Mar 28 Watch 5:37 The U.S. is trying to negotiate peace with the Taliban, but is Afghanistan ready? By Nick Schifrin The U.S. is serious about making peace with the Taliban, but some experts question whether Afghanistan is ready for the U.S. withdrawal that would accompany an accord. As Nick Schifrin reports, Afghanistan currently relies upon American firepower, training and financial… Continue watching
Mar 22 2 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan By Amir Shah, Associated Press U.S. and NATO forces provided few details on the combat deaths, saying it was still under investigation. Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch 8:34 News Wrap: House votes to release Mueller report publicly The House voted unanimously Thursday that special counsel Robert Mueller's forthcoming report must be made public. The non-binding resolution is intended to pressure Attorney General William Barr to release as much information as possible, but it's unclear if the Senate… Continue watching
Mar 14 Afghan official accuses U.S. envoy of undermining Taliban peace talks By Ali Rogin, Nick Schifrin Afghanistan's National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib criticized the Trump administration's handling of peace talks with the Taliban. Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch 10:40 The brutal push for peace in Afghanistan after almost 20 years of war The highest level of talks yet between the U.S. and the Taliban concluded Tuesday in Qatar. With videographer Sebastian Rich's exclusive footage of American and Afghan operations in southern Afghanistan, Nick Schifrin reports on how both sides are trying to… Continue watching
Mar 12 U.S.-Taliban peace talks in Qatar yield 'progress,' both sides say By Fay Abuelgasim, Kathy Gannon, Associated Press The nearly two weeks of talks produced two draft agreements between the militants and the U.S. government on a "withdrawal timeline and effective counterterrorism measures," American envoy Zalmay Khalilzad wrote on Twitter. Continue reading
Mar 06 Suicide blast in eastern Afghanistan kills at least 17 By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press Militants in Afghanistan set off a suicide blast and stormed a construction company near the airport in Jalalabad. Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch 4:56 News Wrap: Trump heads to Vietnam for meeting with Kim Jong Un In our Monday news wrap, President Trump is heading to Vietnam for his second summit with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, but he’s downplaying expectations around getting Kim to give up his country’s nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, House Democrats are… Continue watching
Feb 24 UN: 3,804 Afghan civilians died last year, highest count ever By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press More civilians were killed in Afghanistan last year than in any of the previous nine years of the increasingly bloody conflict, according to a U.N. report released Sunday, which blamed the spike in deaths on increased suicide bombings by the… Continue reading
Feb 08 U.S. envoy for Afghanistan says talks with Taliban are far from over By Robert Burns, Associated Press Zalmay Khalilzad said he hopes a final deal is clinched before Afghanistan's presidential election in July but stressed many issues remain to be resolved. Continue reading