Oct 26 Troops who sought strike thought Taliban had hospital By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON --The Army Green Berets who requested the Oct. 3 airstrike on the Doctors without Borders trauma center in Afghanistan were aware it was a functioning hospital but believed it was under Taliban control, The Associated Press has learned. Continue reading
Oct 26 Powerful earthquake shakes South Asia By Larisa Epatko A massive earthquake struck northeastern Afghanistan, and the death toll continued to climb past 100 on Monday, as residents tried to clear away debris and nurse the injured. Continue reading
Oct 25 Watch 1:50 Afghanistan's first women and gender studies program now in session By PBS News Hour Since the Taliban was ousted from power 14 years ago, Afghanistan's government has taken steps to improve the status of women, including in education. NewsHour's Megan Thompson reports. Continue watching
Oct 19 Pentagon admits mistaken forced entry at Afghanistan clinic By Robert Burns, Associated Press The U.S. military acknowledged Monday that an armored vehicle carrying U.S. personnel deliberately crashed through the closed gate of the compound in northern Afghanistan where 22 people had been killed two weeks ago in a U.S. air attack on a… Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch 3:29 After decision to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan, what happens next? By PBS News Hour President Obama announced this week that 10,000 U.S. troops will remain deployed for another year in Afghanistan to help quell the resurgent Taliban and keep training the country's police force. Austin Long, a professor of international and public affairs at… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch 10:55 Shields and Brooks on campaign finance and what we learned in the Democratic debate By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week’s news, including a look at the Democratic debate, campaign fundraising, and troop withdrawal in Afghanistan. Continue watching
Oct 15 Whistleblower releases documents into U.S. military's drone program By Joshua Barajas For several years human rights groups have claimed that U.S. drone attacks have killed more civilians abroad than their intended targets. The Intercept published highly classified information Thursday that provided evidence, among other findings, that nearly 90 percent of people… Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch 54:22 PBS NewsHour full episode October 15, 2015 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, President Obama announces he will leave additional troops in Afghanistan until 2017. Also: A fresh lead emerges in the Lockerbie bombing case, a pilot program to help stop recidivism in U.S. prisons, why you might not… Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch 4:11 What influenced Obama's decision to keep troops in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour The longest-running war in American history will go on even longer than expected. Hari Sreenivasan speaks to the Washington Post’s Greg Jaffe about what prompted President Obama to change course and decide to leave troops in Afghanistan. Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch 2:32 U.S. reverses plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan By PBS News Hour In a policy reversal, President Obama announced that U.S. forces will keep nearly 10,000 troops in Afghanistan through most of 2016, drawing down to 5,500 in 2017. Despite plans to leave the country completely by the end of next year,… Continue watching