May 02 Watch News Wrap: Massive landslide engulfs village in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, at least 350 people were killed in a landslide in Afghanistan, while 2,000 others may still be trapped. The slide engulfed a village in the country’s mountainous northeast, according to the U.N. mission in that… Continue watching
May 02 Hundreds dead in landslide in northeastern Afghanistan By News Desk A United Nations spokesperson says that at least 350 people have died in a landslide in Badakhshan province in northeastern Afghanistan. Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch Is Obama's foreign policy doctrine working? By PBS News Hour Little progress on a broad Pacific trade agreement and challenging dynamics in Ukraine and the Mideast peace process have prompted new criticism for President Obama’s foreign policy. Gwen Ifill gets reaction from Nicholas Burns of Harvard University, Trudy Rubin of… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch News Wrap: Three American doctors killed by Afghan guard in Kabul By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 24 Afghan gunman kills three Americans at Kabul hospital By Sarah Corapi A shooting at a hospital in Kabul Thursday morning claimed the lives of three American physicians and wounded one American nurse -- one of a recent string of attacks against foreign civilians in Afghanistan. The assailant -- an Afghan… Continue reading
Apr 24 Taliban signals willingness to release captive U.S. soldier, military officials say By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The captors of an American soldier held for nearly five years in Afghanistan have signaled a willingness to release him but are unclear which U.S. government officials have the authority to make a deal, according to two individuals… Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch Why Afghans felt their vote for president mattered in 2014 By PBS News Hour Chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner joins Gwen Ifill for a closer look at the historic 2014 presidential election in Afghanistan, including the role of Afghan security forces in keeping polling safe, rumors of voting fraud, whether the United States favors… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch Lack of election violence, high voter turnout in Afghanistan is 'fantastic slap' to Taliban By PBS News Hour Despite the escalation of deadly strikes in the lead up to the election in Afghanistan, long lines formed at polling places in Kabul and ballots came by the truckload from far reaches of the country. As officials continue their hand-count… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch Voters head to the polls in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour Millions of voters came out for the presidential elections in Afghanistan on Saturday in the country’s first democratic transfer of power since the Taliban were ousted from power. The scene varied throughout the country with violence reported in some areas… Continue watching
Apr 05 Voters overwhelm polling stations in Afghanistan By Kayla Ruble The voting in Afghanistan represented the country's first democratic transfer of power since the Taliban was removed from power more than a decade ago. Continue reading