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The US Army's 'concrete battleship' in the Philippines saw some of World War...

Summary List PlacementTen hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, over 100,000 Japanese soldiers invaded the Philippines. Within days, Japanese soldiers were landing on beaches in the north and south...

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Local Afghan militias claimed victory last week in 3 northern Afghanistan...

Summary List PlacementThe Taliban on Monday retook three districts in northern Afghanistan where local resistance militias claimed victory last week, Reuters reported.   Local militias had captured the...

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The US withdrawal from Afghanistan is chaotic, tragic, and necessary

Summary List PlacementFollowing the Biden administration's drawdown of the 20-year US war in Afghanistan, American intelligence officials predicted earlier this month, the Taliban could take control of...

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These bittersweet photos show US troops caring for children of families...

Summary List PlacementThe US, together with its international partners, is conducting a massive evacuation operation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, where tens of thousands of people...

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How Customs and Border Patrol destroys illegal items at JFK Airport

Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Narrator: About 43,000 international travelers fly in to New York's John F. Kennedy Airport every day. By passenger volume, it's the US's...

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The US and Taliban are heading to a confrontation over the Kabul airport if...

Summary List PlacementAs tensions continue to rise in Afghanistan, the US faces a hard deadline to evacuate all Americans and allies who wish to flee the country.The Taliban have threatened...

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The Taliban has told working women to stay home 'temporarily' because the...

Summary List PlacementWorking women in Afghanistan have been instructed to stay home from their jobs until the Taliban can ensure full security in the country.At a Tuesday news conference in Kabul,...

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2 members of Congress flew directly into Kabul on a 'secret' informational...

Summary List PlacementTwo Congressional lawmakers flew into the Kabul airport amid the ongoing evacuation spurred by the Taliban takeover earlier this month, angering the State Department and US...

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Video shared by reporter shows the reality of people trying to get through...

Summary List PlacementA video posted by a Politico journalist on Twitter shows people outside the gates of the airport of Kabul holding their US passports.President Joe Biden has reiterated that all...

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US officials were furious when they found out 2 lawmakers secretly traveled...

Summary List PlacementWhite House, Pentagon, and State Department officials are furious at the two lawmakers who made an unannounced and unauthorized visit to Afghanistan amid frantic evacuation...

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The UK is reportedly preparing to wind up its Afghanistan evacuations by...

Summary List PlacementThe UK is reportedly preparing to wind up its evacuations from Afghanistan within the next 24 hours after President Joe Biden refused to try and extend the August 31 deadline for...

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Thousands of Afghans who helped the US are likely to be left behind as Biden...

Summary List PlacementPresident Joe Biden's administration has sought to portray the US evacuation of Afghans and US citizens from Afghanistan's capital as a success story, saying the operation was on...

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The World Bank halted aid to Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover

Summary List PlacementThe World Bank has halted aid to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, it said on Wednesday.It told the BBC that it was concerned about how the Taliban's rule would affect the "country's...

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The US military is trying to weed out extremists, and special-ops vets say...

Summary List PlacementIn the days after the January 6 attack on the Capitol, the US military woke up to the fact that it had an extremism problem.As the FBI and Justice Department began to hunt for...

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Afghan general says army was 'betrayed' by politics and blames Trump, Biden,...

Summary List PlacementAs the Taliban swept across Afghanistan, the Afghan army crumbled and capitulated. The Afghan army has been facing criticism for failing to fight back, but an Afghan commander...

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US general says there are 10,000 people still waiting to be evacuated from...

Summary List PlacementThere are 10,000 people at the Kabul airport waiting to be evacuated from Afghanistan, US Maj. General Hank Taylor said in a briefing Wednesday. US forces have less than a week...

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Pentagon denounces House lawmakers' surprise trip to Kabul, says they...

Summary List PlacementThe Pentagon on Wednesday criticized Reps. Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer over their unauthorized trip to the Kabul airport amid ongoing evacuations. "We obviously are not...

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There's 'zero question' Afghanistan will be a safe haven for terrorists...

Summary List PlacementThe Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan has raised many questions about the future of the region, including whether the country will once again become a breeding ground for...

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An Afghan baby born on an evacuating aircraft was named 'Reach' after the...

Summary List PlacementAn Afghan woman gave birth to a baby girl in the cargo hold of a US transport aircraft carrying evacuees, and the parents decided to name the baby after the call sign for the...

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A female Afghan journalist has to change her address daily to hide from the...

Summary List PlacementA female journalist in Afghanistan said she has to change her location daily to hide from the Taliban, Fox News reported Wednesday."They are checking for the people who always...

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