Apr 29 Watch 8:43 Pentagon: Hospital bombing due to U.S. offensive strike to assist Afghan forces By PBS News Hour The Pentagon revealed that the bombing of an Afghan hospital occurred when U.S. forces preemptively fired to clear the way for an Afghan offensive. U.S. and Afghan forces were not under fire when U.S. aircraft destroyed the hospital. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Apr 29 16 blamed for mistakes in deadly U.S. attack on Afghan clinic By Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A U.S. aerial gunship attack on a hospital in Afghanistan that killed 42 people occurred because of human errors, process mistakes and equipment failures, and none of the aircrew or U.S. ground troops knew the target was a… Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch 3:27 News Wrap: U.S. soldiers disciplined for accidental Afghan hospital bombing By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, 16 U.S. military personnel, including a general, reportedly received administrative punishments for the mistaken bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan last year that killed 42. Also, Vice President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch 5:55 Is the Taliban growing stronger? By PBS News Hour A Tuesday morning suicide attack in Kabul killed 28 people and wounded hundreds more, part of an ongoing surge of Taliban-driven violence in Afghanistan. Judy Woodruff talks to Seth Jones of the RAND Corporation, former advisor to U.S. special forces… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch 3:12 News Wrap: NC governor moves to alter new LGBT law By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, after a wave of criticism over last month’s LGBT rights law, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory expanded protections for state employees based on sexual orientation and gender identity and asked lawmakers to restore the right… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch 3:31 Kerry visits Kabul in effort to ease political tensions By PBS News Hour Secretary of State John Kerry made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Saturday in an attempt to ease political tensions there and prolong a power-sharing agreement he brokered two years ago. Reuters State Department Correspondent Arshad Mohammed in Kabul joins… Continue watching
Apr 09 Kerry meets with leaders in Iraq, Afghanistan to discuss ISIS, Taliban By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hoped a brief stop Saturday in Afghanistan would help promote cooperation from a would-be "unity" government that has proved largely incapable of running the country less than two years after he worked to install… Continue reading
Apr 04 Obama says NATO alliance remains ‘linchpin’ to collective security By Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday called NATO "the linchpin" of U.S. security policy and a critical ally in the fight against terrorism, indirectly countering Republican Donald Trump's recent claims that the 67-year-old alliance is obsolete. Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch 3:47 Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr reemerges as key player in Iraqi politics By PBS News Hour A Shiite Muslim cleric whose militia repeatedly battled American soldiers during the U.S. war a decade ago has emerged as a key player in the Iraqi parliament. The Washington Post's Liz Sly joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Baghdad to… Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch 8:10 Why did Bowe Bergdahl leave his post? Army transcript sheds light By PBS News Hour Is Bowe Bergdahl a misguided young soldier or a deserter and a traitor? A military court will soon answer that question, as Bergdahl -- an Army sergeant who left his post in June 2009 and was captured by the Taliban… Continue watching