Society
How to End the Forever War
Our Correspondent 2013-05-15
Disengaging from Afghanistan, closing Guantanamo, controlling drone use could end the war on terror
Society
To Lift Afghan Women, Educate All
Our Correspondent 2013-04-10
Project Artemis recruits Afghan women entrepreneurs who train and employ fellow Afghans
Society
The Case for Gender Equality
Our Correspondent 2013-01-22
Barefoot, ignorant and pregnant equals backward, poor and overpopulated
Society
Bleak Afghan humanitarian outlook for 2013
Our Correspondent 2013-01-04
War, donor fatigue and growing violence spell another year of disarray
Society
No Lone Wolves in Cyberspace
Our Correspondent 2012-12-24
As lone-wolf terrorists plot online, waiting for instructions, authorities follow the trails
Society
Afghan Refugees Face a Humanitarian Crisis
Our Correspondent 2012-12-11
Pakistan says "get out"
Society
Resurrecting Afghanistan's Giant Buddhas
Our Correspondent 2012-10-10
But as the war winds down, will there be the will and means to do it?
Politics
International Crisis Group's Gloomy Afghan Assessment
Our Correspondent 2012-10-10
Neither Afghan troops nor the government are anywhere near ready to take over
Society
Can Afghanistan be Saved?
Our Correspondent 2012-07-06
A European think tank says it can, but it's going to take work
Society
Can Afghanistan and Pakistan Prop Each Other Up?
Our Correspondent 2012-04-02
As NATO leaves, a last hope is that Afghans and Pakistanis try economic cooperation
Society
Can Afghan Women Keep their Gains?
Our Correspondent 2012-03-28
As the US-led coalition prepares to hand over, women are at peril
Society
Afghans Beginning to Flee Their Country?
Our Correspondent 2012-03-06
Pace of refugees into Pakistan increases
Politics
Obama's Fading Afghanistan Strategy
Our Correspondent 2012-02-07
Anxieties abound across Asia about America’s commitment
Society
Women's rights in Afghanistan
Our Correspondent 2012-02-01
The reality is that there are none
Society
Russia and the US-Pakistan Crisis
Our Correspondent 2012-01-04
Moscow ponders NATO’s dilemma in Afghanistan with mixture of angst and schadenfreude
Society
Fear of a Return of the Taliban
Our Correspondent 2011-12-08
Changing Afghan Women's Lives
Politics
That Iranian Plot to kill the Saudi Ambassador
Our Correspondent 2011-10-18
It is both perplexing and suspicious
Society
Afghan Women Fear Taliban Talks
Our Correspondent 2011-06-23 {mosimage}They fear despotic, misogynous Islamic fundamentalists likely to return them to the dark ages
Society
The End-game begins in Afghanistan
Our Correspondent 2011-05-25 {mosimage}Letter from Kabul.
Society
Afghan Women after Osama's Death
Our Correspondent 2011-05-20 {mosimage}Still a horrific situation
Opinion
Bush's Unnecessary Wars
John Berthelsen 2011-05-03 {mosimage}Bin Laden's execution was a police operation that calls into question the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Politics
The Endgame for Afghanistan
Our Correspondent 2010-11-19 {mosimage}Iran can of necessity play a major role in saving the US's bacon in Afghanistan
Opinion
How Afghanistan Looks to the Taliban
Our Correspondent 2010-11-16 {mosimage}A theoretical report from the front lines
Politics
The Strategic Distraction of 9/11
John Berthelsen 2010-09-13 {mosimage}A relatively small criminal gang throws the world's most potent military nation off course
Politics
For Americans, Afghanistan is not Their Country
John Berthelsen 2010-06-24 {mosimage}The problem is not McChrystal, it is Washington's failure to learn from history
Politics
Pakistan and the Afghanistan Endgame
Our Correspondent 2010-03-17 {mosimage}India and Pakistan vie for influence in Kabul
Politics
Obama's Afghan Gamble
Our Correspondent 2009-12-08 {mosimage}Defeating Al Qaeda is worth a try, but failure in Afghanistan would embolden Islamic radicals
Society
The Taliban's Winter Plans
Our Correspondent 2009-11-16 {mosimage}War games in Afghanistan
Society
Slow Progress in Afghanistan?
Our Correspondent 2009-10-27 {mosimage}The Asia Foundation and local pollsters find possible green shoots. Are they justified?
Society
The Men Who Stare at Landmines
John Berthelsen 2009-08-18 {mosimage}Transcendental meditation will pull us through
Society
Britain Agonizes over Afghanistan
Our Correspondent 2009-08-04 
A confused electorate argues the futility of a muddy war
Society
Quick, Before The Quagmire Sets
Our Correspondent 2009-03-17
{mosimage}Eight difficult steps to sort out the war in Afghanistan
Politics
A role for Mecca in Afghanistan
Our Correspondent 2008-10-16
{mosimage}Does the
road to peace, or at least accommodation, go through Saudi Arabia?
Society
US Failure Breeds a Stronger al-Qaeda
Our Correspondent 2008-09-04
A failed
military strategy spawns a far more dangerous movement that could
engulf Pakistan as well as Afghanistan
Politics
An American General’s Upbeat Afghan Assessment
Our Correspondent 2008-01-25 The former U.S. No. 2 commander in Afghanistan thinks things are improving
Economics/Business
The Afghani Way of Banking
Our Correspondent 2008-01-02
Poker players, oil traders and a disguised lottery all
flourish in Afghanistan’s
fledgling banking sector
Politics
Taliban Do a Good Turn?
Our Correspondent 2007-08-13
Release of two Koreans in “goodwill” gesture
makes murderers look kind.
Opinion
Trapped by Religion in Afghanistan
John Berthelsen 2007-08-03
The plight of the young Korean Christian hostages is an
outrage to decency.
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