Mar 26 Watch How one Afghan woman rose from dressmaker to policy insider By PBS News Hour For Kamila Sidiqi, the road to working at Afghanistan's presidential palace began with a bold effort to support her family. While under Taliban rule, when women couldn’t work or go to school, she started a business in her living room. Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 7:42 Bowe Bergdahl's motives were 'pure,' says lawyer of desertion charges By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 25 Platoon mate has 'mixed feelings' about Bergdahl's desertion charges By Larisa Epatko Former Taliban captive U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, military officials said Wednesday, an outcome one of his platoon mates called “bittersweet.”… Continue reading
Mar 25 Afghan president: 'We are not going to be the lazy Uncle Joe' By Larisa Epatko One of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s most well-received lines in his speech before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday was his pledge to have Afghanistan stand on its own two feet. “We are not going to be the lazy… Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch 12:45 Afghan President Ghani: Partnership with U.S. 'revitalized' By PBS News Hour President Obama announced that the U.S. would scale back the pace of its promised troop pullout from Afghanistan, retaining current forces this year. Gwen Ifill interviews President Ashraf Ghani about thawing relations with the U.S., potential changes in how Pakistan… Continue watching
Mar 24 Obama finalizes slowdown of U.S. troop withdrawal with Afghan leader By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The White House said Tuesday the U.S. will keep its current complement of 9,800 troops in Afghanistan through the end of 2015, instead of cutting the number by about half as originally planned. Continue reading
Mar 23 U.S. and Afghan leaders working to launch new postwar relationship By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press CAMP DAVID, Maryland — U.S. and Afghan leaders laid the groundwork Monday for new relations between the two countries linked for years as war partners, including plans to seek American funding to maintain an Afghan security force of 352,000 and… Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 3:00 Will the U.S. release photos of detainee treatment in Iraq and Afghanistan? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 21 Judge: U.S. must release photos of detainee abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan By Elisabeth Ponsot A federal judge ruled on Friday that the government must release photographs that depict abuse of detainees by American military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch 3:17 News Wrap: Obama calls for Iran's release of U.S. citizens By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, President Obama called for Iran to release three American citizens, timing his appeal to coincide with the Iranian New Year. Also, Iran, the U.S. and five other powers began a break from nuclear talks in… Continue watching