Feb 04 Watch 8:13 Bipartisan report urges the Biden administration to remain committed to Afghanistan One of the Biden administration's primary foreign policy challenges is how to end the United States' longest war. A new bipartisan report urges the administration to remain committed to Afghanistan and ongoing peace talks. Nick Schifrin reports. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch 3:49 Meeting Trump's goal in Afghanistan, U.S. forces are reduced to lowest level since 2001 By Jane Ferguson, Amna Nawaz The U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday that military-force levels in Afghanistan are now at 2,500 service personnel -- the goal President Trump had set. This is the lowest number of American troops since the U.S. first invaded the country… Continue watching
Jan 05 Afghan peace talks to resume with Taliban By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Afghan negotiators hope to find an end to decades of relentless conflict, even as hopes wane and frustration and fear grow over a spike in violence across Afghanistan. Continue reading
Dec 26 Series of explosions target police in Kabul; at least 4 dead By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press The deaths were caused by a sticky bomb attached to a police vehicle detonated in western Kabul, police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said. The explosion wounded two civilians. Continue reading
Dec 15 Bombs, shooting attack in Kabul kill 4 By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press The attacks are the latest in relentless violence in Afghanistan even as the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators hold talks in Qatar. Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch 5:06 News Wrap: Pro-Democracy activists are sentenced in Hong Kong In our news wrap Wednesday, several opposition activists in Hong Kong were sentenced for organizing demonstrations, President Trump sparked congressional opposition with a threat to veto a sweeping defense policy bill, and Afghanistan's government and the Taliban have a breakthrough… Continue watching
Nov 29 Afghan officials say 34 killed in separate suicide bombings By Rahmatullah Nekzad, Tameem Akhgar, Associated Press In eastern Ghazni province, 31 soldiers were killed and 24 others wounded when the attacker drove a military humvee full of explosives onto an army commando base before detonating the car bomb, according to an official in Afghanistan’s National Security… Continue reading
Nov 24 At mostly-virtual U.N. conference E.U., other donors step up with funds to help Afghanistan By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press The European Union, the United States and other donors pledged billions in new funding for Afghanistan over the next four years, at the first pledging conference of its kind for the troubled and poor country since 2016. Continue reading
Nov 20 In multiple countries, alarm over hunger crisis rings louder By Tameen Akhgar. Associated Press and Samy Magdy, Eissa Ahmed, Associated Press Dire U.N. warnings of a growing hunger crisis are becoming reality in multiple countries. The coronavirus pandemic is adding a further burden on families already struggling to feed themselves amid collapsing economies and war. Continue reading
Nov 19 Watch 3:52 News Wrap: Central American search teams find more hurricane dead In our news wrap Thursday, Hurricane Iota’s death toll has passed 40 across Central America. Search teams continue to find bodies in landslides triggered by flooding. Entire communities in Honduras and Nicaragua were overwhelmed, with thousands left homeless. Also, a… Continue watching