Reporting the War in Afghanistan

There’s been a rise in violence in Afghanistan this year. After a number of high profile attacks, it’s becoming harder for journalists to do their job.

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New commander of international forces in Afghanistan issues warning as violence flares.

Reality Check on Afghanistan

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Fighting the Afghan insurgency

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The commander of foreign troops in Afghanistan, US Army General Stanley McChrystal, says the American military now understands counterinsurgency better than it ever has, and has made it a centerpiece of the new Afghanistan strategy. Reporter Ben Gilbert has been embedded with American forces in Afghanistan. On today’s show he is taking a look at how the counterinsurgency doctrine is being implemented on the ground in Afghanistan. Download MP3 (Photo: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images)

• Background brief:Taliban insurgency
• President Obama’s Afghanistan plan
• BBC coverage of the Afghanistan conflict

Making the case for Obama’s Afghanistan plan

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen went before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington today. The panel was giving testimony related to President Obama’s plan to send more US troops to Afghanistan. The World’s Jason Margolis reports. Download MP3 (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

• BBC: Taliban defiant over Obama surge
• PBS NewsHour: Analysis of Obama’s speech
• Coverage of the President’s speech on The World