Nov 17 Drug Trade, Resurgent Taliban Fuel Intensified Attacks in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour Funded largely by a flourishing drug trade, Taliban fighters have stepped up their attacks on Afghan and international forces, killing more than 300 people a month on average in Afghanistan. Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch NATO Troops in Afghanistan Combat Revived Taliban Five years after a U.S.-led coalition ousted the Taliban in Afghanistan, members of the Taliban are regrouping and putting up a stronger fight against NATO troops sent to help stabilize the country. Continue watching
Oct 26 Afghan Civilians Killed During NATO Raid By PBS News Hour Upwards of 60 civilians were killed during a NATO-led bombing campaign against Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, according to local officials there. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch U.S. Base in Kyrgyzstan Provides Launching Point into Afghanistan In a report from News 21 Project, a collaboration of five journalism schools, two students look at life on a remote U.S. military base in Kyrgyzstan, where soldiers await deployment to operations in neighboring Afghanistan. Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch Rebuilding Afghanistan Remains Challenging Five Years After Invasion Last week, peacekeeping duties in Afghanistan were officially handed over to NATO troops, nearly five years after the United States invaded the country and ousted the Taliban. Washington Post reporter Pamela Constable discusses the progress and setbacks in rebuilding Afghanistan. Continue watching
Oct 10 The Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan By PBS News Hour The first official deployment of the Soviet army into the Kingdom of Afghanistan began Dec. 25, 1979, and marked the beginning of a decade-long Soviet rule in the country. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch Taliban Factions Growing Along Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Five years after the overthrow of the Taliban government in Afganistan, lawless tribal areas along the Pakistan border have fallen under control of Taliban militias. A Frontline documentary examines the crisis in the Pakistani province of North Waziristan. Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch Afghan-Pakistan Relations Tense over Taliban Presence Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with President Bush in an effort to allay the war of words between the two leaders. Former officials discuss tensions between the neighboring countries, problems with Taliban fighting at the… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Doctors Scramble to Handle War Veterans’ Brain Injuries Medical experts are witnessing an increase in the number of brain injuries sustained by soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, prompting Veterans Affairs hospitals to set up special centers to handle the severe cases. Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch Afghanistan Violence Escalates After Call for More Troops Following a NATO request for additional troops in Afghanistan to combat Taliban insurgents, a suicide bomber rammed into a convoy near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul Friday, killing 16. Sarah Chayes, a former reporter who covered the U.S. military operation… Continue watching