The United States unveiled its military intervention in Afghanistan on Monday, 20 years after the troubled country was invaded. The last group of his troops left Afghanistan by air, fulfilling President Joe Biden's promise to end the longest U.S. war, the U.S. military said. The withdrawal took place after an chaotic and violent evacuation in Kabul, the capital that had returned to Taliban control, as well as the vast majority of areas of Afghanistan. Here is a sequence of U.S. intervention and important developments in Afghanistan over the past two decades: September 11, 2001 : Terrorist attacks on the United States planned by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, which was in Afghanistan under Taliban protection. O ctober 7, 2001 : U.S. forces begin an air campaign with strikes on Taliban and al-Qaeda forces, and a number of U.S. special forces and central intelligence agents quickly entered Afghanistan to help guide the bombing campaign and organize Afghan opposition forces. N...
Genetics may free a woman convicted of killing her 4 babies and help other parents explain the unexplainable Kathleen Folbigg has spent the past 18 years in prison for one of the most horrific crimes imaginable: killing all four of her babies. But new scientific evidence suggests that's not what happened. Genomic testing shows at least two of the Australian's babies likely died from a previously undiscovered genetic mutation that led to heart complications -- meaning she may have been wrongfully imprisoned for almost two decades. The finding has prompted 90 scientists -- including two Australian Nobel Laureates -- to ask the governor of New South Wales to pardon Folbigg and let her walk free. If that happens, Folbigg's case will be one of the worst miscarriages of justice in Australian history. The ramifications don't end there. While scientists are still learning about the causes of sudden infant death syndrome ( SIDS ) -- an umbrella term for...