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Afghan Strategy: Child Rapist Police Return Behind Shield Of US, UK Troops

Inter Press Service | Posted 08.29.2009 | World


By Gareth Porter | Inter Press Service WASHINGTON, Jul 29 (IPS) - The strategy of the major U.S. and British military offensive in Afghanista...

Afghan Strategy: US Troops Walk Fine Line Between Soldier And Sociologist

Sara Schonhardt | Posted 08.28.2009 | World


Sara Schonhardt

Afghanistan is not Iraq, but neither is it the "good war" analysts long considered it. With US troops going deeper into Taliban territory, the confusion will grow stronger and the line between soldier and sociologist even thinner.

Afghanistan War: British Voters Turn Against UK Troop Presence

Posted 08.28.2009 | World


By Nigel Morris and Kim Sengupta | The Independent A majority of the public believes that the war in Afghanistan is unwinnable and British troops sho...

UK's Prime Minister Gordon Brown Agrees with Admiral Mike Mullen on "Redrawing Afghan Battle Space"

Rani Singh | Posted 08.24.2009 | World


Rani Singh

The Huffington Post asked the British Prime Minister for clarification on his stance on Afghanistan.

US Companies Send Translators To Afghanistan Who Are Old, Out Of Shape, Unprepared For Combat

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 08.22.2009 | World


NAWA, Afghanistan — Josh Habib lay in a dirt field, gasping for air. Two days of hiking with Marines through southern Afghanistan's 115-degree h...

Britney Spears' Ex for President

Bashir Ahmad Gwakh | Posted 08.18.2009 | Comedy


Bashir Ahmad Gwakh

Adnan Ghalib, ex-boyfriend of Britney Spears, is facing the possibility of being deported to his home country, Afghanistan. Back in his ancestral homeland, a great opportunity is awaiting the former photographer.

Afghanistan Villages Threatened By US Military Over Kidnapped Soldier

Huffington Post | Posted 08.16.2009 | World


In the aftermath of a US soldier's abduction by Afghan Taliban forces, the US military is disbursing leaflets in two towns near particularly dangerous...

Afghan Poppy Palace Photo Tour

True/Slant | Posted 08.16.2009 | World


Here in Kabul, the poor live in unimaginably squalid conditions and the rich live like kings. Kings in very ugly castles. We call them Poppy Palaces ...

Afghan War: Troops Short On Supplies As Offensive On Taliban Continues

Washington Post | Posted 08.16.2009 | World


U.S. Marines pushing deeper into Taliban territory in Afghanistan's Helmand River Valley are short of basic equipment and supplies ranging from radios...

Afghanistan's Karzai - Pretty Much Loathed but Pretty Much Re-elected

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 08.06.2009 | World


Virginia M. Moncrieff

Karzai has shown great political wile in the past year, sugaring up policies, revving up his campaign, maneuvering like a man possessed: he is determined to keep the presidency.

US Policies Empower Afghan Taliban: Experts

Christian Avard | Posted 08.06.2009 | World


Christian Avard

Huffington Post caught up with Afghanistan experts Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald and discussed recent developments in Afghanistan. Here's what they had to say.

Operation Khanjar: Marines, Taliban Exchange Fire In Major Afghan Operation

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 08.02.2009 | World


NAWA, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbatt...

US Soldier Captured By Taliban

AP | FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 08.02.2009 | World


KABUL — An American soldier, who disappeared after walking off his base in eastern Afghanistan with three Afghan counterparts, is believed captu...

Afghan Farmers Defy Odds With NGO Help

Huffington Post Contributors | Posted 07.31.2009 | World


By Dana Freyer and Suzanne Thompson It's been several days since our plane touched down the runway at Kennedy. We're still reeling in shock and awe....

Sign Up: GlobalPost Afghanistan Conference Call

GlobalPost | Posted 07.25.2009 | World


On the ground in Afghanistan A GlobalPost Passport Conference Call Nearly eight years after the U.S. invasion in the wake of 9/11, Afghanistan ha...

Afghanistan Election: Woman Candidate Braves Retaliation With Presidential Run

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 07.24.2009 | World


Virginia M. Moncrieff

In a country where little girls are attacked for going to school, Shahla Atta has a very good chance of inspiring hatred and a notion of revenge. That's a high price to pay for standing in an election you have no chance of winning.

Role Of Pakistan's Taliban Offensive In Afghan War May Be Overstated: Analysis

AFP | Posted 07.23.2009 | World


Pakistan's offensive against Taleban militants has won praise from Washington but may bring little benefit to US forces in neighboring Afghanistan, ex...

The Clock Is Ticking for Afghanistan

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 07.17.2009 | World


Stewart Nusbaumer

The central focus for the U.S. military now is "Afghanization" of the war. The exit strategy is not winning the war but the Afghans winning the war.

Afghan Mullahs Key To American Success: Analysis

Huffington Post Contributors | Posted 07.17.2009 | World


By Isobel Coleman and Masuda Sultan The war in Afghanistan will never be won by military power alone. Ultimately, success depends on gaining the supp...

INTERVIEW: Filmmaker Havana Marking On The Dangers Of Being An 'Afghan Star' (VIDEO)

Diane Tucker | Posted 07.17.2009 | World


Diane Tucker

"Watching young girls with only one mobile phone in the house debate about who to cast that one vote for -- it was pretty powerful. It wasn't a presidential election, but it was the idea that these girls had a role to play..."

Women's Rights In Afghanistan Depends On Where One Lives

Stuart Whatley | Posted 07.10.2009 | World


Stuart Whatley

Conditions in Afghanistan are acutely compartmentalized. Reports from one village can be bright and optimistic while another locale is rife with atrocities towards women and girls.

Afghan War: Next 18 Months Is Crucial, Pentagon Says

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 07.10.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — Steps taken over the next 18 months to defeat the Taliban and other extremists will ultimately decide whether the war in Afghanista...

Mullah Mansur, Taliban Leader, Killed In Afghanistan: UK

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 07.03.2009 | World


KABUL — U.S. deaths in Afghanistan have risen to 65 so far this year, up from 36 over the first five months of 2008 _ though U.S. and coalition ...

Afghanistan War Is 'Winnable': Gen. McChrystal

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 07.03.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — The Army general chosen to take over as top commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan told senators Tuesday he believes the ...

Battleground Lahore: Taliban in the City

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 06.27.2009 | World


Shirin Sadeghi

The insurgents that the Pakistani and U.S. forces are battling are various fronts of poor, largely uneducated men doing what their ancestors have done for centuries: defending the Pashtun way.