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Afghanistan's fall and the Taliban's resurgence have raised fears that if President Biden releases additional Guantánamo prisoners, they may join the militant group or return to the battlefield. -
The vice president spoke at a news conference in Singapore alongside Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who offered the use of his country's air force to assist with evacuations. -
President Biden has decades of experience in foreign policy, but the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan is his first major foreign policy crisis as president. -
Also, boosters are coming and a look back at a police killing six years on. -
As the war in Afghanistan comes to an abrupt end, combat veterans and the people who serve them look back at 20 years of advancements, including people who run the prosthetics lab at the Balboa Naval Medical Center. -
Many veterans long supported an end to the war in Afghanistan, but they also watched with anger and disbelief as the country, seemingly overnight, fell to the Taliban. -
KPBS Midday EditionAs the Taliban cements its control over Afghanistan, experts warn that instability will continue to plague the region for the foreseeable future as terror groups could regroup in the war-torn country. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe Dark Horse Battalion, based at Camp Pendleton, had the highest percentage of casualties of any unit in the war. -
San Diego immigrants who helped the Americans in Afghanistan say the U.S. is still not doing enough, even as plans take shape to bring some interpreters into the country. -
Looking back at two decades of war, some San Diego families are not able to turn the page as the U.S. pulls out of Afghanistan.
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