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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 628

US troops in Afghanistan

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill speaks during a press conference regarding developments of a New Year's Eve truck explosion Friday, January 3, 2025 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Rio Yamat)
January 4, 2025, 8:51 am
US soldier who blew up Tesla at Trump hotel left note saying blast was ‘wake up call’
Decorated Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger, 37, wrote letters saying he needed to ‘cleanse’ his mind of military experiences; authorities characterize event as ‘tragic case of suicide’
By Rio Yamat, TARA COPP, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and Colleen Long
File: People walk on the tarmac as they disembark from a Airbus A400M military transport aircraft at the French military air base near Abu Dhabi, on August 23, 2021, after being evacuated from Kabul. (Bertrand Guay/AFP)
April 7, 2023, 8:48 am
US admits massive intelligence failure in disastrous Afghan exit
Washington defends pullout but acknowledges officials didn’t grasp extent of Taliban’s strength, corruption of Afghan forces; adds Trump’s deal with Taliban left them few options
By Sebastian Smith
Brooklyn musician and paralegal Nat Rosenzweig is working to help an Afghan man he met on the app Clubhouse move to the United States. (Collage by Mollie Suss/ JTA)
August 14, 2022, 4:06 am
After meeting on Clubhouse, a NY Jew is working to help an Afghan man out of Kabul
34-year-old musician Nat Rosenzweig is raising funds to secure safe passage for a man who’d worked with the US Army and has been hiding from the Taliban for nearly a year
By Sarah Rosen
A Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of the August 26 twin suicide bombs, which killed scores of people including 13 US troops, at Kabul airport on August 27, 2021. (WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)
February 7, 2022, 10:52 pm
US offers $10 million reward to track down IS-K leader
State Department also offers money for any information on culprits behind the terrorist attack on Kabul airport, which killed more than 100 people including 13 American soldiers
By AFP
In this January 31, 2010 file photo, an unmanned US Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
December 19, 2021, 12:30 am
Pentagon documents reveal ‘deeply flawed’ US air war in Middle East — NYT
Report says Defense Department has ‘drastically undercounted’ civilian deaths, undermining American claims of precision strikes
By AFP
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
Illustrative: Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri in a still image from a web posting by the terrorist organization's media arm, as-Sahab, on July 27, 2011. (AP)
September 12, 2021, 12:01 am
Al-Qaeda’s leader, rumored dead, appears in video for 9/11 anniversary
Ayman al-Zawahiri speaks of ‘Judaization of Jerusalem,’ mentions US withdrawal from Afghanistan, but not Taliban takeover — suggesting the footage may not be recent
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, and Qatari Defense Minister Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, right, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Doha, Qatar, September 7, 2021. (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP)
September 9, 2021, 1:05 pm
Pentagon chief says al-Qaeda may seek comeback in Afghanistan
20 years after the country was used as a staging base for the 9/11 attacks, Lloyd Austin says the Taliban is ‘on notice’ that the US expects it to keep al-Qaeda quashed in Kabul
By Robert Burns
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. (AP/Collage)
September 8, 2021, 2:23 am
Blinken invites Lapid for Washington visit next month
Invitation comes during phone call between top diplomats and aims to follow up on progress made during Bennett’s White House meeting with Biden
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
A US flag is unfurled at the Pentagon on the 16th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, on Monday, September 11, 2017. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
September 7, 2021, 7:51 pm
As the decades pass, the act of remembering 9/11 evolves
The remembrance this year will likely be different following the recent chaotic US exit from Afghanistan, ending a 20-year war that was sparked by the September 11 attacks
By Ted Anthony
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) greets Foreign Minister Yair Lapid ahead of their meeting in Rome, on June 27, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/Pool/AFP)
September 6, 2021, 5:09 pm
In call with Blinken, Lapid walks back criticism of US pullout from Afghanistan
US praises Israeli moves on Gaza, Jerusalem Foreign Ministry says, and two discuss Iran nuclear progress; pair to meet in US in October
By Jacob Magid
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
In this image provided by the US Marine Corps, two children point at an aircraft after they have been manifested to depart, at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 21, 2021. (1st Lt. Mark Andries/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)
September 2, 2021, 5:17 pm
At least 30 California children stuck in Afghanistan after US forces depart
Officials with three school districts are in contact with families who fear they’ve been forgotten by the US government
By JULIE WATSON
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