Oct 15 Watch 4:31 News Wrap: U.S. analysts knew Kunduz target was hospital By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the Associated Press reported that the U.S. special operations analysts knew the Kunduz clinic that was the target of an airstrike was a medical site. Also, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert will plead guilty to… Continue watching
Oct 15 U.S. special operations analysts knew Afghan site was a hospital By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press The Associated Press has learned that American special operations analysts knew the Doctors without Borders facility in Kunduz was a hospital, but were gathering intelligence on it because they suspected it was being used by a Pakistani operative to coordinate… Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch 3:34 News Wrap: Pentagon says U.S., Russian jets had close encounter over Syria By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, U.S. and Russian jets reportedly flew within miles of each other over Syria on Saturday. Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed Washington for a lack of coordination the competing air campaigns. Also, the Taliban announced it… Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch 5:04 News Wrap: Bombing on Turkish peace rally stokes instability By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, political and ethnic tensions reached the boiling point in Turkey after deadly bombings over the weekend. Also, new battles erupted in Afghanistan as the Taliban attacked a new city. Continue watching
Oct 10 U.S. to make 'condolence payments' to victims of hospital strike By News Desk The Pentagon said Saturday the U.S. Department of Defense will try to make “condolence payments” to families of the victims of a U.S. air strike that accidentally hit a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan last week. Continue reading
Oct 07 Obama apologizes to aid group for U.S. attack on Afghan clinic By Josh Lederman, Associated Press President Barack Obama has apologized to Doctors Without Borders for the U.S. air attack that hit the group's medical clinic in Afghanistan. Continue reading
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