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113.6K viewsJan 18, 2021

Video shows 22 Afghan commandos executed by the Taliban

Video shows 22 Afghan commandos executed by the Taliban

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An Afghan interpreter living in the US tells CNN about the difficulties of trying to get his family out of Afghanistan and says he feels disrespected by the US effort to evacuate its citizens and Afghan allies from Kabul. | CNN

97.4K viewsAug 20, 2021

"I'm glad we're getting out of there, but it's really sad," says wounded special ops. veteran Jimmy Hatch of the US withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. "It makes me think about the folks who lost their lives there and the people who got hurt and people who come home and have, you know, mental health issues and emotional issues because of their exposure to it." | CNN

74.4K viewsJul 9, 2021

CNN gets access to a US military base seized by the Taliban, where American efforts in Afghanistan have turned to dust. Clarissa Ward reports https://cnn.it/3shIAl2 | CNN

169K viewsAug 14, 2021

The US is sending more than 3,000 troops to Afghanistan to assist with the departure of embassy staff after urging American citizens to leave the country "immediately." The Taliban has seized 12 provincial capitals in Afghanistan so far in an unrelenting sweep across the country, raising fears for the country’s fate. These Taliban gains come just weeks before US troops are scheduled to complete their withdrawal. | CNN

94.3K viewsAug 12, 2021

When the Taliban took over Kabul, “everyone was afraid and scared,” says Haroon Zarify, a US citizen who escaped Afghanistan. “Everyone was trying to get themselves to the airport … [and] there was no flights. It was a mess.” He said the Taliban was shooting and setting off flash bombs outside the airport. Other members of his extended family still remain stuck in the country. https://cnn.it/2UMBDMG | CNN

137.9K viewsAug 25, 2021

"They promised us to save our life as soon as or whenever they left the country," says "Sam," an interpreter who worked for the US military in Afghanistan. "Why was one of the... people to be lucky enough to get out of the country and I have still my family in a grave threat of retribution from these so-called Taliban terrorists." | CNN

112.8K viewsAug 18, 2021

CNN's Clarissa Ward describes life inside Afghanistan's capital Kabul as Taliban fighters swarm the streets after entering the city's presidential palace after former President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. https://cnn.it/3g6WPoc | CNN

11.5M viewsAug 16, 2021

CNN speaks with Mohammad, a former employee of the US embassy in Afghanistan, about his struggles to get his trapped wife and children out of the country. | CNN

57.9K viewsAug 25, 2021

Afghanistan's former President, Ashraf Ghani, is in the United Arab Emirates, its foreign ministry said in a statement. News of his whereabouts comes days after he fled Kabul as the Taliban closed in on the city. Ghani reiterated that he left the country to avoid bloodshed. | CNN

66.9K viewsAug 18, 2021

The American flag at the US embassy in Kabul was taken down Sunday, marking a final step in the evacuation of the diplomatic compound, days earlier than US officials initially projected, according to a source familiar with the situation. Get the latest on Afghanistan https://cnn.it/37MUyKm | CNN

304.9K viewsAug 15, 2021

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to a new immediate ceasefire during talks in Doha, Qatar's foreign ministry said. Both countries will stop fighting and work toward "lasting peace and stability" after more than a week of deadly clashes, according to the ministry. https://cnn.it/4qo0eBC | CNN

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Reps. Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer, both veterans, defended their clandestine trip to Afghanistan, which was criticized by fellow lawmakers. “We were uniquely situated to be able to get in, get out, be as quiet as possible, but also take as much information as possible,” Meijer said. https://cnn.it/3Br03Lx | CNN

85.3K viewsAug 29, 2021

Here’s an update on “Sara,” an American trying to escape Afghanistan, bringing vulnerable women & children with her “I am confident that we will get her out, it’s going to be a rigorous activity,” says fmr. Army Intel Officer Sam Rogers as he works to extract her and others. | CNN

174.1K viewsSep 2, 2021

President Biden defiantly defended his administration's execution of the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, saying that he doesn't think the crisis represents a failure and there was no way to better handle the drawdown. The President said he thought chaos in the country was inevitable after US troops departed. "The idea that somehow, there's a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, I don't know how that happens," he told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. | CNN

143.7K viewsAug 18, 2021

"The last flight is gone and we're left behind," says "Sara," an American citizen trying to leave Kabul. "It's heartbreaking to see that, with all this, what's going on, no one heard us, that we are in danger and we need to be safe. It is heartbreaking. I just don't even know what to say to you." | CNN

1.6M viewsAug 31, 2021

Back in power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have banned modern schools for girls over the age of 12. Their only option is to attend religious schools, or madrasas. CNN’s Isobel Yeung went to one. https://cnn.it/4m7qX2f | CNN

35.6K views10 months ago

CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward describes the scene in Kabul right now, only a couple of days after the Taliban has taken control of Afghanistan's capital. | CNN

442.2K viewsAug 17, 2021

Video geolocated and verified by CNN shows Iranian Shahed drones striking the upper floors of the Era Views Tower in Manama, Bahrain, a residential high-rise roughly a mile from a US Navy base. Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/3OJHMF1 | CNN

682.1K views2 months ago

CNN speaks with former Afghan translator Hewad Hemat about the situation in Afghanistan as thousands are attempting to flee the country after the Taliban's rise to power. | CNN

75.4K viewsAug 18, 2021

President Biden began his address to the nation by saying that the situation in Afghanistan is "rapidly evolving." He said the White House's national security team is "closely monitoring the situation on the ground." Biden said he wants to remind the country "how we got here and what America's interests are in Afghanistan." He said that the US mission in Afghanistan that started two decades ago "was never supposed to have been nation building." | CNN

511K viewsAug 16, 2021

A former US military base is now in the hands of the Taliban as the future of Afghanistan is unclear. CNN's Clarissa Ward reports from what remains of Combat Outpost Andar in Afghanistan's Ghazni province. https://cnn.it/37J3Jvm | CNN

2.6M viewsAug 14, 2021

A massive explosion rocked Afghanistan's capital of Kabul last week igniting one of the bloodiest border conflicts between Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan in decades. CNN's Sophia Saifi reports. Read more: https://cnn.it/47rYxeF | CNN

17.8K views7 months ago

Afghan reporter Nazira Karimi makes an emotional plea to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby at the Pentagon briefing after the Taliban's taking of Kabul. | CNN

222K viewsAug 16, 2021

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