Apr 01 Watch Returning Vets Face a New Battle: The Job Market Returning War Vets Face New Domestic Battle: The Job Market… Continue watching
Mar 25 Poetry as a Weapon of War in Afghanistan By Tom LeGro According to two new reports by a leading Afghanistan watcher at the Naval Postgraduate School, "the Taliban blow us away" in getting its message out to the Afghan public by using poetry and music -- means the United States does… Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch Poetry as a Weapon of War in Afghanistan Two studies say the Taliban is defeating the U.S. in using propaganda poetry as a weapon. Continue watching
Mar 24 Tuberculosis a Silent Killer Around the Globe By Talea Miller Thursday is World TB Day, bringing attention to the disease that kills an estimated 1.7 million people each year. Photographers look at the toll of the disease in Brazil, Afghanistan and India. Continue reading
Mar 23 Afghan Dressmaker Helps Inspire Other Start-ups By News Desk A seamstress in Afghanistan "refused to give up" under a restrictive regime and went on to become a successful entrepreneur in the war-ravaged country. Continue reading
Mar 22 Karzai Outlines Handover of Areas of Afghanistan By News Desk Afghan President Hamid Karzai defined seven parts of the country that he says are ready to transition to Afghan control in July, when U.S. military troops begin a phased-out withdrawal. The areas include the capital of the troubled Helmand… Continue reading
Mar 18 Shields and Brooks on Afghan War, March Madness and Social Animals By Hari Sreenivasan Our serious business this week had our wonder twins (aka syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks) discussing a proposal from Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan. For the first time,… Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch News Wrap: Gadhafi’s Forces Strike Rebel-Held Cities in East, West In other news Monday, forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi continued an assault on two rebel-held cities. At the U.N., the Security Council failed to reach a consensus on imposing a no-fly zone over Libya. Also, a suicide bomber… Continue watching
Mar 07 In Afghanistan, Gates Emphasizes Plan to End Combat Operations by 2014 Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks during a joint news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Monday at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Kabul for talks with U.S. military commanders… Continue reading
Mar 04 In War Zones, Education Takes a Backseat to Other Needs By Larisa Epatko Education is often another casualty in countries wracked by violence, a recent U.N. report found, as more immediate needs such as food and shelter take priority. But some aid groups say education should be viewed with more urgency as a… Continue reading