World Nov 08 14 million Afghans need food assistance to survive, but most foreign aid remains frozen Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August, the country's economy and infrastructure is collapsing. Hundreds of thousands are hungry; millions more are jobless and impoverished; and the hard afghan winter is bearing down. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson reports from…
World Nov 05 Dwindling aid, crumbling economy and ISIS add to Afghans’ hardships under Taliban rule It's been nearly three months since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, and the country is in economic and humanitarian free fall. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson was in Kabul during the U.S. withdrawal in August, and has returned to report on…
World Oct 29 What we know about Taliban rule in Afghanistan, classified documents about the U.S. war It's been two-and-a-half months since the Afghan government's collapse and the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. Since the U.S. withdrawal, the country's economy has cratered, and a major humanitarian crisis is underway. The threat of famine looms and the hard afghan…
World Aug 30 What’s left behind in Afghanistan after ‘heartbreak’ of U.S. departure The final flight of American troops left Afghanistan just before midnight on what is now Tuesday, August 31, in Kabul, after 20 years of war. The U.S. airlifted more than 120,000 American civilians and Afghan allies from Kabul, but thousands…
World Aug 30 How veterans helped extract Afghan allies in face of ‘inconsistent’ evacuation plan As the Afghanistan withdrawal began, thousands of images of people scrambling to escape Afghanistan surfaced. Tonight, the NewsHour looks at a Herculean effort by former U.S. service members, diplomats and private citizens to help afghans leave the country. Jane Ferguson…
World Aug 27 As Afghans bury those killed in Kabul attack, sense of abandonment and anger at U.S. rises The death toll in Thursday's suicide bombing outside Kabul's airport has risen. At least 169 Afghan civilians were killed, along with 13 U.S. service members. The Defense Department said Friday it was the work of one Islamic State bomber, not…
World Aug 26 Thursday’s attack ‘is a message from ISIS to the Taliban, as much as it is America,’ Jane Ferguson reports The Taliban's control over Kabul "is not necessarily secure. It's not necessarily guaranteed," @JaneFerguson5 reports. Thursday's attack "is a message from ISIS to the Taliban, as much as it is America," she tells…
World Aug 26 Biden vows to ‘hunt’ ISIS-K as evacuations continue amid Kabul blast chaos Thursday was an awful and bloody day in Kabul as multiple suicide bombings at the airport killed 11 U.S. Marines, a navy corpsman and at least 90 Afghan civilians. Hundreds were injured, many critically. It was the deadliest day for…
World Aug 25 Afghanistan evacuees wait hours in the heat due to bottleneck backlog at Kabul airport The U.S. and allied evacuation of Afghanistan is now flying out thousands of Americans, allied personnel, and afghans every day, as a Biden-pronounced deadline looms for a complete withdrawal in less than one week. The first of the nearly 6,000…
World Aug 24 Does the U.S. have any leverage with the Taliban? With the Afghanistan pullout deadline drawing near, some signs of progress were seen in the Afghan capital. 12,000 people were flown out of Kabul in the past 12 hours on U.S. and coalition flights. The U.S. has evacuated more than…