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World By Sara Marcus NEW YORK - Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 11:56 am | כ"ז אייר תשפ"א A U.S. flag is lowered as American and Afghan soldiers attend a handover ceremony from the U.S. Army to the Afghan National Army, at Camp Anthonic, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (Afghan Ministry of Defense Press Office via AP) The United States is considering having Central Asian countries and Gulf allies house troops and weaponry after its forces withdraw from Afghanistan. President Joe Biden announced in April that U.S. forces would leave Afghanistan on Septe...

The current focus for US forces in Afghanistan and their NATO partners is the withdrawal of their troops, scheduled to be complete by September 11, then priority will shift to helping Afghan security forces from “over the horizon”, top US military officials said Thursday. “The Afghan security forces will play the major role in stopping the Taliban and I know we, what we’re seeing unfold is what we expected to unfold – increased pressure,” said US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. There have been about 80-100 Taliban attacks against Afghan troops every day for the past year, while...

Taliban launches major Afghan offensive after deadline for U.S. pullout Reuters | May 04, 2021 08:46 PM EDT Handover ceremony at Camp Anthonic, from U.S. Army, to Afghan Defense Forces in Helmand province, Afghanistan (Photo : Ministry of Defense Press Office/Handout via REUTERS) Afghan security forces fought back a major Taliban offensive in southern Helmand province in the last 24 hours, officials and residents said on Tuesday, as militants launched assaults around the country after a missed U.S. deadline to withdraw troops. Although the United States did not meet the May 1 withdrawal deadl...

First Thing: West Virginia seeks justice for opioid crisis as trial begins Molly Blackall Good morning. The trial of three major US drug distributors over their alleged role in the opioid crisis in West Virginia is due to begin on Monday. The firms are accused of illegally pumping hundreds of millions of prescription opioid pills into the state, and with it, driving the highest overdose rate in the US. The city of Huntington and surrounding Cabell county are suing McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health, three of the largest corporations in the US. The trial is part of...