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A crowd of people are shown standing at the temporary gated entrance where a security official is checking health codes.

Delta variant surge in Wuhan prompts massive city-wide testing

Top of The World: China has announced mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan, the city of 11 million people where COVID-19 was first detected in 2019, after an increase in reported cases of the delta variant. And, the leader of a group helping those who’ve fled persecution in Belarus, Vitaly Shishov, has been hanged in a park in Kyiv, Ukraine. Also, the Taliban have captured nine out of 10 districts of Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province

Delta variant surge in Wuhan prompts massive city-wide testing
Afghan families leave their houses after fighting between the Afghan military and Taliban insurgents in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, Oct. 13, 2020.

Fighting in Afghanistan claims lives and displaces families as peace talks drag on

Fighting in Afghanistan claims lives and displaces families as peace talks drag on
An Afghan policeman destroys poppies during a campaign against narcotics in Jalalabad province, Afghanistan, April 4, 2017.

US airstrikes in Afghanistan are targeting drug labs that fund the Taliban

US airstrikes in Afghanistan are targeting drug labs that fund the Taliban
NPR photographer David Gilkey adjusted his glasses on the White House lawn before going to meet President Obama in 2011. Gilkey won the White House News Photographers Association's award for "Best Photographer of the Year, 2010." He and fellow journalist

NPR journalist David Gilkey and translator Zabihullah Tamanna killed in Afghanistan

NPR journalist David Gilkey and translator Zabihullah Tamanna killed in Afghanistan
Former British army captain Mike Martin

No one in the West understood what the war in Afghanistan was really about

No one in the West understood what the war in Afghanistan was really about
Colonel Jamila Bayaaz (L) in her Kabul office. Because as a woman her job is extra dangerous, Bayaaz has been assigned four bodyguards and an armored car. She's been a cop for more than 30 years.

It's tough being a cop in Kabul, but being the top female cop is evan harder

Kabul's new female cop has a lot on her plate. She's a role model, a target and, oh yeah, a police officer. But Colonel Jamila Bayaaz says she's up to the task.

It's tough being a cop in Kabul, but being the top female cop is evan harder
Relatives and policewomen sit at the back of an ambulance as they transport the body of Sub-Inspector Negara for burial in Helmand province. (Photo: REUTERS/Abdul Malik)

Gunman Kills Senior Afghan Policewoman as Taliban Vows to Kill More

One of Afghanistan's most senior policewomen has died a day after being shot outside her home in Helmand province. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Candace Rondeaux, and asks about the threats facing women in Afghanistan.

Gunman Kills Senior Afghan Policewoman as Taliban Vows to Kill More

Two Marines Trade in Combat Coffee for the Perfect Cup at Home

Michael Haft and Harrison Suarez bonded over a shared love of coffee while deployed as US Marines in Afghanistan. Now, they've co-written a new e-book showing all of us how to make the the perfect cup of coffee at home.

Two Marines Trade in Combat Coffee for the Perfect Cup at Home

BBC Documentary Exposes Corruption and Abuse in Afghan Police Force

Reporter Ben Anderson discovered evidence of some shocking behavior including corruption, kidnap, drug use, murder and child abuse.

BBC Documentary Exposes Corruption and Abuse in Afghan Police Force

Positive progress in Afghanistan finally begins to emerge

The pullout of American forces from Afghanistan by 2014 has some feeling hopeful about the future of the war-torn country. But with the ongoing drone strikes in Pakistan, and continued violence in Afghanistan, it's often hard to see the progress over the border.

Positive progress in Afghanistan finally begins to emerge
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"Horses and Bayonets"

The most tweeted line of the debate was President Obama's zinger that the military has fewer horses and bayonets. So where are bayonets from? Anchor Marco Werman gets the answer, plus the history of bayonets from Chris Woolf.

"Horses and Bayonets"

Panetta visits Afghanistan, security breach reported as plane lands

During his visit to Afghanistan Wednesday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was confronted with a potentially volatile situation. An Afghan civilian employee on a military base breached the security barriers in what some are describing as an attack on Panetta.

Panetta visits Afghanistan, security breach reported as plane lands

'Hell and Back Again': Fighting in Afghanistan, Recovering in North Carolina

'Hell and Back Again': Fighting in Afghanistan, Recovering in North Carolina

NATO begins transfer of power to Afghan Army

NATO troops hand power over to the Afghan National Army in Lashkar Gar, the capital of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.

NATO begins transfer of power to Afghan Army

NATO Begins Transfer of Power to Afghan Army in Helmand Province

NATO Begins Transfer of Power to Afghan Army in Helmand Province