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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

US-Afghanistan relations

Afghan students line up at one of Kabul University's gates in Kabul, Afghanistan, February 26, 2022. (Hussein Malla/AP)
December 20, 2022, 11:53 pm
Taliban bans university education for Afghan girls, drawing global condemnation
US warns move violates previous commitments, will have ‘concrete costs;’ UN ‘deeply concerned’ at development; Kabul regime releases 2 US citizens it was holding
By AFP
Afghans look at destruction caused by an earthquake in the province of Paktika, eastern Afghanistan, June 22, 2022. (Bakhtar News Agency via AP)
June 23, 2022, 12:53 pm
Survivors dig by hand after 1,000 killed in Afghanistan’s worst quake in 20 years
International assistance hampered amid shunning of Taliban rulers following their takeover last year; UN rescuers striving to reach disaster-hit areas
By EBRAHIM NOROOZI
The foreign minister in Afghanistan's new Taliban-run Cabinet, Amir Khan Muttaqi speaks during an interview to the Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 12, 2021. (Mohammed Shoaib Amin)
December 13, 2021, 11:29 am
Taliban urges against sanctions, seeks ‘good’ ties with US
Foreign minister for extremist group that seized power in Afghanistan says women’s rights will improve with gender segregation, pleads for Washington to give rulers a fair chance
By KATHY GANNON
Afghans inspect damage of Ahmadi family house after a US drone strike on August 29, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi, File)
November 3, 2021, 10:13 pm
Pentagon probe: Drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians did not violate law
Independent review concludes deadly bombing in final days of Afghanistan war not caused by misconduct or negligence, doesn’t recommend disciplinary action
By Lolita C. Baldor
Afghan residents and family members of the victims gather next to a damaged vehicle inside a house, day after a US drone airstrike in Kabul on August 30, 2021. (WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)
October 16, 2021, 8:53 am
US offers condolence funds to families of 10 killed in errant Kabul drone strike
Pentagon doesn’t say how much money to be paid, but notes Defense Department also working with State Department to help surviving family members relocate to the US
By AP
Relatives and residents attend a funeral ceremony for victims of a suicide attack at the Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, October 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Abdullah Sahil)
October 10, 2021, 11:51 pm
Taliban says US will provide aid to Afghanistan, without recognizing new regime
Islamist group says Washington has agreed to help curb humanitarian disaster, but won’t provide political support or counterterrorism cooperation following military takeover
By KATHY GANNON
Illustrative: Taliban fighters stand guard inside the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the US withdrawal in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Kathy Gannon)
September 9, 2021, 4:45 pm
Under Taliban’s watch, dozens of foreigners board commercial flight from Kabul
First large-scale evacuation since US and NATO forces left Afghanistan marks significant breakthrough in coordination with country’s new rulers
By KATHY GANNON
In this August 21, 2021,file photo provided by the US Marines, US Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, provide assistance at an evacuation control checkpoint during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/US Marine Corps via AP, File)
September 5, 2021, 8:08 am
Over 24 hours in Kabul, brutality, trauma — and moments of grace
Longtime enemies the US and the Taliban re thrust into a bizarre collaboration, and both sides had a stake in making America’s last 24 hours in the country work
By TAMEEM AKHGAR, Matthew Lee, Lolita C. Baldor, Rahim Faiez and Calvin Woodward
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (left) answers a question during a briefing with US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley (right) at the Pentagon in Washington, on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, about the end of the war in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
September 2, 2021, 8:21 pm
US military chiefs express ‘pain and anger’ at departing Afghanistan
‘As we look back as a nation on the war in Afghanistan, I hope that we will all do so with thoughtfulness and respect,’ says US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
By AFP
Afghan residents and family members of the victims gather next to a damaged vehicle inside a house, day after a US drone airstrike in Kabul on August 30, 2021. (WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)
August 30, 2021, 8:24 pm
US military investigating reports it killed 7 children in Kabul airstrike on IS
According to reports, 10 members of one family died when a US drone strike Sunday targeted Islamic State terrorists
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about Afghanistan during a media briefing at the State Department, on August 25, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Alex Brandon/Pool/AFP)
August 26, 2021, 12:19 am
Blinken estimates 1,500 Americans may still await evacuation from Afghanistan
US secretary of state indicates end of month pullout deadline to be met but says work to ensure American’s can leave country ‘will continue, every day, past August 31’
By Robert Burns, Ellen Knickmeyer and Matthew Lee
(L) Rep. Seth Moulton speaks during a candidate forum on labor issues on Aug. 3, 2019, in Las Vegas. (R) Republican candidate Peter Meijer speaks at a campaign rally on Oct. 14, 2020, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (AP/John Locher, Carlos Osorio)
August 25, 2021, 8:29 am
Congressmen drop in on Kabul airport uninvited amid chaotic airlift
Representatives Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer, both military veterans, say visit was to push to extend August 31 evacuation deadline; White House said to be furious
By Lolita C. Baldor
In this photo provided by the US Marine Corps, civilians prepare to board a plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/US Marine Corps via AP)
August 20, 2021, 4:13 pm
18,000 airlifted from Kabul chaos; tens of thousands desperate to follow
Taliban fighters are surrounding the airport, there are bureaucratic complications, and Biden’s August 31 deadline is fast approaching
By AP and ToI Staff
In this Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, left, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader, shake hands after signing a peace agreement between Taliban and US officials in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed, File)
August 20, 2021, 3:15 pm
Was Biden handcuffed by Trump’s Taliban deal in Doha?
The US president has blamed his predecessor for committing him to a troop withdrawal deadline; experts say the full picture is more complicated
By Matthew Lee and Eric Tucker
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani gestures during a function at the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul, August 4, 2021. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP)
August 18, 2021, 8:34 pm
UAE hosting Afghanistan’s ex-president ‘on humanitarian grounds’
Emirati foreign ministry confirms Ashraf Ghani is in the country; his whereabouts had been unknown since he fled Kabul in face of Taliban advance
By AFP
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