Aug 27 U.N. Says 90 Civilians Killed in Afghan Airstrike By PBS News Hour The United Nations has found "convincing evidence" that 90 civilians were killed in a U.S. airstrike in western Afghanistan last week that prompted the Afghan government to demand more accountability from U.S. and NATO forces. Continue reading
Aug 19 Coordinated Insurgent Attack Near Kabul Kills 10 French Soldiers By PBS News Hour A group of French paratroopers was ambushed by a group of 100 Taliban-linked insurgents outside Kabul late Monday, killing 10 soldiers and wounding 21 others as a wave of attacks against foreign forces continues to rock Afghanistan. Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch Pakistan Faces Political Challenges After Musharraf's Exit Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf resigned Monday in the face of an impeachment bid. Analysts examine the end of the Musharraf era and the future for U.S. ties to the country. Continue watching
Aug 18 Suicide Attack in Afghanistan Kills at Least 10 By PBS News Hour The Taliban took responsibility for an attack Monday in which a suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into the gate of the main U.S. military base in southeastern Afghanistan, killing 10 people and wounding 13. Continue reading
Aug 12 Bomb Targets Pakistani Military as Top al-Qaida Figure Reported Killed By PBS News Hour A bomb struck a Pakistani military truck Tuesday in the country's restive northwest, killing as many as 14 people, as reports emerged that a senior al-Qaida commander had been killed in clashes with Pakistani forces near the Afghan border. Continue reading
Aug 11 Coalition Air Strikes in Afghanistan Stoke Tensions Over Civilian Death Toll By PBS News Hour A U.S.-led air strike in Afghanistan killed 25 Taliban fighters on Sunday but also took the lives of eight bystanders held hostage by the militants, media reports said Monday, highlighting tensions over the civilian toll in the Afghan war. Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch Violence Dips in Iraq, Fueling Talk of Troop Drawdowns Defense chief Robert Gates said Thursday that security in Iraq has "improved dramatically" and that he sees "a real possibility" of future troop cuts. Sens. Jim Webb, D-Va., and Richard Lugar, R-Ind., offer insight. Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch Transcript: Obama's Speech in Berlin Following is a transcript of Sen. Barack Obama's speech in Berlin, Germany, as prepared for delivery and distributed by his campaign. Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch Adm. Mullen: Iraq War Affects Deployment in Afghanistan Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, whose words have been parsed over the past weeks as the presidential campaign focuses on foreign policy, discusses the success of the surge and his opinion that troops would have to be… Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch Summer Camp Helps Children of Deployed Parents Every summer at Operation Purple Camp in Colorado, more than half of the campers are children whose parents are deployed in military service. Spencer Michels visits the nurturing site for youth with special needs. Continue watching