Afghanistan-Taliban Crisis Highlights: An explosion outside Kabul airport killed at least 13 people, including children, and wounded many Taliban guards, a Taliban official confirmed.
Afghanistan-Taliban Crisis Highlights: The Taliban urge Afghans to stay to help rebuild their country, according to the Islamist group’s main spokesman, expecting foreign evacuations from Kabul to be completed by the end of August. The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan after the US-backed Afghan government collapsed and President Ghani fled the country, bringing an unprecedented
A sign is seen, as people attend a rally against the Taliban and in solidarity with the people of Afghanistan, on the Place de la Republique square in Paris, France.
A world away from the evacuation violence in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden was meeting Thursday with a bipartisan group of governors from across the U.S. who have said they want to help resettle Afghans fleeing their now Taliban-ruled country.
The White House meeting was taking place days before a Tuesday deadline for the U.S. to halt evacuations of Americans and vulnerable Afghans from the airport in Kabul, and to withdraw from the country entirely after 20 years of engagement.
Some governors have said they want to help temporarily house or resettle Afghans in their communities because many aided the U.S. war effort and now fear retribution from the Taliban for that assistance. Officials say the U.S. must keep its word to help these Afghans.
