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Wounded Afghans lie in a hospital after deadly explosions outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday. Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover.

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Suicide attack at Kabul airport kills 60 Afghans, 13 US troops

by Sayed Ziarmal Hashemi Associated Press, Rahim Faiez Associated Press, Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, and Joseph Krauss Associated PressAugust 26, 2021

In this frame grab from video, people attend to a wounded man near the site of a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Two suicide bombers and gunmen have targeted crowds massing near the Kabul airport, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

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Twelve US service members among dead in 2 suicide attacks outside Kabul airport

by Sayed Ziarmal Hashemi Associated Press, Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, and Joseph Krauss Associated PressAugust 26, 2021

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2021, file photo provided by the Department of Defense, Hickam 15th Medical Group hosts the first COVID-19 mass vaccination on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Military service members must immediately begin to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, ordering service leaders to “impose ambitious timelines for implementation.” (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr./Department of Defense via AP)

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Pentagon: US troops must get COVID-19 vaccines ASAP

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressAugust 25, 2021

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 file photo, Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., speaks at the Brookings Institution in Washington, about his vision for the future of U.S. foreign policy. U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton is the latest Democrat to jump in the race for the White House. The Massachusetts lawmaker and Iraq War veteran made the announcement on his website Monday April 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Moulton, congressional colleague rapped over flight to Kabul amid evacuation

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressAugust 24, 2021

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks at a press briefing July 21 at the Pentagon in Washington.

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Pentagon to require COVID vaccine for all troops

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressAugust 9, 2021

Police are looking at a scene and items are seen on the ground near a Metrobus outside the Pentagon Metro area, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021 at the Pentagon in Washington. A Pentagon police officer died after being stabbed Tuesday during a burst of violence at a transit station outside the building. That's according to law enforcement officials. The Pentagon officer was stabbed and later died, according to officials who were not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke to The Associated...

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Officer dead, suspect killed in violence outside Pentagon

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, and Sagar Meghani Associated PressAugust 3, 2021

President Joe Biden speaks during a ceremony to honor slain U.S. Capitol Police officer William "Billy" Evans as he lies in honor at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

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US to withdraw all troops by Sept. 11

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, and Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressApril 13, 2021

Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq’s western Anbar desert is shown from the air, Dec. 29, 2019. The base was hit by a rocket attack early Wednesday.

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US warns of response to rocket attack on Iraq base

by Samya Kullab Associated Press, and Lolita C. Baldor Associated PressMarch 3, 2021

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, file photo, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, in Washington. The U.S. military conducted airstrikes against facilities in eastern Syria, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, that the Pentagon said were used by Iran-backed militia groups, in response to recent attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq. “I’m confident in the target that we went after, we know what we hit,” Austin told reporters flying with him from...

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US bombs Iran-backed militia sites in Syria

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, and Robert Burns Associated PressFebruary 25, 2021

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin listens as President Joe Biden speaks before signing an Executive Order reversing the Trump era ban on transgender individuals serving in military, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Biden reverses Trump military transgender ban

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, and Zeke Miller Associated PressJanuary 25, 2021