Aug 25 Watch Other News: Troop Deaths Spike in Afghanistan In other news, 2009 became the deadliest year for international troops after four American soldiers died in Afghanistan Tuesday. Also, President Hamid Karzai has 41 percent of the Afghan vote with 10 percent of the ballots tallied. Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch Leaders Warn Afghan War 'Serious and Deteriorating' With warnings that the situation in Afghanistan is "serious and deteriorating," military leaders say that more troops are needed to regain control. Continue watching
Aug 24 U.S. Commanders Call for More Troops to Defeat Taliban in Afghanistan By Anna Shoup As Taliban insurgents refine their tactics, U.S. and NATO commanders told U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke that they require more troops to combat militants in Afghanistan. Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch Afghan War Takes Toll on Civilians Independent Television News special correspondent Nima Elbagir reports from a hospital in Kandahar, in the south of Afghanistan, on the toll that war has taken on the nation's civilian population. Continue watching
Aug 21 Controversial Afghan Law Leaves Shiite Women's Rights in Question Afghan President Hamid Karzai faces continued international and domestic pressure to further overhaul a controversial law affecting Shiite women that critics say he passed to secure votes from conservatives in this week's election. Continue reading
Aug 21 Karzai, Abdullah Both Claim Victory in Afghan Election Both of Afghanistan's two top presidential contenders are claiming victory in Thursday's presidential election, despite calls by U.S. and international officials to wait for official election results. Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch Brooks and Marcus on Health Reform, Afghan War This week public opinion polls showed diminishing support for the war in Afghanistan, and across America the debate over health care reform continued. Analysts David Brooks and Ruth Marcus discuss these and other top stories. Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch Other News: Afghans Wait for Election Results In other news, President Hamid Karzai, and his main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, both claimed victory in Afghanistan's presidential election, and President Obama called the elaborate homecoming for the freed Lockerbie bomber in Libya "highly objectionable."… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Historic Election Tests Security, Progress in Afghanistan Despite Taliban threats and scattered attacks throughout the country, Afghans headed to the polls Thursday in an election being viewed as a gauge of U.S. progress there. ITN correspondent Alex Thomson speaks with Ray Suarez from Kabul. Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Afghans Defy Taliban, Cast Votes in Presidential Election Millions of Afghans cast votes Thursday in the nation's second presidential election, despite threats of violence from Taliban militants. Nick Paton Walsh of ITN reports. Continue watching