U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is making an unannounced visit to Afghanistan to sell Afghan leaders and a wary public on President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw all American troops from the country

"Everyone is in shock and fear about the coming empowerment of the brutal Taliban, ... especially those who worked with the U.S. government and NATO," Abdul told ABC News

Secretary of State Antony Blinken made his first visit to Afghanistan as he pushes to reignite diplomatic efforts for a deal between the Taliban and the Afghan government

Secretary of State Antony Blinken made his first visit to Afghanistan as he pushes to reignite diplomatic efforts for a deal between the Taliban and the Afghan government.

The president said he will pull the U.S. military from the Middle Eastern country before the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks because "it is time to end America’s longest war."

The Biden administration’s surprise announcement of an unconditional troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by September appears to strip Taliban insurgents and the Afghan government of considerable leverage

The president announced the withdrawal in the same room where former President George W. Bush announced the war in Afghanistan's start.

President Joe Biden visited Arlington Cemetery to honor those who have lost their lives over the past two decades. He said he will withdraw all U.S. troops by Sept. 11, 2021.

The war in Afghanistan has gone on for almost 20 years, outlasting four U.S. presidents and costing more than 2,300 American servicemen and women their lives.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance has agreed to withdraw its roughly 7,000 non-American forces from Afghanistan to match U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to pull all American troops from the country starting on May 1

President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan could doom peace negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government.

CIA Director William Burns told lawmakers that the departure of American troops from Afghanistan will leave a “significant risk” of terrorism resurgence in the region.

Officials say President Biden will pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the al-Qaida attacks.

The president is expected to announce the withdrawal of troops from the Middle Eastern country by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that prompted America's longest war.

Here is a look at the current situation for the approximately 2,500 U.S. service members in Afghanistan and what has transpired over the last 20 years.

President Joe Biden will make the announcement on Wednesday, according to a senior administration official.

President Joe Biden said he will withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that prompted America’s longest war, officials said.

An Afghan official says that a makeshift coal mine has collapsed and buried five miners in northern Afghanistan

Afghan officials say attackers have gunned down a policewoman in eastern Afghanistan as she was headed to work, the latest targeted killing in the war-torn country

A human rights group in Afghanistan says it's probing a shooting last week in which CIA-trained Afghan forces reportedly killed 20 civilians during an anti-Taliban operation in eastern Khost province

The United States will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said Thursday, but it will be "hard" to do before a May 1 deadline.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited Afghanistan as Biden administration has to decide whether U.S. troops should leave by a May 1 deadline.

The trip marks the first visit to the country by a member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan as the U.S. nears a May 1 deadline to withdraw American troops from the country.

Police say a bomb targeting a minibus in Afghanistan’s capital exploded, wounding at least 15 civilians amid a surge in attacks in Kabul

Afghanistan’s education ministry denies it was behind a recent memo that banned girls 12 years old and older from singing in public

It's a series of steps to help jumpstart Afghanistan’s stalled peace process.

The killings of four professional women in the city of Jalalabad have once again thrown into sharp focus the ongoing issue of violence against Afghan women.

The deaths are the latest in a spike in targeted killings across Afghanistan.

The U.S. bought buildings and vehicles that were either abandoned or destroyed.

A police official says a minivan carrying civilians caught fire after its engine exploded in southern Afghanistan killing 10 family members, including three children

An Afghan police spokesman says a bombing in Kabul has killed two lecturers at the Kabul University

Firefighters struggled for a second day Sunday to battle a massive blaze.

The Taliban have been on a diplomatic blitz since peace talks with the Afghan government stalled in Qatar last month and the Biden administration said it plans to review a U.S.-Taliban agreement signed last February

A U.N. report says that nearly a third of all detainees held in Afghan detention centers say they have suffered some form of torture or ill-treatment

A U.S. government watchdog says Taliban attacks in the Afghan capital of Kabul are on the rise, with increasing targeted killings of government officials, civil-society leaders and journalists

American contractor believed to be in custody of a Taliban-linked militant group

A roadside bomb exploded in Afghanistan’s capital.

Officials say separate attacks in Afghanistan have left at least 23 civilians and security forces dead

For Afghans, 2021 began with what occurred too often over the past year: the assassination of a journalist.

An Afghan official says unidentified gunmen have shot and killed a journalist and human rights activist in western Afghanistan

A series of explosions has hit the Afghan capital.

The Afghan army says at least two of its officers, including a battalion commander, have been killed by a roadside bomb

Afghanistan's Interior Ministry says that a car bomb blast that hit the Afghan capital has killed at least nine people

Afghan and NATO officials in Afghanistan say five rockets have been fired at a major U.S. base

Afghan officials say at least 34 people have been killed in two separate suicide bombings

The attack killed 8 people and wounded at least 31, according to police.

Tuesday’s announcement that U.S. troop numbers would be reduced from 4,500 to 2,500 by Jan. 15, was met with anxiety and fear in the streets of Afghanistan.

ABC News' Ian Pannell looks at the plight of Afghanistan, a country he's covered since the aftermath of 9/11.

The Pentagon has ordered the reduction of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.