Nov 20 Watch Illicit Drug Trade Fuels Afghan Economy Officials say the drug trade in Afghanistan threatens efforts to create a strong central government and rebuild the country's economy, in a year when production of the poppy crop increased by 59 percent. ITN correspondent Alex Thomson reports on the… Continue watching
Nov 17 Drug Trade, Resurgent Taliban Fuel Intensified Attacks in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour Funded largely by a flourishing drug trade, Taliban fighters have stepped up their attacks on Afghan and international forces, killing more than 300 people a month on average in Afghanistan. Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch NATO Troops in Afghanistan Combat Revived Taliban Five years after a U.S.-led coalition ousted the Taliban in Afghanistan, members of the Taliban are regrouping and putting up a stronger fight against NATO troops sent to help stabilize the country. Continue watching
Oct 26 Afghan Civilians Killed During NATO Raid By PBS News Hour Upwards of 60 civilians were killed during a NATO-led bombing campaign against Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, according to local officials there. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch Rebuilding Afghanistan Remains Challenging Five Years After Invasion Last week, peacekeeping duties in Afghanistan were officially handed over to NATO troops, nearly five years after the United States invaded the country and ousted the Taliban. Washington Post reporter Pamela Constable discusses the progress and setbacks in rebuilding Afghanistan. Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch Taliban Factions Growing Along Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Five years after the overthrow of the Taliban government in Afganistan, lawless tribal areas along the Pakistan border have fallen under control of Taliban militias. A Frontline documentary examines the crisis in the Pakistani province of North Waziristan. Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch Afghan-Pakistan Relations Tense over Taliban Presence Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with President Bush in an effort to allay the war of words between the two leaders. Former officials discuss tensions between the neighboring countries, problems with Taliban fighting at the… Continue watching
Sep 05 NATO Troops Kill, Surround Dozens of Militants in Afghanistan By Admin, PBS News Hour NATO forces killed between 50 and 60 Taliban militants in Afghanistan on Tuesday as a part of a new military offensive, and surrounded 700 others in the southern part of the country. Continue reading
Aug 03 Daily Attacks Mar NATO Takeover of Southern Afghanistan By PBS News Hour Attacks against NATO forces in southern Afghanistan killed 21 civilians and four Canadian troops Thursday. Continue reading
Jul 29 NATO Faces Difficult Task of Securing Afghanistan By PBS News Hour As the North Atlantic Treaty Organization officially expands its mission Monday to the restive southern region of Afghanistan, the alliance must try to stabilize an area in the midst of an insurgency orchestrated by the Taliban fighters. Continue reading