Oct 06 Watch 6:54 Should the U.S. keep a significant military presence in Afghanistan? By PBS News Hour With a surge by the Taliban and the Islamic State's entry into Afghanistan, does the future role of the U.S. military in that country need to evolve? Judy Woodruff talks to Scott Smith of the United States Institute of Peace… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch 3:31 Top U.S. commander recommends revising Afghan drawdown plan By PBS News Hour Gen. John Campbell acknowledged at a Senate Armed Services hearing that a strike against a target that turned out to be a Doctors Without Borders hospital was an American decision, made within the U.S. chain of command. Campbell also said… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch 54:32 PBS NewsHour full episode October 6, 2015 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, South Carolina assesses flood damage and warn of danger to come. Also: The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan comes under fire for a mistaken airstrike, the Justice Department plans early releases for 6,000 inmates, Ann Romney… Continue watching
Oct 06 Airstrike on Kunduz hospital a mistake, U.S. commander says By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The deadly American attack on a hospital in northern Afghanistan occurred despite "rigorous" U.S. military procedures designed to avoid such mistakes, the top commander of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan said Tuesday. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 2:57 Doctors Without Borders calls for transparent investigation of hospital airstrike By PBS News Hour The U.S. Commander of Coalition Forces in Afghanistan pledged that the truth will come out about an airstrike that killed 22 people at a Doctors Without Borders hospital. Initially the Pentagon said that U.S. troops called in the attack, but… Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch 54:28 PBS NewsHour full episode October 5, 2015 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, nonstop rain in South Carolina has inundated the state with the worst flooding on record. Also: A look at the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, fallout from an airstrike on a hospital in Afghanistan, the latest on… Continue watching
Oct 05 Afghans requested U.S. airstrike that hit hospital, U.S. commander says By Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Afghan forces who reported being under Taliban fire requested the U.S. airstrike that killed 22 people at a medical clinic in northern Afghanistan over the weekend, the top commander of American and coalition forces in Afghanistan said Monday,… Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch 3:00 Afghan hospital bombing victims thought they were ‘imminently going to die’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 04 Pentagon chief promises investigation into strike that hit Afghan hospital By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Sunday promised a full and transparent investigation into whether a U.S. aircraft providing support for American and Afghan commandos was responsible for the explosions that destroyed a hospital in northern Afghanistan, killing 22 people. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 6:35 Aid group calls for investigation after hospital hit by apparent U.S. airstrike By PBS News Hour A hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Kunduz, Afghanistan, was damaged early Saturday after being hit by an American airstrike, which appears to have accidentally caused significant civilian casualties. Executive Director for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières Jason Cone… Continue watching