Dec 28 What we know about the deadly blasts at Shiite cultural center in Kabul By Joshua Barajas At least 40 people were killed and dozens of others wounded on Thursday in a series of explosions that targeted a Shiite cultural center in the Afghan capital of Kabul, Afghan officials said. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch 6:05 Trekking across the ‘unknown’ Afghanistan, untouched by war By PBS News Hour Paul Salopek is one of the few people to have crossed a roadless, mountainous part of Afghanistan by foot. The journalist had previously reported there during the war. But as part of his Out of Eden walk around the world,… Continue watching
Dec 05 Journalist Paul Salopek explores the wonders of the Silk Road By Larisa Epatko The latest leg of journalist Paul Salopek's 21,000-mile, multi-year journey took him across the stunning and bitterly cold mountains of Central Asia, through Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch 6:22 Marine and photojournalist reframe the war-wounded soul in a new memoir By PBS News Hour, Nick Schifrin Photographer Finbarr O'Reilly and former U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Thomas Brennan both went through the intensity of combat, and the loneliness and doubt that follows. Now they’ve written a dual memoir, "Shooting Ghosts," a story of two lives that came… Continue watching
Nov 17 PHOTOS: Street art in Afghanistan targets corruption and hate By Larisa Epatko Street art offers a way to express concerns and advocate for change in Afghanistan in a non-violent way. Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch 10:04 Abdullah Abdullah on what it will take to achieve peace in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour A bombing that killed 14 people in Kabul Thursday targeted the supporters of a political party aligned with Afghan chief executive Abdullah Abdullah. Militant bombings, as well as U.S. and Afghan airstrikes, have driven civilian deaths to a record high,… Continue watching
Nov 03 Bergdahl gets no prison time, is dishonorably discharged By Jenny Marder FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- A military judge ruled Friday that Bowe Bergdahl should serve no prison time for endangering his comrades by walking off his Afghanistan post. Continue reading
Oct 29 Pentagon identifies soldier killed in Afghanistan By Associated Press A helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan killed Jacob M. Sims, a 36-year-old chief warrant officer from Juneau, Alaska. Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch 24:54 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Oct. 28, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 28, a conservative website funded by Republican donor Paul Singer is revealed to have funded the anti-Trump dossier, and Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s sentencing hearing has begun. Also, Russia decriminalizes certain acts of domestic violence. Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch 4:50 Military on verge of sentencing Bergdahl for desertion By PBS News Hour Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for half a decade after abandoning his Afghanistan post, is in the middle of a sentencing hearing for his guilty plea to desertion, which prosecutors say injured and killed… Continue watching