Afghanistan

President Biden directed U.S. Military troops to be pulled out of Afghanistan and with that removal the Taliban has moved in and taken over leadership of the country. Today on WJON's 2-Cent Tuesday the majority of our listeners feel it is a mistake to remove troops from Afghanistan.

A Green Beret who was killed in Afghanistan this week grew up in southern Minnesota.

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South-central Minnesota residents lined a procession route and held flags to pay their respects to a 20-year-old Marine killed in Afghanistan.

A Marine from the southern Minnesota city of Waseca has died in Afghanistan.

The mother of one of the five Minnesota National Guard members injured in an attack in Afghanistan says she was able to talk to her son and hear that he'll be OK.

The Minnesota National Guard says five of its members have been injured in an attack in Afghanistan.

A Minnesota National Guard unit based in Chisholm is on its way to Afghanistan.

The Minnesota stepfather of one of the seven Americans killed in a cargo plane crash in Afghanistan says his son knew the risks of his job and was happy to volunteer. Jeremy Lipka, formerly of Pine Island, was one of the two pilots and five other cargo plane workers killed Monday when their National Air Cargo plane crashed near an Air Force base in Afghanistan.

Soldiers returned to their families in Monticello after a year in Afghanistan.