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Take a ride with US medics in Afghanistan

Last month was the deadliest for US and allied forces in Afghanistan since the war began. At least 42 American troops and 23 more international troops died in July, most in the volatile Helmand Province in the south. Five more were killed there over the weekend. The World’s Aaron Schachter spent last week embedded with a team of army medics working just behind the front lines in southern Helmand. >>>Click here to see a narrated slideshow.

Secret talks with the Taliban

Reporter Charles Sennott, just back from Afghanistan, briefs anchor Marco Werman on back-channel talks between Afghan government officials and moderate Taliban leaders. Listen

Acronyms report

The World’s Aaron Schachter decodes the military jargon he hears everyday while embedded with US Marines in Afghanistan. Listen

US tries to win over Afghans

The World’s Aaron Schachter reports on the efforts of US Marines in Afghanistan to get Afghans to take sides against the Taliban. It’s one of the latest strategies for fighting the insurgency in Afghanistan. Listen

The new strategy for Afghanistan

The World’s Aaron Schachter is embedded with US marines in southern Afghanistan. He reports on how troops there are trying to implementing a new counter-insurgency strategy in an effort to get Afghans on their side. Listen

Arab lonely hearts

Reporter Irris Makler introduces us to a man at the Israeli Foreign Ministry who’s got an unusual task among his governmental duties…answering letters from Arab men throughout the Middle East who are looking to marry Jewish women. Listen

New strategies for US military in Afghanistan

The World’s Aaron Schachter reports on some of the strategies put forward by the new U-S commander of forces in Afghanistan as violence there continues to rise…especially in the use of roadside bombs. Listen

Conflict among Israelis over settlements

The World’s Matthew Bell reports from Jerusalem on the rising tensions among Israelis about the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Some fear the growing anger could erupt into civil conflict. Listen

Afghan business owners complain of corruption

Some 10,000 of the new U.S. troops ordered to Afghanistan are fanning out across the dangerous Afghan south. But for some Afghans, the American soldiers won’t make much difference… they say the threat they face is from government corruption. The World’s Aaron Schachter reports. Listen

‘The Photographer’

Western doctors sneaked into Afghanistan to treat war victims in the 1980s. A photographer came along and took thousands of photos. Now his images, and his memories, have become a graphic novel. View the audio slideshow