Feb 23 Karzai Takes Control of Key Election Commission Afghan President Hamid Karzai has issued a presidential decree granting him control of a key electoral monitoring commission, allowing him to remove foreign observers from the watchdog agency ahead of parliamentary elections in September. The decree, issued Feb. Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch News Wrap: NATO Troops Make Headway in Marjah In other news Tuesday, Gen. Stanley McChrystal made a televised apology to the Afghan people for an airstrike that killed civilians. Also, Turkish prosecutors questioned top military officers over an alleged plot to overthrow the government in 2003. Continue watching
Feb 22 Watch In Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties Draw Sharp Criticism As civilian deaths mount in the fight against the Taliban, Afghan officials say they need better communication with NATO troops. Margaret Warner talks to a Wall Street Journal reporter about tensions after an airstrike killed civilians Sunday. Continue watching
Feb 22 Watch Afghan Officials Condemn Deadly NATO Airstrike Anger over civilian deaths is increasing among Afghan authorities after an airstrike Sunday killed more than 20 more Afghan civilians -- the third incident in a month in which civilians were killed during coalition efforts to combat the Taliban. Margaret… Continue watching
Feb 19 Marines Dodge Snipers, Seize Taliban Compound in Marjah By Larisa Epatko U.S. Marines fought and captured a closely guarded compound in the southern Afghanistan town of Marjah Friday, and discovered inside dozens of Taliban identification cards, photos of fighters posing with weapons and diplomas from an insurgent training camp in Pakistan. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch Troops Wage Battle for Influence on the Ground in Marjah Vaughan Smith of The Frontline Club shares a dramatic look at life on the front lines for the British Grenadier Guard in Helmand province of southern Afghanistan, where coalition troops are trying to wrestle control back from the Taliban. Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch Marines Surge Strikes Taliban Snipers in Helmand Province Elite marine recon teams were dropped behind Taliban lines as the major NATO offensive in Southern Afghanistan ends its first week. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch In Afghanistan, Forces Face Tough Task of Extracting Taliban From Marjah Several NATO deaths have been reported as the fight in the Taliban in stronghold of Marjah wraps up its first week. Judy Woodruff gets an update on progress in the region from a marine reserves staff sergeant who served in… Continue watching
Feb 18 Militants Captured in Pakistan as Forces Advance in Afghanistan Two Taliban "shadow governors" have been arrested in Pakistan as part of a stepped up campaign by U.S. and Pakistani intelligence services against the militant group's senior leadership. The arrests of Mullah Abdul Salam, the Taliban's leader in the… Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch News Wrap: Texas Plane Crash Being Investigated In other news, a small plane that crashed into a building in Austin, Texas, is being investigated as a possible suicide attack. Also, NATO forces continued their fight against the Taliban resistance in southern Afghanistan with growing concern over sniper… Continue watching