• Afghans fear Taliban retribution as group expands control, executes critics

    Afghans fear Taliban retribution as group expands control, executes critics

    Aug 02, 2021 10:35 PM EDT

    ... pay lip service to human rights, but, in reality, the commanders on the ground are going door to door and will enact retribution against those they feel deserve it. John Yang: Fears of the worst-case scenario. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson, thank you very much. Jane Ferguson: Thank you, John.

  • Young, modern Afghans fear 'losing everything' as Taliban regains ground

    Young, modern Afghans fear 'losing everything' as Taliban regains ground

    Jul 14, 2021 10:35 PM EDT

    Ehsan Ahmadzai: Next 20 years? I just got engaged. Jane Ferguson: Congratulations. Ehsan Ahmadzai: Yes. I just got engaged, so also I hope, like, I live happily in here, peace will come, inshallah. But I also want to live with my family. Jane Ferguson: It’s better to stay? Ehsan ...

  • Afghan militias forced to fight Taliban blame America's 'abandonment'

    Afghan militias forced to fight Taliban blame America's 'abandonment'

    Jul 07, 2021 10:35 PM EDT

    ... Don't leave Afghanistan without a peaceful resolution. Jane Ferguson: If peace, however much against the odds, cannot be salvaged now, another generation of Afghanistan's young men will face marching off to yet more years of war.For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Jane Ferguson in Parwan province, Afghanistan.

  • Afghan government encourages civilian militias to combat the Taliban

    Afghan government encourages civilian militias to combat the Taliban

    Jul 02, 2021 10:45 PM EDT

    ... leaving are U.S. contractors who have been servicing Afghan air force helicopters. The U.S. is trying to figure out a solution there. But, Jane, how important is that?Jane Ferguson: Air support for the Afghan security forces is absolutely crucial. And the loss of it could completely tip ...

  • Afghan allies 'begging' for their lives, face Taliban attacks amid US withdrawal

    Afghan allies 'begging' for their lives, face Taliban attacks amid US withdrawal

    Jun 14, 2021 10:40 PM EDT

    ... the time right now to do it. If you want to start speeding up the process, do it right now. Do not wait until tomorrow. Jane Ferguson: Janis Shinwari was a translator working with American forces in Afghanistan before he moved here. He co-founded No One Left Behind, an ...

  • Can Yemen exist as a unified state post-war? Here's what different forces want

    Can Yemen exist as a unified state post-war? Here's what different forces want

    May 10, 2021 10:40 PM EDT

    ... to be one country united, but as Yemenis, whether it's the north or the south, we are the same, we have the same blood. Jane Ferguson: Food is brought out, bread is broken with us, and little more of politics is discussed. Everyone here agrees on one thing. They ...

  • Afghanistan’s bomb attack exposes nation’s ethnic and religious fissures

    Afghanistan’s bomb attack exposes nation’s ethnic and religious fissures

    May 09, 2021 09:25 PM EDT

    ... entered this war, really wants to push its younger generation up socioeconomically. They want to enter into levels of government and to levels of the economy. And this is a pushback against that real ambition of the group.  Hari Sreenivasan: Jane Ferguson, thanks so much.  Jane Ferguson: Thank you.   

  • Stalked by death: How rising food insecurity is killing war-torn Yemen's children

    Stalked by death: How rising food insecurity is killing war-torn Yemen's children

    May 04, 2021 10:40 PM EDT

    Safia Ahmed (through translator): I got pregnant with this boy when this one was 6 months old. This boy is 1 year and 8 months old now, and he cannot walk or stand. Jane Ferguson: The food offered is emergency soy meal and sugar for the women. They take it ...

  • On the ground with Yemeni soldiers battling Iran-allied rebels

    On the ground with Yemeni soldiers battling Iran-allied rebels

    May 03, 2021 10:35 PM EDT

    Jane Ferguson: Will there be no peace until you take Marib? Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi (through translator): When we receive a serious approach to peace from them and practical steps, we will talk, but, until now, nothing. All that is going on is just talk. Whether or not we advance ...

  • In Yemen's brutal ongoing war, ‘the weakest no longer survive’

    In Yemen's brutal ongoing war, ‘the weakest no longer survive’

    Mar 15, 2021 10:45 PM EDT

    Elana Delozier: Everyone claims that the war can't be won militarily, but it sure seems as though the Houthis think it can. Jane Ferguson: Elana DeLozier is a fellow at the Washington Institute and an expert on Yemen and it's fighting factions. The road to peace, she says ...