Taliban lets Americans, other foreigners leave on flight from Kabul
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.
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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The first passenger flight carrying international citizens departed from Kabul, Afghanistan, following the withdrawal of U.S. forces. CBS News senior foreign affairs correspondent and "Face the Nation" moderator Margret Brennan joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on the evolving U.S. relationship with the Taliban and the lingering impact of the 9/11 attacks.
More than 100 passengers — including at least 20 Americans — have landed in Qatar. They were on the first flight out of Afghanistan since the U.S. withdrawal. Charlie D'Agata has the latest.
The Taliban allowed a flight carrying roughly 200 Americans and third-country nationals to leave the Kabul airport for Qatar. Mark Jacobson, former deputy NATO senior civilian representative for Afghanistan and the assistant dean of Washington programs at Syracuse University's Maxwell School, joins CBSN with more on the situation in Afghanistan as the Taliban forms its new government.
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Ashraf Ghani, the former president of Afghanistan, asks forgiveness for fleeing the country during the Taliban's takeover. China pledges millions of dollars in aid to Afghanistan. Sydney, Australia, plans to roll back COVID-19 restrictions. And North Korea is barred from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Ian Lee joins CBSN AM from London with more on these world headlines.
The Taliban announced they have established an interim government in Afghanistan exactly one week after U.S. troops left the country. It comes as America prepares to mark 20 years since the attacks on September 11, 2001. Academy Award-winning filmmaker and podcast host Michael Moore joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss.
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The Taliban is unveiling its new government after claiming full control of Afghanistan. Militants were seeing firing weapons into the air in Kabul on Tuesday in an effort to disperse hundreds of protesters. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports on the latest, and then CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini joins CBSN from Doha, Qatar, to discuss the U.S. relocation efforts for Afghan refugees overseas.
The Taliban is unveiling its newly formed government just one day after claiming to have seized full control of Afghanistan. Militants were seen firing weapons into the air in Kabul on Tuesday in an effort to disperse hundreds of protesters from demonstrating in the streets. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more. Then CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini joins from Doha, Qatar, to discuss the U.S. relocation efforts for Afghan refugees overseas.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Doha, Qatar, where many Afghans and Americans landed while fleeing the Taliban's takeover. The nation's top diplomat is joined by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Both men are meeting with officials in the Persian Gulf nation to thank them for helping transport thousands of evacuees from Afghanistan in recent weeks. CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini reports for CBSN.
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.
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.
New video shows Taliban fighters firing into the air as protests erupt in Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrives in Doha, Qatar for conversations with top diplomatic leaders. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata joins CBSN AM from Doha with more details.
The State Department Monday confirmed it had facilitated the safe departure of four Americans via an overland route out of Afghanistan. There are further American citizens at an airport in northern Afghanistan being denied permission to leave the country by the Taliban. As Charlie D'Agata reports, the Taliban were aware of the evacuation and allowed it to happen.
The Taliban has claimed victory over the last region in Afghanistan to fall under their control. Meanwhile, four Americans safely departed from Afghanistan by land amid accusations the Taliban is not letting planes with evacuees take off, a senior State Department official confirmed Monday. Charlie D'Agata reports.
Multiple planes with American citizens and green card holders at an airport in Mazar-e-Sharif, in northern Afghanistan, are being denied permission to leave the country by the Taliban. Correspondent Charlie D'Agata, in Doha, Qatar, reports the latest.
One family says a pregnant mother was shot dead in front of her children in Ghor, west of Kabul. Others said the Taliban broke up a protest by firing guns into the air. Charlie D'Agata reports.
Government officials in Doha, Qatar, said they've been working closely with the Taliban to reopen the airport in the Afghan capital of Kabul in the next few days. That could mean a resumption of humanitarian flights for Afghan civilians holding special visas who are still trying to flee the country. Mike Breen, the president and CEO of Human Rights First, joined Lana Zak on CBSN to discuss the evacuation effort.
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.
Thousands of Afghan refugees have been taken to Qatar, where concerns remain high over the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan. The Biden administration says it plans to admit about 50,000 Afghan refugees to the U.S. But the process of leaving the country is complicated and full of twists and turns, even for people with dual citizenship. Christina Ruffini reports.
Wire transfer services to Afghanistan have resumed as the country's economy struggles under new rule. Afghans have been lining up for hours outside banks after the Taliban imposed a strict $200 weekly withdrawal limit. Obaidullah Baheer, a lecturer on transitional justice at the American University of Afghanistan, joined CBSN to discuss what comes next for the new government.
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