Bone-tired like everyone else in Kabul, Taliban fighters spent the last moments of the 20-year Afghanistan war watching the night skies for the flares that would signal the United States was gone. From afar, U.S. generals watched video screens with the same anticipation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Bone-tired like everyone else in Kabul, Taliban fighters spent the last moments of the 20-year Afghanistan war watching the night skies for the flares that would signal the United States was gone. From afar, U.S. generals watched video screens with the same anticipation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Bone-tired like everyone else in Kabul, Taliban fighters spent the last moments of the 20-year Afghanistan war watching the night skies for the flares that would signal the United States was gone. From afar, U.S. generals watched video screens with the same anticipation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Bone-tired like everyone else in Kabul, Taliban fighters spent the last moments of the 20-year Afghanistan war watching the night skies for the flares that would signal the United States was gone. From afar, U.S. generals watched video screens with the same anticipation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban swept into Afghanistan's capital Sunday after the government collapsed and the embattled president joined an exodus of his fellow citizens and foreigners, signaling the end of a costly two-decade U.S. campaign to remake the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban swept into Afghanistan's capital Sunday after the government collapsed and the embattled president joined an exodus of his fellow citizens and foreigners, signaling the end of a costly two-decade U.S. campaign to remake the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban swept into Afghanistan's capital Sunday after the government collapsed and the embattled president joined an exodus of his fellow citizens and foreigners, signaling the end of a costly two-decade U.S. campaign to remake the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban swept into Afghanistan's capital Sunday after the government collapsed and the embattled president joined an exodus of his fellow citizens and foreigners, signaling the end of a costly two-decade U.S. campaign to remake the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s embattled president left the country Sunday, joining thousands of his fellow citizens and foreigners in a stampede fleeing the advancing Taliban and signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Senior U.S. military officials say Kabul’s international airport has been closed to commercial flights as military evacuations continue.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s embattled president left the country Sunday, joining his fellow citizens and foreigners in a stampede fleeing the advancing Taliban and signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters entered Kabul on Sunday and sought the unconditional surrender of the central government, officials said, as Afghans and foreigners alike raced for the exit, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday and said they were awaiting a “peaceful transfer” of the city after promising not to take it by force, but panicked residents raced to the leave, with workers fleeing government offices and helicopters landing at …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO