Mar 04 Watch News Wrap: U.N. Mission Chief Urges Taliban Talks In other news Thursday, the head of the U.N. mission in Afghanistan conceded that peace with the Taliban is "unachievable" without a change in strategy, and a German court convicted four Islamic extremists for plotting to attack Americans. Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch Veterans Suspected of Crimes Swap Guilty Pleas for Rehabilitation Tom Bearden reports on special courts that give veterans probation and treatment, especially for post-traumatic stress disorder, instead of prison sentences if they plead guilty to a crime. Continue watching
Mar 02 Watch Afghan Officials Look to Build Stability in Helmand Province Afghan officials are focused on bringing stable governance and public infrastructure services to the former Taliban stronghold of Marjah, after raising the Afghan flag over the city last week. Alex Thomson reports for ITN. Continue watching
Mar 02 Watch NATO Forces End Major Combat Operations in Marjah As combat winds down in the former Taliban stronghold of Marjah in southern Afghanistan, British and American troops are still eyeing Taliban threats. ITN's Alex Thomson reports on a unit of Britain's Grenadier Guards. Continue watching
Feb 26 Extended Interview: Military Turns to Kandahar By Larisa Epatko As major military operations wrap up in Marjah, Afghanistan, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Ben Hodges of the Southern Region Command in Kandahar talked to Judy Woodruff on Friday's NewsHour about the military's shift in focus to the eastern part of… Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch Violence Rocks Kabul in Wake of NATO Offensive Suicide bomber attacks in Kabul targeted foreigners, killing at least 16 people a day after troops raised the Afghan flag over the former Taliban city of Marjah. Margaret Warner talks to a reporter in Afghanistan. Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch Army Sees Marjah Offensive as a Model for Afghan Military Strategy After Friday's deadly suicide bombing in Kabul, Judy Woodruff spoke with Army Brig. Gen. Ben Hodges in Kandahar about coalition strategies in the region. Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch News Wrap: Afghan Troops Capture Taliban Stronghold In other news Thursday, Afghan troops officially declared control over the Taliban in the southern Afghanistan city of Marjah, and a U.S. missile strike killed a Taliban commander in Pakistan. Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch News Wrap: Bernanke Says Interest Rates Should Stay Low In other news, Wall Street posted gains Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers that interest rates should remain low. Also, demonstrators clashed with police in Athens after another strike by workers aimed at government plans to freeze… Continue watching
Feb 23 Reporter Gets Look 'Behind Taliban Lines' By Hari Sreenivasan Last summer, Afghan reporter Najibullah Quraishi got an unprecedented look at the Taliban's attack tactics in Baghlan province in the northern part of the country, living with the insurgents and documenting their moves. We spoke with Quraishi and producer Jamie… Continue reading