Feb 22 Watch Afghan Officials Condemn Deadly NATO Airstrike Anger over civilian deaths is increasing among Afghan authorities after an airstrike Sunday killed more than 20 more Afghan civilians -- the third incident in a month in which civilians were killed during coalition efforts to combat the Taliban. Margaret… Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch In Afghanistan, Forces Face Tough Task of Extracting Taliban From Marjah Several NATO deaths have been reported as the fight in the Taliban in stronghold of Marjah wraps up its first week. Judy Woodruff gets an update on progress in the region from a marine reserves staff sergeant who served in… Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch Troops Wage Battle for Influence on the Ground in Marjah Vaughan Smith of The Frontline Club shares a dramatic look at life on the front lines for the British Grenadier Guard in Helmand province of southern Afghanistan, where coalition troops are trying to wrestle control back from the Taliban. Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch Marines Surge Strikes Taliban Snipers in Helmand Province Elite marine recon teams were dropped behind Taliban lines as the major NATO offensive in Southern Afghanistan ends its first week. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Feb 18 Militants Captured in Pakistan as Forces Advance in Afghanistan Two Taliban "shadow governors" have been arrested in Pakistan as part of a stepped up campaign by U.S. and Pakistani intelligence services against the militant group's senior leadership. The arrests of Mullah Abdul Salam, the Taliban's leader in the… Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch News Wrap: Texas Plane Crash Being Investigated In other news, a small plane that crashed into a building in Austin, Texas, is being investigated as a possible suicide attack. Also, NATO forces continued their fight against the Taliban resistance in southern Afghanistan with growing concern over sniper… Continue watching
Feb 16 Q&A: CIA-Pakistan Sting Nets No. 2 Taliban Leader By Larisa Epatko A joint CIA-Pakistan operation has captured Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's No. 2 leader behind Afghan Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, reports said Tuesday. Continue reading
Feb 16 Watch Taliban Commander Captured as Coalition Forces Make New Gains The campaign to crush Taliban fighters in the southern Afghanistan city of Marjah moved swiftly in its fourth day with the capture of resistance leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Pakistan. Judy Woodruff speaks with Afghanistan political experts Seth Jones,… Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch Fighting Eases as Forces Advance in Marjah Offensive Top Taliban military commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been seized by American and Pakistani forces, as the coalition offensive presses onward in Afghanistan's Helmand province. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch Marines Forge Ahead as Taliban Offensive Narrows For a third day, American and British forces continued their push on the Taliban stronghold of Marjah in southern Afghanistan. Ray Suarez speaks to Rod Nordland of The New York Times who has been covering the story from Kabul. Continue watching