5 British Troops Killed By Afghan Cop, Says UK Military
KABUL — The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan policeman underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and po...
KABUL — The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan policeman underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and po...
nytimes.com | ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 09.24.2009 | World
WASHINGTON �" Senior Taliban leaders, showing a surprising level of sophistication and organization, are using their sanctuary in Pakistan to stoke ...
AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 11.11.2009 | World
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The top commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan said Friday he sees no signs of a major al-Qaida pres...
AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | World
KABUL — A London-based think tank says that nearly eight years after the U.S. drove the Taliban from power, the Islamist militia has returned to...
Yahoo! News | VIVIENNE WALT | Posted 10.18.2009 | World
Could Afghanistan's opium boom be over? Perhaps. According to the latest report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, opium cultivation has...
AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 10.16.2009 | World
KABUL — Bombs killed four NATO troops Monday – two Americans and two Britons – ending the deadliest month of the war for U.S. forces...
AP | Posted 09.26.2009 | World
KABUL — The NATO-led force in Afghanistan says attacks have killed two U.S. troops, keeping August on track to be the deadliest month of the war...
John Lundberg | Posted 09.23.2009 | Living
Two months ago, the Afghan poet Latif Pedram published the poem "Kabul" in the French newsletter Nomade. It is a poem of witness, sorrowful but necess...
Global Post | Posted 08.30.2009 | World
By Jean MacKenzie and Mohammad Sediq Behnam HERAT -- Sex, drugs and rock n' roll: It's the young person's menu of choice the world over. Afghanis...
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon | Posted 08.14.2009 | World
Of the nearly 3200 candidates running for Provincial Councils in Afghanistan, 328 are female. The idea is to help women run for and win office, and to grow the ranks of women serving in government.
Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 05.21.2009 | World
I believe the more responsible and effective strategy moving forward is to take US-led military escalation off the table, begin to withdraw US troops and support a regional diplomatic solution.
Shoaib Harris | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
It is particularly cruel to ban a family-oriented drama in a country whose populations were deprived of all legitimate entertainment opportunities for over half a decade under the Taliban.
AP | ELENA BECATOROS and DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 11.04.2009 | World