Sep 28 Watch 4:10 Afghans vote amid fears of violence and alleged irregularities By PBS NewsHour Presidential candidates in Afghanistan lodged accusations of fraud as polls came to a close on Saturday, with preliminary results expected in October. An earlier wave of violent Taliban attacks led to low voter turnout across the country. Craig Nelson, Kabul… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch 8:56 Without a path to peace, Afghan forces constantly fighting to root out Taliban By Jane Ferguson In Afghanistan, commando military units are kept busy chasing out the Taliban, then moving on to the next, inevitable advance elsewhere. But after special forces retake an area, ill-equipped regular forces that replace them struggle to hold on -- the… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch 3:30 News Wrap: At least 40 civilians die in Afghan raid on Taliban hideout Continue watching
Sep 23 40 civilians killed in anti-Taliban raid in Afghanistan By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press The raid was conducted by Afghan special forces and supported by U.S. airstrikes on Taliban hideouts in the southern Helmand province, Afghan officials said. Continue reading
Sep 17 Taliban kill 24 at Afghan president’s rally By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press President Ashraf Ghani was present at the venue but was unharmed, according to his campaign chief. Continue reading
Sep 13 Taliban visits Moscow days after Trump says talks ‘dead’ By Kathy Gannon, Jim Heintz, Associated Press It was the Taliban's first international visit following the collapse of talks with Washington. Continue reading
Sep 10 No injuries reported after explosion at U.S. Embassy in Kabul on 9/11 anniversary By Cara Anna, Associated Press The explosion was the first major attack in the Afghan capital since President Donald Trump abruptly called off U.S.-Taliban talks over the weekend, on the brink of an apparent deal to end America's longest war. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 4:47 After Trump cancels secret Taliban talks, what’s next for peace in Afghanistan? By Jane Ferguson Over the weekend, President Trump announced he was canceling a planned meeting with Taliban leaders at Camp David. On Monday, he said the months-long peace talks his team has been conducting with the extremist group are over. The negotiations had… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch 6:56 U.S. responsible for collapse of Taliban peace talks, says Obama official U.S. and Taliban representatives spent months negotiating peace and American withdrawal from Afghanistan. But after canceling meetings in the U.S., President Trump says the talks are dead. Why did they collapse, and what are the prospects for ending the country’s… Continue watching
Sep 09 WATCH: Trump says U.S.-Taliban peace talks are ‘dead’ What had seemed like a potential deal to end America's longest war has unraveled, with President Donald Trump and the Taliban blaming each other for the collapse of nearly a year of U.S.-Taliban negotiations in Doha, Qatar. Continue reading