues because of their exposure to it." | CNN
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The State Department will work with Americans who want to leave Afghanistan after the August 31 withdrawal, and U.S. military is not expected to have a role in those efforts, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby says. | CBS News
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The State Department will work with Americans who want to leave Afghanistan after the August 31 withdrawal, and U.S. military is not expected to have a role in those efforts, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby says. | CBS News
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"The United States has to complete this mission... if we're going to leave Afghanistan, let's leave with something that we can be proud of: a humanitarian rescue that really does right by the people who worked for our troops, who risked their lives." - Congressman Tom Malinowski | CNN
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"The United States has to complete this mission... if we're going to leave Afghanistan, let's leave with something that we can be proud of: a humanitarian rescue that really does right by the people who worked for our troops, who risked their lives." - Congressman Tom Malinowski | CNN
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What happens now when the US troops have left Afghanistan?
What happens now when the US troops have left Afghanistan?
Aug 31, 2021
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The U.S. sending thousands of troops back into Afghanistan to help evacuate the Kabul embassy. The deployment comes less than 3 weeks before U.S. troops are set to complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan. @KellyCobiella breaks down the situation from Kabul. Tonight on The News with Shepard Smith. | CNBC
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The U.S. sending thousands of troops back into Afghanistan to help evacuate the Kabul embassy. The deployment comes less than 3 weeks before U.S. troops are set to complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan. @KellyCobiella breaks down the situation from Kabul. Tonight on The News with Shepard Smith. | CNBC
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US Marines in Afghanistan are grappling with depleted numbers, challenges from the Taliban and ISIS, and a war with no end in sight http://cnn.it/2vOo1P3 | CNN
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US Marines in Afghanistan are grappling with depleted numbers, challenges from the Taliban and ISIS, and a war with no end in sight http://cnn.it/2vOo1P3 | CNN
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CNN gets access to a US military base seized by the Taliban, where American efforts in Afghanistan have turned to dust. Clarissa Ward reports https://cnn.it/3shIAl2 | CNN
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CNN gets access to a US military base seized by the Taliban, where American efforts in Afghanistan have turned to dust. Clarissa Ward reports https://cnn.it/3shIAl2 | CNN
169K viewsAug 14, 2021
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When the Taliban took over Kabul, “everyone was afraid and scared,” says Haroon Zarify, a US citizen who escaped Afghanistan. “Everyone was trying to get themselves to the airport … [and] there was no flights. It was a mess.” He said the Taliban was shooting and setting off flash bombs outside the airport. Other members of his extended family still remain stuck in the country. https://cnn.it/2UMBDMG | CNN
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When the Taliban took over Kabul, “everyone was afraid and scared,” says Haroon Zarify, a US citizen who escaped Afghanistan. “Everyone was trying to get themselves to the airport … [and] there was no flights. It was a mess.” He said the Taliban was shooting and setting off flash bombs outside the airport. Other members of his extended family still remain stuck in the country. https://cnn.it/2UMBDMG | CNN
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The American flag at the US embassy in Kabul was taken down Sunday, marking a final step in the evacuation of the diplomatic compound, days earlier than US officials initially projected, according to a source familiar with the situation. Get the latest on Afghanistan https://cnn.it/37MUyKm | CNN
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The American flag at the US embassy in Kabul was taken down Sunday, marking a final step in the evacuation of the diplomatic compound, days earlier than US officials initially projected, according to a source familiar with the situation. Get the latest on Afghanistan https://cnn.it/37MUyKm | CNN
304.9K viewsAug 15, 2021
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The leader of Taiwan, the island thrust into the center of rising tensions between the United States and China, said the threat from Beijing is growing "every day," as for the first time she confirmed the presence of American troops on Taiwanese soil. CNN's Will Ripley reports. | CNN
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The leader of Taiwan, the island thrust into the center of rising tensions between the United States and China, said the threat from Beijing is growing "every day," as for the first time she confirmed the presence of American troops on Taiwanese soil. CNN's Will Ripley reports. | CNN
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CNN's Chris Cuomo and Fareed Zakaria discuss the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. | CNN
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CNN's Chris Cuomo and Fareed Zakaria discuss the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. | CNN
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"Bring our Americans home, their families home, these translators. A translator saved my life on my first deployment, and I won't stop until we've gotten these folks home. I hope the government, for all of its resources and capabilities, it would be nice if they would do it, instead of me." - Former Army Intelligence Officer Sam Rogers on the work he and his fellow veterans are doing to help rescue Americans and Afghan partners from Afghanistan | CNN
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"Bring our Americans home, their families home, these translators. A translator saved my life on my first deployment, and I won't stop until we've gotten these folks home. I hope the government, for all of its resources and capabilities, it would be nice if they would do it, instead of me." - Former Army Intelligence Officer Sam Rogers on the work he and his fellow veterans are doing to help rescue Americans and Afghan partners from Afghanistan | CNN
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Should the U.S. send troops to Iraq to fight ISIS? Former Gov. George Pataki, who is expected to launch a presidential bid next week, says yes: http://cnn.it/1dkbiul | CNN
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Should the U.S. send troops to Iraq to fight ISIS? Former Gov. George Pataki, who is expected to launch a presidential bid next week, says yes: http://cnn.it/1dkbiul | CNN
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President Biden delivered remarks from the White House on the end of the war in Afghanistan, a day after the last American military planes left the country, concluding the nation’s longest war nearly 20 years after it began. | CNN
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President Biden delivered remarks from the White House on the end of the war in Afghanistan, a day after the last American military planes left the country, concluding the nation’s longest war nearly 20 years after it began. | CNN
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Former Navy SEAL Lt. Jason Redman discusses "Pineapple Express," a mission comprised of volunteer veterans working to extract Americans and Afghan allies from Afghanistan. https://cnn.it/2WyFLAh | CNN
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Former Navy SEAL Lt. Jason Redman discusses "Pineapple Express," a mission comprised of volunteer veterans working to extract Americans and Afghan allies from Afghanistan. https://cnn.it/2WyFLAh | CNN
158.4K viewsAug 28, 2021
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Afghanistan's former President, Ashraf Ghani, is in the United Arab Emirates, its foreign ministry said in a statement. News of his whereabouts comes days after he fled Kabul as the Taliban closed in on the city. Ghani reiterated that he left the country to avoid bloodshed. | CNN
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Afghanistan's former President, Ashraf Ghani, is in the United Arab Emirates, its foreign ministry said in a statement. News of his whereabouts comes days after he fled Kabul as the Taliban closed in on the city. Ghani reiterated that he left the country to avoid bloodshed. | CNN
66.9K viewsAug 18, 2021
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CNN speaks with Mohammad, a former employee of the US embassy in Afghanistan, about his struggles to get his trapped wife and children out of the country. | CNN
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CNN speaks with Mohammad, a former employee of the US embassy in Afghanistan, about his struggles to get his trapped wife and children out of the country. | CNN
57.9K viewsAug 25, 2021
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Reps. Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer, both veterans, defended their clandestine trip to Afghanistan, which was criticized by fellow lawmakers. “We were uniquely situated to be able to get in, get out, be as quiet as possible, but also take as much information as possible,” Meijer said. https://cnn.it/3Br03Lx | CNN
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Reps. Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer, both veterans, defended their clandestine trip to Afghanistan, which was criticized by fellow lawmakers. “We were uniquely situated to be able to get in, get out, be as quiet as possible, but also take as much information as possible,” Meijer said. https://cnn.it/3Br03Lx | CNN
85.3K viewsAug 29, 2021
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CNN’s Jim Acosta talks with Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) about his help securing evacuations for 145 Americans from Afghanistan. https://cnn.it/3gJhRt8 | CNN
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CNN’s Jim Acosta talks with Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) about his help securing evacuations for 145 Americans from Afghanistan. https://cnn.it/3gJhRt8 | CNN
31.4K viewsAug 28, 2021
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Here’s an update on “Sara,” an American trying to escape Afghanistan, bringing vulnerable women & children with her “I am confident that we will get her out, it’s going to be a rigorous activity,” says fmr. Army Intel Officer Sam Rogers as he works to extract her and others. | CNN
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Here’s an update on “Sara,” an American trying to escape Afghanistan, bringing vulnerable women & children with her “I am confident that we will get her out, it’s going to be a rigorous activity,” says fmr. Army Intel Officer Sam Rogers as he works to extract her and others. | CNN
174.1K viewsSep 2, 2021
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President Biden defiantly defended his administration's execution of the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, saying that he doesn't think the crisis represents a failure and there was no way to better handle the drawdown. The President said he thought chaos in the country was inevitable after US troops departed. "The idea that somehow, there's a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, I don't know how that happens," he told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. | CNN
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President Biden defiantly defended his administration's execution of the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, saying that he doesn't think the crisis represents a failure and there was no way to better handle the drawdown. The President said he thought chaos in the country was inevitable after US troops departed. "The idea that somehow, there's a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, I don't know how that happens," he told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. | CNN
143.7K viewsAug 18, 2021
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"The last flight is gone and we're left behind," says "Sara," an American citizen trying to leave Kabul. "It's heartbreaking to see that, with all this, what's going on, no one heard us, that we are in danger and we need to be safe. It is heartbreaking. I just don't even know what to say to you." | CNN
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"The last flight is gone and we're left behind," says "Sara," an American citizen trying to leave Kabul. "It's heartbreaking to see that, with all this, what's going on, no one heard us, that we are in danger and we need to be safe. It is heartbreaking. I just don't even know what to say to you." | CNN
1.6M viewsAug 31, 2021
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US says Kabul airlift may continue beyond 31st August deadline - BBC News
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US says Kabul airlift may continue beyond 31st August deadline - BBC News
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A look at Special Forces in Afghanistan
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A look at Special Forces in Afghanistan
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US plan to leave Afghanistan “risks civil war” - BBC News
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US plan to leave Afghanistan “risks civil war” - BBC News
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