Jan 23 Americans killed, injured in attack on Kabul hotel, State Department says By Josh Lederman, Associated Press Multiple American citizens were killed and injured in the Taliban's 13-hour siege of an upscale hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, the State Department said Tuesday. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch 3:34 Pakistan halts intelligence sharing after U.S. cuts aid By PBS News Hour The U.S. suspended nearly $2 billion in military aid to Pakistan this month following President Trump’s tweet criticizing the country for being a “safe haven to terrorist.” Pakistan in turn halted military and intelligence cooperation with the U.S. Arshad Mohammed,… Continue watching
Jan 02 Top U.S. commander wants a more aggressive Afghan push this year By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press It's all part of a plan the United States hopes will change the course of a war now entering its 17th year. Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch 6:27 In Afghanistan, clearing landmines to save lives By PBS NewsHour Afghanistan is home to the world’s largest landmine removal program, but as special correspondent Jennifer Glasse reports, mine agencies have done little to clear the explosives -- and casualties are mounting. Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 5:55 What the deadly Kabul bombing shows about ISIS in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour In a poor neighborhood of Kabul, a suicide bomber slipped inside a Shiite cultural center and blew himself up. As people fled, more bombs went off outside. At least 41 people died, and more than 80 are wounded. The Taliban… Continue watching
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