Provinces of Afghanistan

Paul Wood and Michael Buchanan, both from our partner the BBC, help us look at the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.

With the Taliban all but routed from their former stronghold of Marjah in Afghanistan, the U.S. and NATO forces will now focus on the much larger city of Kandahar.

For today’s Geo Quiz we’re looking for a remote northeastern province in Afghanistan that borders Pakistan to the east and the Hindu Kush Mountains to the south. The answer is Nuristan, where U.S. forces run a forward operating base. Christian Science Monitor journalist Dana Harmon is embedded with troops there. She tells anchor Marco Werman what it’s like in this remote corner of the world.

Growing civilian casualties in Afghanistan are costing the Karzai government public support. That’s according to Human Rights Watch.

A daring operation took place this week through one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan. Thousands of international troops worked together to deliver a massive hydroelectric turbine to a site in southern Afghanistan.