Aug 12 Watch 3:30 How the battle for Ghazni could impact upcoming polls in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour Hundreds have been killed in the battle for Ghazni between the Afghan troops and the Taliban over the last three days. Taking back the city, which lies on the highway connecting Kabul and Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second largest city, would give… Continue watching
Aug 10 Officials: Taliban try to take Afghan city, kill at least 14 By Amir Shah, Associated Press The city was in lockdown and fighting continued throughout the day Friday, with sporadic bursts of gunfire from Taliban fighters who had hunkered down in elevated positions inside Ghazni from which they were shooting, some residents said. Continue reading
Aug 05 Suicide bomber kills 3 NATO forces in Afghanistan By Associated Press A Taliban suicide bomber killed three NATO forces on a foot patrol in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday in an attack that also wounded a U.S. soldier and two Afghan troops, NATO said in a statement. Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch 3:42 News Wrap: ISIS claims responsibility for deadly Pakistan election rally bombings In our news wrap Friday, bombings rocked election rallies in Pakistan, killing at least 130 people and wounding 300 others. Also, another American soldier has died in Afghanistan -- the second U.S. combat death this week. Pentagon officials say an… Continue watching
Jul 09 Mike Pompeo pushes peace talks on unannounced trip to Afghanistan By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo used an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on Monday to step up the Trump administration's calls for peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch 7:07 Educated Afghan women offer economic resilience in the face of climate change and conflict By Beth Murphy Drought is drying up farms across Afghanistan, cracking the earth and threatening the only way of life the majority has ever known. It's in the fields where a new war is being waged between two forces the people can't control:… Continue watching
Jul 01 Suicide bomber targets Sikhs, Hindus in Afghanistan; 12 dead By Associated Press A suicide bomber targeted a group of Sikhs and Hindus on their way to meet Afghanistan’s president in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday, killing at least 12 people. Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch 25:01 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 17, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, June 17, a policy of separating immigrant children from their parents at the border draws condemnation, and the surprising source of medical marijuana in Italy. Also, unearthing the unlikely love story of a nurse and… Continue watching
Jun 17 Suicide bomber targets Afghans celebrating truce, killing 18 By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press The bomber on Saturday targeted a gathering of Taliban fighters who were celebrating a three-day truce coinciding with the Eid al-Fitr holiday. Continue reading
Jun 09 Taliban announce cease-fire over Eid holiday for 1st time By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press The Afghan Taliban announced a three-day cease-fire over the Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, a first for the group, following an earlier cease-fire announcement by the government. Continue reading