US Troops in Afghanistan

US Marines provide assistance during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 20, 2021. Lance Cpl. Nicholas Guevara/U.S. Marine Corps/via REUTERS/File Photo
USA

Afghan army collapse 'took us all by surprise,' US defense secretary

Austin praised American personnel who helped airlift 124,000 Afghans out of the country, an operation that also cost the lives of 13 US troops and scores of Afghans in a suicide bombing outside the...

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the crisis in Afghanistan during a speech in the East Room at the White House in Washington, US, August 16, 2021. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Biden says Afghanistan exit marks the end of US nation-building

A CH-47 Chinook is loaded onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 28, 2021. The Chinook is one of the pieces of equipment returning to the U.S. as the military mission in Afghanistan comes to an end. Picture taken August 28, 2021. U.S. Central Command/Handout via REUTERS
Middle East

Taliban celebrate 'complete independence' as last US troops leave Afghanistan

A member of Taliban forces stands guard as Afghan men take pictures of a vehicle from which rockets were fired, in Kabul, Afghanistan August 30, 2021. REUTER/Stringer
South Asia

Rockets target US troops as Afghanistan withdrawal enters final stage

Former Afghan interpreters, who worked with US troops in Afghanistan, demonstrate in front of the U.S. embassy in Kabul June 25, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
World+Biz

US offers refuge to more Afghans who aided Americans in new program

Russia drills attack helicopters, pledges help to secure Tajik-Afghan border
World+Biz

Russia drills attack helicopters, pledges help to secure Tajik-Afghan border

Afghan Commando forces are seen at the site of a battle field where they clash with the Taliban insurgent in Kunduz province, Afghanistan June 22, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
South Asia

Afghan civilians take up arms as US-led forces leave

US troops patrol at an Afghan National Army (ANA) base in Logar province, Afghanistan August 7, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo
World+Biz

US military 'days away' from completing pull-out from Afghanistan

A shoe polishing girl waits for customers under graffiti on a wall in Kabul, Afghanistan June 24, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
World+Biz

Biden meets Afghan leaders as US troops leave, fighting rages

US troops patrol at an Afghan National Army (ANA) base in Logar province, Afghanistan August 7, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo
World+Biz

As US troops leave Afghanistan, lawmakers fear dark future for women

Photo: Hindustan Times
South Asia

India's military chief concerned about US pullout from Afghanistan