Afghanistan War

The Biden administration says it will evacuate about 2,500 Afghans who worked for the U.S. government and their families to a military base in Virginia pending approval of their visas

President Joe Biden says the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan will end on Aug. 31

President Joe Biden announced Thursday that officials are on track to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Aug. 31. The president commended military leadership for achieving their counter-terror objectives in the region and defended the decision to withdraw, saying “We did not go to Afghanistan to nation-build. That is the right and the responsibility of the Afghan people alone to...

As United States’ military operations in Afghanistan wind down, Karl Rahder has been working tirelessly from his home in suburban Chicago to save the life of a man halfway around the world. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers shares the remarkable story.

U.S. officials say the U.S. military has left Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan after nearly 20 years.