Jul 13 U.S. Launches Security Operation Ahead of Afghan Election Thousands of American troops swept into parts of Afghanistan as part of a military operation aimed at providing security during the fall presidential election, according to Lt. Gen. David Barno, the top U.S. commander in the central Asian nation. Continue reading
Jun 07 Al-Qaida Warns of More Attacks As Fighting in Afghanistan Escalates As fighting killed a U.S. soldier and wounded two others in Afghanistan Monday, al-Qaida militants in Saudi Arabia released a notice that they are planning attacks on Western airlines. Continue reading
Jun 03 Aid Agency Suspends Operations in Afghanistan Following a deadly ambush by remnants of the ousted Taliban regime that killed five workers, the relief agency Doctors Without Borders halted operations in Afghanistan on Thursday. Continue reading
Apr 04 Afghan Warlord Demands Changes in Karzai Government By Admin The leader of Afghanistan's minority Uzbek community, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, renewed his calls for changes in the Karzai government Friday and refused to remove his forces that overran the northern province of Faryab. Continue reading
Mar 18 Pakistanis Say They May Have Cornered Al-Qaida No. 2 Man By PBS News Hour Pakistani troops may have surrounded Osama bin Laden's right-hand man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in the lawless mountainous region near the Afghan border, three Pakistani senior officials said Thursday. Continue reading
Jan 28 U.S. to Launch Major Offensive Against Taliban in Spring By PBS News Hour The U.S. military is planning to step up its pursuit of Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in Afghanistan in the spring, unnamed U.S. officials told several media outlets Wednesday. Continue reading
Jan 27 Suicide Bomber Hits NATO Convoy in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour A suicide bomber attacked a convoy of NATO-led security forces in Kabul on Tuesday morning, killing a Canadian soldier and an Afghan civilian. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the act. Continue reading
Jan 05 Afghan Assembly Overcomes Disputes to Adopt Constitution By PBS News Hour Afghanistan's constitutional assembly overcame weeks of bitter disagreements and debate when it voted Sunday to approve a new charter that aims to establish a democratic government in the country formerly ruled by the Taliban. Continue reading
Jan 01 Afghan Leaders Delay Vote on New Constitution By PBS News Hour Delegates to the Afghan loya jirga put off consideration of a draft constitution after those opposed to interim leader Hamid Karzai boycotted efforts to vote on key provisions of the charter for the war-torn nation's first post-Taliban government. Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch Security Challenge in Afghanistan Two years after the United States ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, remnants of that regime are threatening to disrupt the current constitutional conference there. Margaret Warner discusses the security situation in Afghanistan with New York Times correspondent Carlotta… Continue watching