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The fall of Afghanistan happened quicker than most U.S. officials anticipated and publicly stated, creating an atmosphere of chaos and desperation in Kabul. Watch The Inside Story for a first-person account of those first 36 hours and the impact the U.S. withdrawal is having on Afghan society.
Afghanistan evacuations reached a highwater mark with Pentagon officials saying about 90 aircraft evacuated 16,000 people from the international airport in Kabul in the past 24 hours. VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb has the latest.
Kurdish forces in Syria said two towns under their control have been bombarded by Turkish military and allied Syrian militias, killing six people, including two civilians and wounding more than a dozen others. VOA’s Zana Omer reports from Tel Tamer, Syria, in this story narrated by Sirwan Kajjo.]
President Joe Biden remains defiant amid a political storm triggered by the swift Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the chaotic end of America’s longest war. Whether he can survive the crisis depends on many factors, including the safe evacuation of Americans. Patsy Widakuswara has more.
The world's children cannot afford more empty promises at this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), youth activists including Greta Thunberg said, after a U.N. report found virtually no child will escape the impact of global warming.