DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The Afghan Welcome Home Project is actively recruiting sponsors for Afghan refugees looking to resettle in Decatur.

CHICAGO (WAND) - A donation drive held at the United Center in Chicago is benefiting refugees from Afghanistan. 

KABUL, Afghanistan (WAND) - A St. Louis native's work is helping with intense air evacuation efforts happening in Afghanistan. 

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - With thousands struggling to get out of Afghanistan, lawmakers and veterans in Illinois are trying to help with evacuations.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) said his office is helping constituents get friends and loved ones out of Afghanistan. 

WASHINGTON (WAND) - Lawmakers representing Illinois called on the White House to secure the release of Mark Frerichs, a U.S. veteran who was a…

(AP) - President Joe Biden has decided to leave American troops in Afghanistan beyond the May 1 deadline negotiated with the Taliban by the Trump administration, and has set the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks as the new goal, a U.S. official said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An American citizen has been kidnapped in Afghanistan by a Taliban-affiliated group, a U.S. official said Thursday, and auth…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Soldiers from central Illinois will soon be deployed to Afghanistan with their Polish counterparts.