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Fall of Kabul; Part of the 2021 Taliban offensive of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the war on terror: Clockwise from top left: Afghans fleeing Kabul Airport aboard a US Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, US Marines assisting at an evacuation checkpoint at Hamid Karzai International Airport, coalition soldiers assist a child during the evacuation, armed Taliban fighters in Kabul, Taliban ...
A suicide bombing took place at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 26 August 2021, at 17:50 local time (13:20 UTC), [11] during the evacuation from Afghanistan. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] At least 182 people were killed, including 169 Afghan civilians and 13 members of the United States military, [ 3 ] [ 14 ] [ 4 ] the ...
The offensive began on 1 May 2021, [90] [91] [18] coinciding with the withdrawal of the United States's 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, and those belonging to other international allies. [92] Large numbers of armed civilians, including women, volunteered with the Afghan Army in defense, [ 93 ] [ 94 ] [ 95 ] while some former warlords, notably ...
Gold Star families of the American service members killed in the 2021 Kabul airport attack demanded answers from President Joe Biden and his administration.
The evacuation was completed on August 30, one day before a deadline agreed upon with the Taliban. [31] US embassy staff arriving in Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar from Afghanistan on 15 August 2021 A C-17 evacuating 823 passengers out of Kabul on 15 August
Clockwise from top-left: American troops in a firefight with Taliban insurgents in Kunar Province; An American F-15E Strike Eagle dropping 2000 pound JDAMs on a cave in eastern Afghanistan; an Afghan soldier surveying atop a Humvee; Afghan and American soldiers move through snow in Logar Province; victorious Taliban fighters after securing Kabul; an Afghan soldier surveying a valley in Parwan ...
16 August - At least seven people are killed after thousands flocked to Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport in an attempt to flee from Taliban rule of Afghanistan. [ 34 ] 17 August - Incumbent Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh declares himself as caretaker president of Afghanistan and set up a resistance in Panjshir Province , the ...
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Monday for a minivan explosion in the Afghan capital that killed at least one person. The militant group said in a statement that it had detonated ...