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Many of the volunteers or people who brought donations were Afghan Americans, many with family stranded in Kabul.

Former Afghan interpreter: Taliban starting to hunt for relatives

The last time Yelda Natiq saw her family in person was nine years ago in Afghanistan. The situation in that country has her deeply worried.

The Afghan War is over—and we lost. We gave tril...

Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt wants to help more Afghans come to the country on special...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — UNITED NATIONS — The head of the U.N. food agency in Afghanistan says a humanitarian crisis is unfolding with 14 million people facing severe hunger following the Taliban takeover of the country.

Military officials announced Wednesday Fort McCoy was one of three bases selected to temporarily house as many as 22,000 Afghan refugees.

After the Taliban took over Afghanistan, nine U.S. Air Force planes arrived at the Kabul airport overnight to assist in evacuation efforts. The Pentagon says it hopes to send out one flight per hour in the next few days, lifting thousands of people out of Afghanistan.

Zainab filled out all the forms for a special immigrant visa but now can only watch as the Americans leave Afghanistan. Some 8,000 miles away in the U.S., all her husband can do is hope.

Two top officials from the Trump administration delivered a stark warning Tuesday over the stampede to bring in as many Afghan citizens as possible, calling that an element of "open borders policies" and saying it would repeat the mistakes President Biden is making on the U.S.-Mexico border.