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"We felt in danger": Afghan evacuees in U.S. describe fleeing the Taliban
Many families have arrived at Fort McCoy — one of eight U.S. bases helping to resettle more than 60,000 Afghan evacuees — with nothing but the clothes on their backs.
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Many families have arrived at Fort McCoy — one of eight U.S. bases helping to resettle more than 60,000 Afghan evacuees — with nothing but the clothes on their backs.
Documents reviewed by CBS News suggest Shirzad applied for a special immigrant visa as early as 2016.
Afghans who survive the trek through Iran to the Turkish border, which can take weeks, will now be met with a wall of concrete slabs 10 feet high.
Vulnerable women who'd been protected by the previous government from their own families now "have nowhere to go." For some, it's probably already too late.
"I may as well be dead," one woman laments as the Islamic fundamentalists initiate a clear, if undeclared slide back to the repressive days of their 1st reign over Afghanistan.
It is not clear how many Americans remain in Afghanistan.
An investigation by U.S. Central Command determined that the August 29 strike in Kabul killed an innocent aid worker and as many as nine of his family members.
California and Texas are set to receive thousands of Afghans evacuated to the U.S., while other states are expected to resettle fewer than a dozen or none at all.
Yousafzai said the president should "stand up and support the rights of women in Afghanistan."
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"After decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour, " U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said.
Corporal Humberto Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Indiana, was among 13 servicemembers killed in a suicide bombing during the U.S.-run evacuation at Afghanistan's Kabul airport in August.
Kinzinger is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which will hear from Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday.
White Taliban flags waved near the now-empty U.S. Embassy in Kabul and members of the group strolled throughout the capital city on Saturday.
The State Department did not say how many Americans remain in Afghanistan.
2nd flight expected to carry about 200 more people out of Afghanistan, but as an unapologetic Taliban cements its power through violence, that's a drop in the bucket.
U.S. and Qatari officials said a group of Americans and other foreigners would be among the first to fly out of Afghanistan as Kabul's airport slowly resumes operations.
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Despite the lack of a specific threat, DHS warned the 9/11 anniversary could create a "heightened threat environment," and Mayorkas said the agency is "ever vigilant."
Blinken says the Taliban isn't holding anyone hostage, and the U.S. is working with the group to secure the evacuation of U.S. nationals still stuck in the country.
This is the first departure by land from Afghanistan facilitated by the State Department since the U.S. military withdrawal was completed at the end of August.
The Islamic extremist group claims full control of Afghanistan with the purported defeat of resistance fighters, but it won't say why 6 planes aren't being allowed to depart.
Excerpts of an email from the State Department to members of Congress viewed by CBS News acknowledged that charter flights are still on the ground at the Mazar-i-Sharif airstrip.
As the protesters' shouts grew louder, several Taliban officials waded into the crowd to ask what they wanted to say.
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The Butler County native has been in Russian prison since 2021.
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Chinese-based tour operators said North Korea will soon allow visitors to the mountainous northern city of Samjiyon.
The woman was found dead "because of being constricted and bitten by the snake," a police spokesman said.
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The Biden administration announced in April a new rule that expands Title IX's protections to LGBTQ students.
A U.S. district judge said in her ruling that FuboTV was likely to be successful in proving that the joint venture would violate antitrust laws.
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Former President Donald Trump also disclosed more than $100 million in liabilities for recent legal cases.
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The Biden administration announced in April a new rule that expands Title IX's protections to LGBTQ students.
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Philadelphia singer Jessy Kyle created a new bra inspired by her medical journey, which included a heart attack and kidney transplant.
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ABC News Australia's Nate Byrne is being praised both for how he handled the on-air panic attack as well as the visibility he's bringing to mental health.
A 19-year-old giant panda named Ying Ying has given birth to twins, becoming the oldest known first-time panda mom.
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The HMS Hawke was torpedoed by a German U-boat on October 15, 1913. Just 70 sailors survived.
Chinese-based tour operators said North Korea will soon allow visitors to the mountainous northern city of Samjiyon.
The woman was found dead "because of being constricted and bitten by the snake," a police spokesman said.
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