Assignment Afghanistan

In the first segment of a three-part audio portrait series, four of Third Squad's Marines describe daily life in one of southern Afghanistan's bloodiest districts.

Following the collapse of the Taliban, an Afghan refugee returns to Kabul after two decades in the United States. As he tries to reclaim his family property, he encounters a very different society than the one he left behind.

Self-immolation among young women is on the rise in western Afghanistan. Meet self-immolation survivors and two women who are trying to help them.