Sep 12 Warring Afghans meet to find peace after decades of war By Kathy Gannon, Aya Batrawy, Associated Press Afghanistan’s warring sides started negotiations for the first time, bringing together the Taliban and delegates appointed by the Afghan government Saturday for historic meetings aimed at ending decades of war. Continue reading
Sep 11 Pompeo says Afghan negotiations likely to be ‘contentious’ By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Pompeo made his comments on Friday while en route to Qatar, where intra-Afghan negotiations are to begin on Saturday. Continue reading
Sep 10 Taliban say peace talks with Afghan team to start Saturday By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press The announcement on Thursday came in a statement from the Taliban in Qatar, where the insurgents maintain a political office, and also in a statement from Qatar's foreign ministry. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 4:07 News Wrap: UN warns that warming globe could mean more extreme weather In our news wrap Wednesday, the United Nations is warning the warming globe could mean more natural disasters and extreme weather. A new report says the world is now nearly 2 degrees warmer than during pre-industrial times; the targeted ceiling… Continue watching
Sep 09 U.S. will withdraw thousands of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan By Robert Burns, Zeke Miller, Associated Press The top U.S. general for the Middle East says the Trump administration will pull thousands of troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan by November. Gen. Frank McKenzie says the number of troops in Iraq will drop this month from about… Continue reading
Aug 27 Watch 2:50 News Wrap: New Zealand mosque gunman sentenced to life in prison In our news wrap Thursday, a white supremacist who killed 51 people at two New Zealand mosques was sentenced to life in prison without parole. The mass shootings happened in March 2019. Also, the death toll from two days of… Continue watching
Aug 27 Death toll from heavy Afghanistan flooding surpasses 150 By Rahmat Gul, Tameem Akhgar, Associated Press Heavy rains, compounded by mudslides, often threaten remote areas of Afghanistan, where infrastructure is poor. Summer often brings heavy rainfall and flooding to the country's north and east. Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 3:48 News Wrap: Heavy flooding kills at least 100 in Afghanistan In our news wrap Wednesday, at least 100 people have died in heavy flooding in northern and eastern Afghanistan. Strong seasonal rains brought mudslides that filled streets, submerged cars and destroyed more than 2,000 homes. Also, police in Minsk broke… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch 3:15 News Wrap: UNC-Chapel Hill returns to remote learning due to outbreak In our news wrap Monday, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has returned to all-remote learning after an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. It was one of the largest schools in the country to bring students back to… Continue watching
Aug 03 Afghan troops retake prison attacked by Islamic State group; 29 people killed By Associated Press Even as Afghan troops seized the prison in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, some 115 kilometers (70 miles) east of Kabul, IS militants continued to fire on Afghan security forces from a nearby neighborhood. Continue reading