NY Times On McChrystal's Long War
Success takes time, but how much time does Stanley McChrystal have? The war in Afghanistan is now in its ninth year. The Taliban, measured by the numb...
Success takes time, but how much time does Stanley McChrystal have? The war in Afghanistan is now in its ninth year. The Taliban, measured by the numb...
AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 10.14.2009 | World
KABUL -- Afghan officials would face a daunting task in organizing a runoff presidential election before the arrival of winter -- including hiring un...
ABC News | Posted 10.13.2009 | World
After admitting "instances of fraud" in Afghanistan's highly controversial Aug. 20 election, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that the fight against...
Felton Newell | Posted 10.07.2009 | World
It is time to wind down this war. Instead of focusing on the goal of creating an effective government in Afghanistan, we should focus like a laser on tracking and destroying Al Qaeda.
Mary Ellen McNish | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
Afghans and Americans deserve is a full, public discussion of the policy choices looming in the next weeks. We must choose to demonstrate a commitment to the rule of law, and not violence.
wsj.com | ANAND GOPAL | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
Afghan election officials began recounting votes from the country's disputed presidential elections Monday and expect to announce the final results in...
Jon Soltz | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
As casualties increase in Afghanistan, public opinion has swung clearly against the war in that region. The president must make some quick decisions, and make his case to the American public.
AP | ROBERT H. REID and RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
KABUL — Hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistan bor...
Paul Fitzgerald | Posted 09.30.2009 | World
U.S. missteps in Afghanistan stretch back to the Bush administration's decision to court the warlords.
washingtonpost.com | Karen DeYoung | Posted 09.28.2009 | World
The United States and NATO countries fighting in Afghanistan have told President Hamid Karzai's government that they expect him to remain in office fo...
Giles Slade | Posted 09.25.2009 | World
We have hosted the Olympics more times than any other nation. Even in this bad year, we can show the rest of the world how it's done.
AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 09.24.2009 | World
KABUL — Afghanistan has a two-week window to realistically hold any presidential runoff vote before winter sets in, an election official said Th...
Rep. Neil Abercrombie | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics
I do not believe that military victory in Afghanistan is simply a matter of reappearing with enough troops and the right military strategy.
Ann Jones | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics
The big Afghanistan debate in Washington is not over whether more troops are needed, but just who they should be: Americans or Afghans -- Us or Them.
VOA News | Gary Thomas | Posted 09.18.2009 | World
Official preliminary final totals in Afghanistan's recent presidential election have incumbent president Hamid Karzai the winner, but the election was...
William Bradley | Posted 09.18.2009 | World
Osama bin Laden's lame 9/11 message and Barack Obama's lethal approach in Somalia raise a central question: Are we not in fact much closer to achieving our central goal in Afghanistan than most imagine?
Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 09.17.2009 | Home
Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's incumbent president, has dismissed claims that massive fraud took place during last month's presidential election. Karzai...
New York Times | RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. And SANGAR RAHIMI | Posted 09.16.2009 | World
European Union monitors said Wednesday that about one-third of the votes cast for President Hamid Karzai in the Aug. 20 election are suspicious and sh...
AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 09.17.2009 | World
KABUL — Afghan officials issued full preliminary results Wednesday showing President Hamid Karzai got 54.6 percent of the vote in last month's e...
Aaron Glantz | Posted 09.15.2009 | World
Carter's comments came as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael Mullen, said the U.S. military would need to send more troops to Afghanistan to battle the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
CP | Jason Straziuso (CP) | Posted 09.15.2009 | World
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A top American official at the United Nations mission in Afghanistan has temporarily left the country following a disagreement w...
Times Online | James Hider in Kabul | Posted 09.14.2009 | World
Afghanistan's opposition leader has called for a criminal investigation into allegations of massive vote rigging in last month's elections -- and accu...
The Observer | Declan Walsh | Posted 09.13.2009 | World
Five US soldiers were among dozens killed in a wave of violence in Afghanistan as pressure grew on President Hamid Karzai last night to strike a power...
Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 09.12.2009 | World
Muradi, a prominent and vocal member of the UK's Council of Ex-Muslims, renounced Islam as part of his fight against Islamists -- and as part of his effort to combat "the taboo that comes with such a renunciation."
Michael Winship | Posted 09.11.2009 | World
There can be no denying the story the photo tells. It forces us to confront through a young man's violent death the ugly, bloody reality of a war.
New York Times | Dexter Filkins | Posted 10.15.2009 | World