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The story behind this stunning evacuation photo

The story behind this stunning evacuation photo

Video shows Afghans clinging to outside of US military plane as it takes off

Video shows Afghans clinging to outside of US military plane as it takes off

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"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

"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

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

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

Democratic Rep. Jason Crow, a veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, says the Afghanistan evacuation effort “should not be a calendar deadline.” “Accomplishing the mission requires that we bring Americans home. … That doesn't end tomorrow, Aug. 31, Sept. 2, Sept. 3, until we actually bring the folks home.” https://cnn.it/3BmsHx0 | CNN

Democratic Rep. Jason Crow, a veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, says the Afghanistan evacuation effort “should not be a calendar deadline.” “Accomplishing the mission requires that we bring Americans home. … That doesn't end tomorrow, Aug. 31, Sept. 2, Sept. 3, until we actually bring the folks home.” https://cnn.it/3BmsHx0 | CNN

25.3K viewsAug 27, 2021

"It's time you just knuckle up and say you're going to do it," says Chris Cuomo of the Afghanistan evacuation. "Get everybody out no matter when it takes... when American forces leave, those left behind will likely pay a price. Getting out will be at the mercy of men known for being merciless and the women there will be in grave, grave danger." | CNN

"It's time you just knuckle up and say you're going to do it," says Chris Cuomo of the Afghanistan evacuation. "Get everybody out no matter when it takes... when American forces leave, those left behind will likely pay a price. Getting out will be at the mercy of men known for being merciless and the women there will be in grave, grave danger." | CNN

158.1K viewsAug 26, 2021

CNN's Brianna Keilar breaks down the story behind one of the most defining images of the evacuation effort in Afghanistan: refugees packed in the cargo hold of a C-17 plane as it leaves the country. | CNN

95.5K viewsAug 17, 2021

CNN's Sam Kiley reports from Hamid Karzai airport in Kabul where there are still thousands of people waiting to be evacuated from Afghanistan. https://cnn.it/3gnwa6I | CNN

91.1K viewsAug 22, 2021

CNN's John Avlon breaks down how some "nativist" GOP voices are resorting to anti-refugee rhetoric to demonize the US' Afghan allies and contrasts that to a CBS/YouGov poll that shows overwhelming bipartisan support for helping Afghan interpreters resettle in the US. https://cnn.it/38azfCD | CNN

25.4K viewsAug 25, 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

CNN's Chris Cuomo and Fareed Zakaria discuss the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. | CNN

154.7K viewsAug 17, 2021

"Bring our Americans home, their families home, these translators. A translator saved my life on my first deployment, and I won't stop until we've gotten these folks home. I hope the government, for all of its resources and capabilities, it would be nice if they would do it, instead of me." - Former Army Intelligence Officer Sam Rogers on the work he and his fellow veterans are doing to help rescue Americans and Afghan partners from Afghanistan | CNN

76.9K viewsSep 1, 2021

President Biden delivered remarks from the White House on the end of the war in Afghanistan, a day after the last American military planes left the country, concluding the nation’s longest war nearly 20 years after it began. | CNN

84.5K viewsAug 31, 2021

A powerful earthquake rocked northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing more than a dozen people, injuring hundreds and damaging one of the country’s most iconic mosques. | CNN International

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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

Najibullah is a permanent resident of the US. After visiting Afghanistan to attend his father's funeral, he's desperately trying to catch a flight to return to America. "There are thousands of people around the airport. They are trying to get in, and there is no evacuation right now. They don't let anybody inside the airport," he tells Anderson Cooper. | CNN

160.3K viewsAug 26, 2021

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

A huge earthquake ripped through eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing hundreds of people and setting off a mammoth rescue operation along a mountainous stretch of provinces where communities already face hunger and economic crises. https://cnn.it/3JAJFl3 | CNN International

4.7K views7 months ago

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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

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

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

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

Freelance Afghan journalist Nazira Karimi tells CNN she receives phone calls daily from people inside Afghanistan desperate to get out. | CNN

114.1K viewsAug 24, 2021

Hundreds of people poured onto the tarmac at Kabul's international airport, desperately seeking a route out of Afghanistan, after the Taliban's sudden seizure of power sparked a chaotic Western withdrawal and brought to a crashing end the United States' two-decade mission in the country. | CNN

239.4K viewsAug 16, 2021

Salma Kazemi, an American who was in Kabul, Afghanistan, visiting family, describes the chaos she experienced as she escaped the besieged city. | CNN

130.6K viewsAug 25, 2021

Footage shows chaos at Kabul International Airport as hundreds try to flee the besieged Afghan capital as Taliban forces move in https://cnn.it/2VWjxZ6 | CNN International

2.8M viewsAug 16, 2021

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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

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

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

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