The Trump administration has made plans to deport nearly 200 Afghan nationals by first sending them to Pakistan, where officials would then return the deportees to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, a U.S. official told CBS News. The official cautioned the plans are still in flux, and that it’s unclear when such deportations could take place. The Afghans…
A member of an Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization, which took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans at the Kabul airport five years ago during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from the country….
Washington — The CIA on Friday released 71 intelligence reports from the months and years leading up to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, providing a new look at what the spy agency told two presidents about al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden before the deadly strikes. The trove of documents includes assessments prepared by analysts for…
Afghanistan, now once again under Taliban control, has banned girls from school after the sixth grade. Imtiaz Tyab found a secret school hidden in a quiet corner of Kabul, where girls aged 14 to 16 are working through advanced calculus. Source link
The 9/11 terror attacks, 25 years ago this week, were planned from inside the Taliban-controlled country of Afghanistan; a country that tonight is not only back under Taliban control, but with Taliban fighters carrying American weapons and driving around in American vehicles. CBS News’ Imtiaz Tyab reports from Kabul. Source link
Kabul — As Americans reflect this week on the 25 years that have passed since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, CBS News has returned to Afghanistan, where the war those attacks triggered ended five years ago with the Taliban’s stunning return to power. When the last U.S. and allied soldiers left after a brutal…
Twenty-five years after 9/11 began America’s longest war, and five years after it ended, the Taliban is firmly back in control in Afghanistan. Imtiaz Tyab in Kabul with a look back on America’s longest war. Source link
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Energy Secretary Chris Wright Rep. Jason Crow, Democrat of Colorado Rep. Lisa McClain, Republican of Michigan Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Democratic nominee for governor Sunoco chairman Ray Washburne, Republican midterm convention chair Click here to browse full transcripts from 2026…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut Rep. John James, Republican of Michigan David Becker, CBS News election security analyst Afghan General Haibatullah Alizai Click here to browse full transcripts from 2026 of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” MARGARET BRENNAN: I’m…
Five years after the attack at Abbey Gate in Kabul that killed 13 U.S. service members, the Pentagon upgraded the awards of three Marines for their actions in the wake of the blast. Service members were in the final days of the U.S. military’s 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, and were helping to process evacuees at…
