Dec 29 Watch 2:22 U.S., NATO end combat role in Afghanistan amid resurgence by Taliban – Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 28 NATO marks end of combat mission in Afghanistan By Carey Reed The event was kept a secret until just before it began for fear of an insurgent attack. Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch 2:58 What happens to a war dog if his handler is killed? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 06 U.S. to keep more troops than planned in Afghanistan By Robert Burns, Associated Press U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Saturday the United States will keep as many as 1,000 more troops in Afghanistan than planned for the first part of 2015. Continue reading
Dec 05 House leaders move on plan to fund government past next week By Erica Werner, Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Sidestepping immigration hardliners, House Republican leaders are moving to make a deal with Democrats to pass a spending bill that would keep the government running past next week. Continue reading
Dec 04 Helping Afghan farmers regrow the economy By Larisa Epatko Dana Freyer was in her law office in Times Square overlooking downtown Manhattan when the hijacked airplanes struck the World Trade Center towers in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. A couple of months later, the United States would lead… Continue reading
Nov 27 Watch What’s behind the Taliban’s latest attacks in Kabul? By PBS News Hour Four attacks on foreigners took place in Afghanistan on Thursday, the latest in a string of bombings by the Taliban. Speaking from Kabul, New York Times foreign correspondent Rod Nordland tells Judy Woodruff what is unusual about the most recent… Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch News Wrap: Thanksgiving day celebrations, 600 migrants make it to Greek shore By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 27 Two Taliban attacks in Kabul leave five dead, many more injured By Anna Sillers A suicide bomber attacked a British embassy vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday morning, killing five and injuring more than 30. Later that day, a second attack on a foreign compound by two suicide bombers left two more foreigners injured. Continue reading
Nov 22 Obama quietly broadens U.S. mission in Afghanistan By Julie Pace, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press President Barack Obama has quietly approved guidelines in recent weeks to allow the Pentagon to target Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, broadening previous plans that had limited the military to counterterrorism missions against al-Qaida after this year, U.S. officials said late… Continue reading