Afghanistan

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to a 33-year-old Afghan man, who says he tried to get to the Kabul airport with his wife, four sisters, daughters and others, but was beaten by the Taliban and turned back.

As the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan ends, NPR's Michel Martin talks with two former Pentagon officials about what this means for the global war on terror: Kathryn Wheelbarger and Bilal Saab.

On Monday, Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul was the target of a rocket attack, capping off a tense weekend in Afghanistan.

NPR's Asma Khalid speaks with Azmat Khan, a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine, about the many signs that America's involvement in Afghanistan was falling short of stated goals.

Turkish leaders are closing the doors to refugees from Afghanistan and hoping the country stays stable — but they don't have good relations with the Taliban.

With just days to go before the U.S. completes its withdrawal from Afghanistan, a look at how the 20 year old war began and ended - with the militant Taliban in power, and terrorist suicide attacks.

While reluctant to criticise President Biden directly, many Europeans are critical of the way his administration has handled the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan.

An Islamic State affiliate says it was behind the attacks that killed at least 13 U.S. service members and dozens of Afghans. Here's what we know right now.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Jane Ferguson, PBS NewsHour special correspondent who is on the ground Qatar, about the U.S. and its allies rushing to evacuate eligible people from Afghanistan.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Mary Ellen McGroarty, director at the World Food Programme in Afghanistan, about the challenges of providing assistance for vulnerable groups in Afghans.

U.S. veterans reflect on their time in Afghanistan as they watch the Taliban take power, uncertain of the fate of the people they know from their time at war.

"It is too cruel to ask if it hurts more the first or second time a homeland is lost," says Afghan American author Nadia Hashimi, whose parents are from Kabul. "I know one never becomes numb to it."