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Biden traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to meet privately with the families of those killed and then attend the “dignified transfer” of the fallen troops.

The attack came amid what the White House called indications that IS planned to strike again as the U.S.-led evacuation from Kabul airport moved into its final days.

Cathryn Miller-Wilson, executive director of HIAS Pennsylvania, demands the U.S. government waive humanitarian parole fees for Afghan refugees.

"Philadelphia stands in solidarity with Afghan refugees," said Mayor Jim Kenney.

Biden said the Islamic State group's Afghanistan affiliate was to blame for the attacks that killed 12 American service members and many more Afghan civilians.

Western nations had warned of a possible attack on Kabul’s airport in the waning days of the massive evacuation efforts.

The goal is to resettle Afghans arriving in the state after landing in Virginia as soon as possible, a State Department spokesperson says.

The news and images coming out of Afghanistan have sparked local veterans to reach out for help with their mental health.

Veterans and military experts say that racial bias in military discipline has become a serious threat to national security.

President Biden said on Sunday that the U.S. has evacuated nearly 28,000 people from Afghanistan since Aug. 14, including around 11,000 people in about 36 hours.

The U.S. military is asking for 18 aircraft — three each from American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Air Lines and Omni Air; two from Hawaiian Airlines and four from United.

What does the Taliban takeover mean for women and girls in Afghanistan? And, why didn't the U.S. evacuate Afghan interpreters who now face deadly retribution by the Taliban.

After two decades, Afghanistan has fallen to the Taliban. What was America’s longest war all about and why is our exit from Afghanistan so chaotic?

Afghanistan’s embattled president left the country Sunday, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.

Afghanistan's capital of Kabul is "deteriorating by the hour," a reporter there tells NPR, as trust in the nation's government dwindles.