Obama Forces Flip-Flops to Paralyze McCain
Three days into his international fact-finding mission, Obama had polished his foreign policy credentials considerably, and it did not take long for the effects of his bold initiatives to start hitting D.C.
Three days into his international fact-finding mission, Obama had polished his foreign policy credentials considerably, and it did not take long for the effects of his bold initiatives to start hitting D.C.
AP | FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics
KABUL, Afghanistan — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed...
Jamal Dajani | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
Since the invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban have been getting stronger day by day. Now midway into 2008, all indications lead us to believe that the balance seems to be tilting in their favor.
AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened Sunday to send Afghan troops after notorious Taliban leaders inside Pakistan in an...
Shoaib Harris | Posted 06.11.2008 | 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 | FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's three top security chiefs managed to hold onto their jobs Tuesday despite admitting before parliament that th...
AP | AMIR SHAH | Posted 04.27.2008 | Home
KABUL, Afghanistan — Militants firing rockets and automatic rifles attacked the Afghan president at a ceremony in Kabul on Sunday, missing their...
New York Times | CARLOTTA GALL | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics
President Hamid Karzai strongly criticized the British and American conduct of the war here on Friday, insisting in an interview that his government b...
AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — More than six years after the U.S. invaded to establish a stable central regime in Afghanistan, the Kabul government under Presiden...
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics
The real war against Al Qaeda has yet to be fought where it counts -- in Pakistan and in an area where Musharraf has lost virtually total control.
Mohammad Omar Sharifi | Posted 12.29.2007 | Politics
Bhutto's stand against the religious extremists made her the only hope for more than one third of the electorate who strongly opposes Musharraf's policies, army rule and religious extremism.
London Guardian | Richard Norton-Taylor | Posted 11.21.2007 | Politics
The Taliban has a permanent presence in 54% of Afghanistan and the country is in serious danger of falling into Taliban hands, according to a report b...
McClatchy Newspapers | Jonathan S. Landay | Posted 10.01.2007 | Home
Afghanistan is currently suffering its most violent year since the 2001 U.S.-led intervention, according to an internal United Nations report that sha...
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Michael Carmichael | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics