12/12/2021: Negotiating With the Taliban, Let There Be Light, An Island Off an Island

Inside Afghanistan after U.S. withdrawal; The James Webb Space Telescope; Fogo Island's comeback story

• Dec 12, 2021
• 43:26

Taliban reverses democratic measures

The Taliban has dissolved Afghanistan's election commissions and peace ministry four months after taking control of the country. The fundamentalist Islamic regime is also banning women from traveling alone on road trips more than 45 miles. CBS News Afghanistan producer Ahmad Mukhtar joins CBSN to discuss the latest developments in the country.

• Dec 28, 2021
• 07:06

Former Afghan national security adviser interview

Hamdullah Mohib, national security adviser under former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, tells Margaret Brennan that one of his government's biggest mistakes was "not seeing that writing on the wall" of the U.S. withdrawal. The full interview airs Sunday on CBS News' "Face the Nation."

• Dec 16, 2021
• 00:56

Inside Afghanistan after U.S. withdrawal

Sharyn Alfonsi reports from Afghanistan, where economic collapse seems imminent, leaving millions facing starvation.

• Dec 12, 2021
• 13:54

ICYMI: A look back at Sunday's 60 Minutes

Inside Afghanistan after U.S. withdrawal; The James Webb Space Telescope; Fogo Island's comeback story.

• Dec 13, 2021

Negotiating with the Taliban to save lives in Afghanistan

Sharyn Alfonsi reports from Afghanistan, where economic collapse seems imminent, leaving millions facing starvation.

• Dec 12, 2021

Inside 60 Minutes' report from Afghanistan

How 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi became one of the first western journalists to interview a member of Taliban leadership.

• Dec 12, 2021

Afghanistan on brink of collapse with millions facing starvation

Sunday, Sharyn Alfonsi reports from Afghanistan where one of the worst humanitarian crises on the planet has millions suffering.

• Dec 10, 2021

Negotiating with the Taliban

Sunday on 60 Minutes, Sharyn Alfonsi goes inside Afghanistan where aid workers are having to negotiate with the Taliban to avert a humanitarian crisis.

• Dec 9, 2021
• 00:28

Nations condemn Taliban over police killings

President Biden and his administration have faced criticism for not doing enough to help the hundreds of thousands of Afghan citizens who supported the U.S. mission get out of the country. Imtiaz Tyab reports.

• Dec 5, 2021
• 02:29

Ousted Myanmar leader sentenced to prison

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi was convicted on two charges and handed a four-year sentence after the civilian leader was ousted in a de facto coup. Her trial has been widely criticized as a further effort by the country's military rulers to roll back the democratic gains of recent years. Ian Lee reports from London on this and other international stories.

• Dec 6, 2021
• 03:40

Taliban declares women "free," not "property," but nobody celebrates

Activists protest as the U.S. says "much more is needed" than the extremist group's formal "decree" that a woman is "not a property" and can't be forced into marriage.

• Dec 6, 2021

Afghans fear for safety in Taliban-ruled Kabul

For so many Afghan families, just getting to Kabul International Airport has been extraordinarily difficult. They are now taking the next big step in their journey to a new life, a journey many Afghan interpreters are undertaking with their loved ones. Many fear death under the Taliban’s rule, a worry that only grows with every passing day. Imtiyaz Tyab reports on the latest in Afghanistan.

• Dec 3, 2021
• 02:46

Some Afghan families fear for their safety in Taliban-controlled Kabul

For the Afghans who got out, the next hurdle is to start a new life. But others must continue to wait.

• Dec 4, 2021

The full episode of The CBS Evening News from April 5, 2014

As the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continues in the southern Indian Ocean, Chinese state media is reporting that a Chinese ship in the search area has detected a signal that could be from the plane's black box; and, Despite Taliban death threats, Afghans by the millions showed up at the polls to vote for a successor to President Hamid Karzai.

• Apr 5, 2014
• 18:11

12/21: Evening News

In the wake of the Berlin Christmas market attack, President-elect Donald Trump said his stance to crack down on Muslim immigration to the U.S. is right; The holiday season is also the season for deployed service members to surprise their loved ones with an unannounced visit home

• Dec 21, 2016
• 20:46

The full episode of the CBS Evening News from November 27, 2013

Snow, ice, wind and rain are wreaking havoc on Thanksgiving holiday travelers, 39 million of whom will hit the roads through the weekend; and, dozens of humpback whales, dolphins and sea lions are chasing an unexplained explosion of anchovies in Monterey Bay. Scientists and tourists have never seen anything quite like it.

• Nov 27, 2013
• 21:20

The full episode of The CBS Evening News from January 18, 2014

Nine days after a chemical spill contaminated the water system for 300,000 West Virginia residents, the water company has given them the all-clear, saying the water is safe once again. Many, however, say they can still smell the chemical odor in the water; and, CBS News foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer covered Iraq for more than a decade during the U.S. occupation and reports that many Iraqis feel the despair of broken promises and the onslaught of another war.

• Jan 18, 2014
• 20:53

The full episode of the CBS Evening News from the June 4, 2014 edition.

Newly released video shows the carefully orchestrated handover of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The tape, provided by the Taliban, contained this closing message: Don't come back to Afghanistan; and, it's been 70 years since Charlie Wilson was on Utah Beach, where he landed with the U.S. 4th Division to take France. Now his mission is to ensure future generations know the story of one of freedom's greatest victories over tyranny.

• Jun 4, 2014
• 20:39

The full episode of the CBS Evening News from June 2, 2014

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is listed in stable condition and for the moment is isolated from the controversy surrounding his release; and, Dean Reynolds shares the story of one American who helped liberate Europe 70 years ago.

• Jun 2, 2014
• 20:10

The full episode of the CBS Evening News from the June 1, 2014 edition.

The parents of freed Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl spoke at a military base in Boise, Idaho. In Bergdahl's hometown of Hailey, Idaho, residents say their five years of prayers have finally been answered; and, Bill Plante is celebrating his 50th anniversary at CBS News. Plante, now senior White House correspondent, has covered every president since Ronald Reagan.

• Jun 1, 2014
• 14:03

The full episode of the CBS Evening News from the June 5, 2014 edition.

GM CEO Mary Barra told employees around the world that the fallout from its ignition switch defect was not a conspiracy, but rather incompetence and neglect. An investigation conducted by an attorney, who had a long relationship with GM, found the company first discovered problems with ignition switches as early as 1999; and, for the remaining survivors of the D-Day invasion, some now in their 90s, this has been a week for one final reunion. And as Mark Phillips explains, for one D-Day veteran it's taken him 70 years to finally confront a ghost from his past.

• Jun 5, 2014
• 21:14

The full episode of the CBS Evening News from the May 31, 2014 edition

After nearly five years in captivity, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is free in exchange for five Afghans held as prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Bergdahl is being examined by U.S. military doctors in Afghanistan, where he was also reunited with his parents via videoconference; and, love locks first started to appear in Europe over a decade ago. But now they're so much of a common sight at New York City's Brooklyn Bridge they face removal over concerns they could fall onto vehicles.

• May 31, 2014
• 17:35

10/12: CBS Evening News

At least 29 dead, hundreds missing as California firestorms rage on; Family has emotional reunion with helicopter pilot who rescued them from wildfires

• Oct 12, 2017
• 18:30

1/23: CBS Evening News

Students describe chaos after shooting at Kentucky high school; Maisie Sly gains critical claim for "The Silent Child," without saying a word

• Jan 23, 2018
• 20:08

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