Aug 20 Afghan forces free most hostages taken in new Taliban attack By Amir Shah, Rahim Faiez, Associated Press Afghan forces rescued nearly 150 people Monday, including women and children, hours after the Taliban ambushed a convoy of buses and abducted them. The quick response marked a rare if limited battlefield success for the troops after weeks of unrelenting… Continue reading
Aug 17 Why is the U.S. talking to the Taliban? By Larisa Epatko What is the Taliban’s strategy and how will the continued attacks affect its efforts to engage in direct talks with the U.S.? We asked several analysts. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 6:27 Massive defense policy bill takes steps to restrain Trump President Donald Trump signed a sweeping defense authorization bill Monday that offers a statement of policy as well as spending priorities totalling more than $700 billion. Nick Schifrin joins Amna Nawaz to discuss the scope beyond the wars in Iraq… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 9:08 'The Fighters' help us understand Iraq and Afghanistan wars No matter what you may think about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the more than 3 million men and women who have fought are America's sons and daughter, wives and husbands, brothers and sisters. In “The Fighters: Americans in… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch 25:05 August 12, 2018 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Aug 12, counter protesters outnumber white nationalists in Washington, D.C. on the one year anniversary of the Charlottesville march. Also, a lawsuit alleges that sponsor agencies are exploiting au pairs as a cheap source of… Continue watching
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