Mar 16 U.S. Ambassador Crocker: Safe Havens in Pakistan Pose ‘Real Threat’ By Larisa Epatko U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker told NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown Friday that while safe havens for Taliban extremists in Pakistan continue to pose a "real threat," steps the United States and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are taking to improve… Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch Ryan Crocker on Leaked Cable About Pakistani Safe Havens U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker said safe havens in Pakistan pose real threat. Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch News Wrap: Helicopter Crash Near Kabul Kills 12 Turkish Troops, 2 Children In other news Friday, a Turkish military helicopter crashed in Afghanistan, killing 12 Turkish soldiers on board and two children on the ground. Also, a former Rutgers student was convicted of intimidating and violating the privacy of his gay roommate… Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch Afghanistan’s Karzai Criticizes U.S. Over Massacre Investigation Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai lashed out at the United States on Friday, saying there had been little cooperation in the investigation over the killings of civilians allegedly by a U.S. soldier. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch Afghanistan’s Karzai to U.S. Troops: Leave Our Villages The U.S. mission in Afghanistan ran into more trouble Thursday as President Hamid Karzai announced he wants American forces to leave Afghan villages and immediately pull back to their bases in the wake of last weekend's civilian killings, allegedly at… Continue watching
Mar 15 Syrian Opposition Leaders Break Up, No Chance of Make-Up Syrian activists paint old Syrian flags for use in a demonstration in Qusayr in western Syria on March 1. Photo by Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images. Breaking up may be hard to do, but the folks who run the Syrian National… Continue reading
Mar 15 Afghan’s President Karzai ‘Pulled in Conflicting Directions’ By Larisa Epatko A rocky few weeks for the United States in Afghanistan got even rockier Thursday with two simultaneous though presumably unrelated events. Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch News Wrap: Pro-Assad Rally Marks Anniversary of Syria’s Uprising In other news Thursday, large crowds rallied in Syria's capital on the first anniversary of the country's uprising in a show of support for President Assad's government. Also, the U.S. Agriculture Department will let schools opt out of using a… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch George Clooney Puts ‘Spotlight’ on Bloodshed, Crisis in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains George Clooney Puts 'Spotlight' on Bloodshed, Crisis in Sudan's Nuba Mountains… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch Obama, Cameron Outline Afghanistan Drawdown Plans At a White House news conference Wednesday alongside British Prime Minister David Cameron, President Obama said he didn't foresee "sudden additional changes" to U.S. troop drawdown plans in Afghanistan despite recent incidents stoking anti-American tensions there. Ray Suarez reports on… Continue watching