A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more in one of the country’s deadliest quakes in decades, the state-run news agency reported. Officials warned that the already grim toll may still rise.
Following the withdrawal from Afghanistan, many allies are looking for a better life in America. Military officials say about 150 Afghans will be settled in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.
In his first congressional testimony on the tumultuous withdrawal from Afghanistan, the top U.S. military officer called the 20-year war a “strategic failure” and said he believes the U.S. should have kept several thousand troops in the country to prevent the Taliban takeover that happened faster than forecast.
Addressing the nation, a defensive President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the U.S. military airlift to extract more than 120,000 Afghans, Americans and other allies to end a 20 year war an “extraordinary success,” though more than 100 Americans and thousands of Afghans looking to leave remain.
Many Americans and Afghans still remain in Afghanistan after the United States military left the country on Monday.
Islamic State militants fired a volley of rockets at Kabul’s rapidly emptying international airport on Monday, with just hours left before a deadline for U.S. forces to withdraw at the end of America’s longest war.
Violence intensifies as the U.S. deadline to withdraw troops from Afghanistan approaches
COLUMBIA,S C (WOLO) South Carolina Lawmakers, leaders and political figures are reacting to the news that at least 12 US Service members have been killed in an explosion outside the Kabul Airport in Afghanistan. South Carolina U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham reacting on Twitter. https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC Graham tweeting ‘This despicable terrorist attack against innocent civilians at the Kabul airport, which injured American Marines,…
Taliban take over Afghanistan: What we know and what’s next
President Joe Biden said Monday that he stands “squarely behind” his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan and that the government’s collapse was quicker than anticipated.
