Oct 01 Afghan forces push into Taliban-held city Kunduz By News Desk Afghan government forces have entered the northern city of Kunduz to try to eject Taliban fighters who had taken over the strategic city earlier this week. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 6:09 News Wrap: Taliban captures key fortress in Kunduz By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Afghan troops continued to fight to retake the city of Kunduz, but the Taliban captured a key fortress. Also, a coalition led by Saudi Arabia says that a vessel was stopped carrying weapons from Iran… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 4:19 News Wrap: Afghan military launches offensive to take back Kunduz By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Afghanistan’s military fought to recapture Kunduz, a provincial capital, after Taliban fighters stormed the city on Monday. Also, Yemen officials sharply increased the death toll of an attack on a wedding party. Saudi Arabia denied… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 6:15 News Wrap: Taliban fighters capture Afghan city By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, hundreds of Taliban fighters attacked and captured a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan. The fall of Kunduz is the first time since 2001 that the militant group seized a major Afghan city. Also, security officials… Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch 8:52 News Wrap: Overwhelmed Croatia moves migrants to Hungary By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, after 17,000 migrants surged across Croatia's border with Serbia in just days, Croatia's government announced it could not cope and began moving people into Hungarian territory. Also, Taliban gunmen stormed an air force base in… Continue watching
Sep 17 Taliban captive Bergdahl ‘snuck off’ his military post, prosecutors say By Larisa Epatko U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl intentionally left his outpost in rural Afghanistan in 2009, resulting in his capture by the Taliban, prosecutors said at his preliminary hearing on Thursday. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 5:31 News Wrap: Wildfires scorch hundreds of homes in Northern California By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, two wildfires swept across Northern California, destroying at least 400 homes and killing one. Also, in Afghanistan, Taliban fighters stormed a prison with a car bomb, allowing 355 prisoners to escape. Continue watching
Aug 09 U.S. soldier killed as wave of attacks hit Kabul By Associated Press Officials say that an American soldier has been killed and several others have been wounded in a series of attacks Friday in Afghanistan's capital… Continue reading
Aug 07 Dozens killed as attacks hit Kabul By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Kabul was rocked by four explosions Friday, killing dozens of people and wounding hundreds of others, according to Afghan officials. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch 4:37 Why is word of Mullah Omar’s death coming out now? By PBS News Hour The Taliban's supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar was confirmed dead by a spokesman for Afghanistan's intelligence agency, which claims that he died two years ago at a hospital in Pakistan. Although Omar has not been seen publicly since 2001, the… Continue watching