First civilian flight leaves Afghanistan under Taliban

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.

• Sep 9, 2021
• 02:21

Taliban allows more evacuations from Kabul

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.

• Sep 9, 2021
• 06:15

WorldView: Former Afghan leader apologizes

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.

• Sep 9, 2021
• 03:03

Biden plans new steps to fight pandemic

President Biden will lay out his administration's latest plans to fight COVID-19 later today. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN to explain the latest on that plus other developments including the fight over Texas' abortion law.

• Sep 9, 2021
• 11:42

U.S. works to process Afghan refugees

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.

• Sep 7, 2021
• 10:37

Biden tours Ida damage in Northeast

President Biden on Tuesday surveyed the storm damage from the remnants of Hurricane Ida in parts of New Jersey and New York. He called the storm an opportunity to acknowledge the reality of climate change as extreme weather events become more common. CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang, NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and Axios congressional correspondent Alayna Treene join CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on the president's domestic policy agenda, as well as Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Doha, Qatar.

• Sep 7, 2021
• 15:39

Michael Moore talks Afghanistan withdrawal

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.

• Sep 7, 2021
• 14:40

Taliban cracks down on protesters

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.

• Sep 7, 2021
• 09:32

Top U.S. officials travel to Qatar

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.

• Sep 7, 2021
• 01:40

Taliban faces defiant protests as "around 100" Americans await escape

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.

• Sep 7, 2021

Taliban claims to defeat resistance amid fear for trapped Americans

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.

• Sep 7, 2021

Taliban claims total control over Afghanistan

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.

• Sep 6, 2021
• 02:22

Thousands still trying to flee Afghanistan

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.

• Sep 5, 2021
• 07:21

Taliban preventing stranded Americans from leaving

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.

• Sep 6, 2021
• 02:36

Allegations of Taliban brutality emerge

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.

• Sep 5, 2021
• 02:05

Taliban isn't letting charter flights leave Afghanistan, officials say

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.

• Sep 5, 2021

Taliban special forces bring abrupt end to women's protest

As the protesters' shouts grew louder, several Taliban officials waded into the crowd to ask what they wanted to say.

• Sep 4, 2021

Afghan couple helps refugees escape turmoil

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.

• Sep 4, 2021
• 04:17

Looming economic crisis in Afghanistan

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.

• Sep 3, 2021
• 15:19

U.S. resettling Afghan refugees

Thousands of Afghans who aided the American war effort are now staying temporarily at military bases across the U.S., awaiting further processing and more permanent housing. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins "CBSN AM" to talk about where the process currently stands.

• Sep 2, 2021
• 07:42

Taliban and resistance fighters clash

A group of anti-Taliban fighters has vowed to protect the last significant area of Afghanistan that has not been seized by the Taliban. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata joined "CBSN AM" from Doha, Qatar, to discuss this and the latest news from Afghanistan.

• Sep 3, 2021
• 08:55

U.S. monitoring ISIS-K in Afghanistan

The White House says it is closely watching "active" threats from ISIS-K in Afghanistan. Pentagon officials say it's "possible" the U.S. could collaborate with the Taliban to fight the terror organization. Andrew Mines, a research fellow for George Washington University's Program on Extremism, joins CBSN's Lana Zak with what to know about ISIS-K.

• Sep 2, 2021
• 06:55

Former Afghan official on nation's future

With U.S. troops fully withdrawn from Afghanistan and the Taliban now in charge, there are fears and uncertainty of what lies ahead. Nargis Nehan, who used to serve in the Afghan government, recently fled with the help of Norway. She joined CBSN to discuss her experiences, the fight for women's rights, and what her country is now facing.

• Sep 2, 2021
• 12:25

Afghan women stage rare protest to demand rights under Taliban

"We are not afraid, we are united," said one woman who attended a demonstration in Herat that would have been inconceivable during the Taliban's first reign.

• Sep 2, 2021

Biden meets with Ukraine's president

During his first Oval Office meeting with President Biden on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought support from the White House on a range of issues. Meanwhile Republicans are seizing on an opportunity to attack President Biden's decisions in Afghanistan ahead of the 2022 midterms. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge, CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion, USA Today White House correspondent Courtney Subramanian, and Insider politics reporter Oma Seddiq join CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with the details.

• Sep 1, 2021
• 16:38

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