Oct 20 Chaotic Afghan parliamentary polls draw to a close By Rahim Faiez, Amir Shah, Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections, already three years overdue, ended as chaotically as they began with even the Independent Election Commission uncertain of how many of the estimated 21,000 polling stations closed by 4 p.m. local time, the original closing time. Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch 11:13 17 years on, is Afghanistan making progress toward peace? For 17 years, the United States and its allies have remained in Afghanistan, fighting alongside Afghan forces, now against a strong Taliban insurgency. Nick Schifrin looks at the continuing bloodshed, as well as some aspects of progress, then talks with… Continue watching
Aug 22 U.S.: Russia talks on Afghanistan ‘unlikely to yield progress’ By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press Russia says that the Taliban will be joining the Sept. 4 talks in Moscow, along with representatives of several neighboring countries. Continue reading
Aug 20 Afghan forces free most hostages taken in new Taliban attack By Amir Shah, Rahim Faiez, Associated Press Afghan forces rescued nearly 150 people Monday, including women and children, hours after the Taliban ambushed a convoy of buses and abducted them. The quick response marked a rare if limited battlefield success for the troops after weeks of unrelenting… Continue reading
Aug 17 Why is the U.S. talking to the Taliban? By Larisa Epatko What is the Taliban’s strategy and how will the continued attacks affect its efforts to engage in direct talks with the U.S.? We asked several analysts. Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch 10:27 Afghan confidence in government undermined by fresh attacks Shia teenagers were killed by a suicide bomber at an education center in Kabul on Wednesday. Meanwhile, residents of the city of Ghazni began to pick up the pieces after a five-day siege between the Taliban and the Afghan Army. Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch 25:05 August 12, 2018 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Aug 12, counter protesters outnumber white nationalists in Washington, D.C. on the one year anniversary of the Charlottesville march. Also, a lawsuit alleges that sponsor agencies are exploiting au pairs as a cheap source of… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch 3:30 How the battle for Ghazni could impact upcoming polls in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour Hundreds have been killed in the battle for Ghazni between the Afghan troops and the Taliban over the last three days. Taking back the city, which lies on the highway connecting Kabul and Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second largest city, would give… Continue watching
Aug 10 Officials: Taliban try to take Afghan city, kill at least 14 By Amir Shah, Associated Press The city was in lockdown and fighting continued throughout the day Friday, with sporadic bursts of gunfire from Taliban fighters who had hunkered down in elevated positions inside Ghazni from which they were shooting, some residents said. Continue reading
Aug 05 Suicide bomber kills 3 NATO forces in Afghanistan By Associated Press A Taliban suicide bomber killed three NATO forces on a foot patrol in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday in an attack that also wounded a U.S. soldier and two Afghan troops, NATO said in a statement. Continue reading