Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Afghanistan published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 5010
» View wsbt.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-418
Next >
-
Indiana withdraws support for fertilizer plant
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana officials withdrew state backing Friday for a fertilizer plant over concerns about whether its Pakistan-based owners are doing enough at its overseas operations to keep the potentially explosive material from being used...
Tags: Mount Vernon, Companies and Corporations, Chemical Industry, Explosions, Pakistan
-
RAW VIDEO: Prince harry pays respects at Arlington, visits wounded troops at Walter Reed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry saluted America's war dead in somber remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, pausing, too, to place flowers on the tombstone of President John F. Kennedy and visit the grave of a British World...
Tags: Harry of Wales, John F. Kennedy, Greenwich, Washington, DC, U.S. Congress
-
Walorski back from Afghanistan
A local Congresswoman is back in the U.S. after spending time in Afghanistan. Jackie Walorski joined several members of Congress on the trip that ended yesterday. She says she is deeply humbled to meet Hoosier men and women serving overseas. She... -
Notre Dame grad killed in Afghanistan plane crash
WSBT has learned Captain Reid Nishizuka – a 2005 Notre Dame graduate – was one of four airmen who died in a plane crash near Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan Saturday. The 30 year old is from Hawaii. KGMB, the CBS affiliate there, reports...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Air and Space Accidents
-
Family Welcomes Home Local Soldier At Airport
You hear welcome home and probably don't think a lot about it. But for soldiers returning from tours of duty those two words can mean the world. Army Specialist Nickolas Stewart of Osceola is with the 173rd Airborne Brigade was in Afghanistan...
Tags: Armed Forces
-
Michiana soldiers return home
Two soldiers are home tonight. Army Reserve Sergeant David Monsivais and Chief Warrent Officer Shawn Waldron have been gone for ten months in Kuwait. Monsivais was all smiles as he kissed his 14-month-old son. After spending months in the Middle East,...
Tags: Armed Forces
-
Engineer Company B dads meet new babies for the first time
WSBT TVWhen they leave on a deployment, servicemen and women know they'll miss a lot – including birthdays and holidays. But four Engineer Company B Marines weren’t here when their babies were born. Three of the four fathers had never met their...Tags: Skype, Science and Technology
-
Families welcome Marines home in South Bend
SOUTH BEND - Today is an exciting afternoon for some local families. Fifty Marines form Engineer Company B are on their way to South Bend's armory after serving in Afghanistan for seven months. They have been away from their families since last May.... -
Michiana troop returning from Afghanistan today
UPDATE: SOUTH BEND – Today 50 local reserve Marines are coming home. They've spent the last 7 months fighting in Afghanistan. The Marines are with Engineering Company B based in South Bend. They were deployed last May and spent several weeks...Tags: Camp Lejeune (military base), Science and Technology
-
Pentagon opens combat roles to women
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is lifting its ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after generations of limits on their service, defense officials said Wednesday....
Tags: James Inhofe, Washington, DC, U.S. Congress, Iraq, The Pentagon
-
US may leave no troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it might leave no troops in Afghanistan after December 2014, an option that defies the Pentagon's view that thousands of troops may be needed to contain al-Qaida and to strengthen Afghan forces....
Tags: Pakistan, Armed Conflicts, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Wars and Interventions, The Wall Street Journal
May 15, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
May 10, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
Apr 24, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
Apr 29, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
Apr 5, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
Mar 25, 2013
|Story| AP Broadcast
Mar 14, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
Feb 8, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
Feb 8, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
Feb 8, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
Jan 23, 2013
|Story| AP Broadcast
Jan 9, 2013
|Story| AP Indiana
Original site for Afghanistan topic gallery.