Aug 09 Watch Dangers Limiting Aid Groups’ Ability to Work Outside Kabul After a group of 10 aid workers and their guides were killed in Afghanistan, Jeffrey Brown gets the latest on the slayings and the dangerous work of nonprofits in the country from Barmak Pazhwak of the U.S. Institute of Peace… Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch Aid Group Says It’s Staying Put in Afghanistan Despite Deadly Ambush International Assistance Mission, a Christian charity with deep roots in Afghanistan, says it has no plans to leave the war-torn country, even after several of its workers and Afghan guides were killed in a Taliban ambush. Gwen Ifill has the… Continue watching
Aug 03 Dispatch: Afghanistan – Civilians Caught in the Crossfire By Larisa Epatko U.S. soldiers sprint to a medical facility on base in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, carrying a woman who has been badly injured by either shrapnel or weapon fire. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch News Wrap: Six Children Killed in Afghan Car Bombing In other news Monday, a car bomb went of in a market area and killed six children in Afghanistan. Also, the Netherlands became the first NATO country to pull troops out of the Afghan war. Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch Brooks and Marcus on Fallout From Immigration, Rangel, WikiLeaks Columnists David Brooks of The New York Times and Ruth Marcus of The Washington Post speak with Jim Lehrer about the week's biggest news including part of Arizona's immigration law being struck down, ethics charges facing Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.,… Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch News Wrap: BP Plans to Cut Back Gulf Cleanup Efforts In other news Friday, with no more oil spewing out of the well, BP says the cleanup efforts will decrease along the Gulf. Also a major flood killed 430 people in Pakistan. Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch For Insurgents, IEDS a ‘Smart,’ But Indiscriminate, Weapon The deaths of six more U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan made for another record month of troop deaths and brought new attention on the dangers of roadside bombs known as IEDs. Ray Suarez speaks with Marine Staff Sgt. Todd Bowers of… Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch For Troops, IEDs Mean ‘Every Step Could Be Your Last’ As the deadliest month for U.S. troops of the Afghan war draws to a close, IEDs remain a major cause of coalition deaths. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch News Wrap: Karzai Says U.S., NATO Must Strike Taliban Havens In other news Thursday, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that the United States and NATO are not attacking Taliban sanctuaries and alluded to sources of terror funding and training taking place in neighboring Pakistan. Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch Ambassador: Pakistan Has No Interest in Allowing Terrorists to Succeed Ambassador Husain Haqqani speaks with Judy Woodruff about the deadly plane crash in Pakistan and responds to new allegations that the country's intelligence service might have helped the Taliban. His nation has "no interest to allow terrorists to succeed," he… Continue watching