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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Education officials in Haiti hope to reopen some schools by next week, but with thousands of children and teachers dislocated and as many as 8,000 schools reduced to rubble, it remains unclear how many classrooms can be used, or how many students will return.
Afghanistan’s president declared Thursday that reaching out to the Taliban’s leaders should be a centerpiece of efforts to end the eight-year-old war there, setting in motion a delicate diplomatic process that will carry great risks for both Afghanistan and the United States.
US troops are fanning out across Haiti as aid operations gather momentum, a week after the devastating earthquake.
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday off the Cayman Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Haitian authorities have recorded more than 70,000 deaths since last week's magnitude 7 earthquake outside Port-au-Prince, the country's prime minister said Tuesday.
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