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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

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

97.3K viewsAug 20, 2021

"The volatility, the uncertainty, the danger is there. And we don't know. The best we can do is adapt, adjust and prepare for eventualities that will eventually become, for us, out of control." - Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on the US withdrawing troops from Afghanistan | CNN

"The volatility, the uncertainty, the danger is there. And we don't know. The best we can do is adapt, adjust and prepare for eventualities that will eventually become, for us, out of control." - Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on the US withdrawing troops from Afghanistan | CNN

45K viewsJul 5, 2021

"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

"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

74.4K viewsJul 9, 2021

The latest on tensions in the Middle East: Live updates | CNN

The latest on tensions in the Middle East: Live updates | CNN

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

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

526.6K viewsJul 23, 2017

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

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

White House press secretary Jen Psaki breaks down how President Joe Biden learned of the terror attack near the Kabul airport that killed more than 60 people and wounded 140. | CNN

84K viewsAug 26, 2021

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

94.3K viewsAug 12, 2021

"The President decided that this was the right thing to do and the right time to do it," says Pentagon Press Secy. John Kirby of the US deploying 3000 troops to Afghanistan to help evacuate personnel. "A prudent decision to scope down, to reduce our civilian footprint in Kabul, while we still have an environment where we can do that safely. So that's what the US military is going to be doing." | CNN

109.4K viewsAug 13, 2021

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

137.9K viewsAug 25, 2021

CNN's Chris Cuomo and Fareed Zakaria discuss the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. | CNN

154.7K viewsAug 17, 2021

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

"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

76.9K viewsSep 1, 2021

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

84.5K viewsAug 31, 2021

"They promised us to save our life as soon as or whenever they left the country," says "Sam," an interpreter who worked for the US military in Afghanistan. "Why was one of the... people to be lucky enough to get out of the country and I have still my family in a grave threat of retribution from these so-called Taliban terrorists." | CNN

112.8K viewsAug 18, 2021

A powerful earthquake rocked northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing more than a dozen people, injuring hundreds and damaging one of the country’s most iconic mosques. | CNN International

15.7K views5 months ago

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Afghanistan was plunged into a nationwide internet blackout, according to internet watchdog NetBlocks, with the Taliban taking more than 43 million citizens offline as part of what it describes as "morality measures." CNN's Ivan Watson explains what the shutdown means for Afghans living both inside the country and abroad. https://cnn.it/3VEPpNp | CNN

19.9K views7 months ago

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

“We have to stay until we get … our American citizens out, and as many of our Afghan allies out as possible,” Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi says after an official told CNN that President Biden aims to keep the Aug. 31 Afghanistan withdrawal deadline. https://cnn.it/3DfcbRl | CNN

47.8K viewsAug 24, 2021

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

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to a new immediate ceasefire during talks in Doha, Qatar's foreign ministry said. Both countries will stop fighting and work toward "lasting peace and stability" after more than a week of deadly clashes, according to the ministry. https://cnn.it/4qo0eBC | CNN

20.3K views6 months ago

Four years since the US and its allies withdrew from Afghanistan, and the Taliban took over, the economy is suffering. Kabul’s glitzy wedding halls are normally reserved for a single couple. But tough times mean dozens of couples have to share their big day. And CNN’s Isobel Yeung was there. https://cnn.it/3H1ZsZ1 | CNN

34.9K views9 months ago

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

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

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

Back in power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have banned modern schools for girls over the age of 12. Their only option is to attend religious schools, or madrasas. CNN’s Isobel Yeung went to one. https://cnn.it/4m7qX2f | CNN

35.6K views9 months ago

"Today was a gut punch," says Iraq war veteran Paul Rieckhoff of the deadly attacks in Afghanistan. "It's one of the most dark and tragic days of the modern military that I can remember... we were watching it unfold. It felt like we could feel it coming and we dreaded that it could come and today it came." | CNN

104.3K viewsAug 27, 2021

"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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