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Navy commissions destroyer honoring youngest WW2 Medal of Honor recipient
Pfc. Jack Lucas received 26 operations to remove shrapnel from his torso, arm and face after hurling himself on two grenades to save his fellow Marines.
By Diana Stancy
Displaced Afghan students find homes on US university campuses
Many Afghan students are now nearing graduation at U.S. schools and planning their futures, but others still hope to find a way to get to the U.S.
Former Afghan pilot strives to bring family to US
Tashmorad Qara, an Afghan Air Force veteran, arrived in Virginia in 2021 after escaping Afghanistan when the Taliban regained control of his country.
By Heather Rosseau, The Roanoke Times
Rights group documents abuses since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
A U.K.-based rights group launched an interactive map documenting human rights abuses since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan.
Kansas man upset he can’t buy mini Toyotas ‘like the Taliban and ISIS’
“Every time I see that, I say to myself (or anyone unlucky enough to be in earshot) ‘There, that’s the truck I want’ — minus the machine gun..."
By Sarah Sicard
Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport
The Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 bombing outside the Kabul airport that killed 13 U.S. service members.
By FARNOUSH AMIRI, MATTHEW LEE, AAMER MADHANI and LOLITA C. BALDOR
Taliban may be getting bulk of US aid sent to Afghanistan
A government watchdog says US officials can't say how much of the money is going to help civilians and how much is being stolen.
58 Marines reenlist early, on Iwo Jima anniversary
“You could have done anything, but you decided to be a Marine.”
Taliban releases 2 Americans held in Afghanistan
State Department spokesman Ned Price called the release an apparent goodwill gesture on the part of the Taliban.
Afghan government didn’t think US would actually leave, report finds
And five more reasons Afghanistan fell, according to a new special inspector general report.
Taliban bans popular video game for ‘promoting violence’
The Taliban has banned more than 23 million websites since seizing control of the country in August 2021.
By Jon Simkins