Jul 24 Watch Extended interview | Medal of Honor winner Pitts honored for Afghan battle heroism By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch ‘Valor was everywhere’: Medal of Honor winner Pitts honored for Afghan battle heroism By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch News Wrap: Suicide bombing blasts market in eastern Afghanistan, kills at least 89 By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, a suicide car bombing exploded in a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 89 people and wounding scores more. No one claimed responsibility for the attack and the Taliban put out a statement… Continue watching
Jul 12 Kerry meets again with rival Afghan candidates for diplomatic talks By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Afghanistan's rival presidential candidates, hoping to secure a path out of the country's postelection crisis. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch News Wrap: Kerry warns attempts to seize power amid disputed Afghan election could jeopardize aid By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Afghan election commission to audit polling stations for fraud after releasing preliminary results By PBS News Hour Afghanistan’s National Election Commission announced that former finance minister Ashraf Ghani is leading former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah in the preliminary results of the presidential run-off elections. The commission acknowledged there had been fraud, and announced it will audit nearly… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Will Afghanistan’s election disputes threaten peaceful transition prospects? By PBS News Hour Jeffrey Brown is joined by Andrew Wilder of the United States Institute of Peace and Nazif Shahrani of Indiana University to discuss findings of fraud in the Afghan presidential elections, how the results will influence relations with the U.S. and… Continue watching
Jul 03 Watch A reporter and his son embed with U.S. troops in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour Veteran war correspondent and ABC News producer Mike Boettcher and his son Carlos spent time over the course of two years with various Army and Marine Corps units as they went out on patrol and fought the Taliban. In addition… Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch Alleged fraud halts progress in Afghan presidential election By PBS News Hour Weeks after a presidential runoff election in Afghanistan, uncertainty still reigns over who will be the country’s next leader. Preliminary results were delayed after continued allegations of fraud. Judy Woodruff takes a closer look at the standstill with Sean Carberry… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch News Wrap: Moderate Syrian opposition renews plea for U.S. help By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the head of Syria’s moderate opposition, Ahmad al-Jarba, met with Secretary of State John Kerry in Saudi Arabia. The White House called for $500 million to aid his forces. Also, in Afghanistan, thousands filled the… Continue watching