Tag: Afghanistan
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NEWS | Afghan interpreter and his family arrive at DIA
Ahmad Siddiqi, an Afghan interpreter, and his family arrived at Denver International Airport Tuesday evening. They were greeted by Siddiqi’s friend Captain Scott Henkel and his family as well as local government officials.
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Marine’s wife gives birth to baby three weeks after his death in Afghanistan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Levy Rylee Rose McCollum is just four days old but she’s carrying the weight of her father’s legacy on her tiny shoulders. Levy is the newborn daughter of Rylee McCollum, 20, who was one of…
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Events across metro Denver honor 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
As the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks nears, communities across Colorado plan to memorialize the day. Broomfield: The City and County of Broomfield in partnership with the Broomfield Police Department, North Metro Fire Rescue District and Veterans Museum of Broomfield will hosts several events leading up to the anniversary on Saturday. On Saturday,…
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Taliban prepare to reveal new Afghan government amid economic turmoil
(Reuters) -Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers were preparing on Thursday to unveil their new government as the economy teetered on the edge of collapse more than two weeks after the Islamist militia captured Kabul and brought a chaotic end to 20 years of war. Taliban official Ahmadullah Muttaqi said on social media a ceremony was being prepared…
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Father of Marine killed in Kabul describes Biden ‘barking’ at him, tense stare-down: ‘Why are you arguing with me?’
The father of a Marine Corps lance corporal had a tense encounter with President Joe Biden after he agreed to meet with the president at Dover Air Force Base following his son’s death in Kabul, he said. Mark Schmitz initially did not want to meet with Biden but changed his mind, he said, after he…
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Colorado military veterans concerned as America’s longest war ends
America’s response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the resulting nearly 20-year military occupation of Afghanistan ended Aug. 30 when a final soldier boarded an aircraft, leaving Kabul and the country to the Taliban. In a 16-day period beginning Aug. 15, when the Taliban stormed into Kabul, taking control of the entire country, the U.S.…
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Taliban, U.S. aim for swift handover of Kabul airport – Taliban official
(Reuters) – The Taliban, Afghanistan’s new rulers, and the departing U.S. forces are aiming for a swift handover of Kabul airport, a Taliban official told Reuters on Sunday. “We are waiting for the final nod from the Americans to secure full control over Kabul airport,” the official said on condition of anonymity. He said the…
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U.S. administers 367.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
The United States has administered 367,911,870 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 439,428,235 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Those figures are up from the 366,838,484 vaccine doses the CDC said had gone into arms by Aug. 27 out of 437,567,285 doses delivered. The…
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Taliban say two ISIS bombing suspects captured
The Taliban said they captured two members of the Islamic State affiliate responsible for the suicide bombing outside the airport of Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed 13 U.S. service members Thursday. “They are under investigation,” Qari Muhammad Yousaf Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman, told the Washington Post. Neither the identities of the people nor other details about…
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U.S. starts troop withdrawal from Kabul; hits Islamic State with drone attack
President Joe Biden warned on Saturday that another militant attack was highly likely as U.S. troops began leaving Kabul airport after a two-week scramble by Washington and its allies to evacuate citizens and at-risk Afghans. As Washington neared the end of its military involvement in the country with the Taliban militants it ousted 20 years…