Afghanistan
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Don't Abandon Afghanistan, Abandon PakistanWe should change our Afghanistan strategy by instead focusing the attention on Pakistan.
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Helping Hands in AfghanistanForeign governments and companies are increasingly looking to help shape Afghanistan's future through numerous non-military means. These include education, infrastructure development and even outsourcing operations.
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Female Engagment Teams Winning Hearts and Minds in AfghanistanThe many cultures of Afghanistan have one thing in common: Women are sheltered from the outside world. Bringing peace to that country means reaching out to the hidden 50 percent and military women are doing just that. -
Kidnapped British Aid Worker Killed in Afghanistan During NATO Rescue Attempt: Death Highlights Risks Faced by Civilians in War ZoneKidnapped British aid worker Linda Norgrove has been killed in Afghanistan during a gun battle between her captors and NATO forces trying to rescue her. Hers is only the latest civilian death resulting from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Obama Promises Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal -- for Political Reasons?The move is still a far cry from ending American involvement in Afghanistan, which was one of Senator Barack Obama's campaign promises. Four years later, is the President simply shuffling chess pieces in a political game in order to win the next election?
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Afghanistan: Ten Years of Sacrifice for a Hopeless WarHistory shows that the U.S. cannot prevail in Afghanistan. Indeed, prevailing is not part of the war plan.
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Avoiding Disease in AfghanistanMore travelers are finding their way to Afghanistan. A recent visitor to Kabul offers tips on a healthy visit to Afghanistan. -
Afghanistan 1900-2002Covers the Soviet invasion. Events surrounding 9/11. The Taliban & al-Qaeda activities in Afghanistan. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and the Rise of the TalibanA research paper directed at identifying the role and influence the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan had on the rise of the Taliban. Looks at the effect of the war on the country's infrastructure as well as people.
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10 Years in Afghanistan Later, Most Americans Still Uneasy with a Long-Term WarIt’s a long standing truism that wars bring people together, but over time, they can also tear them apart. The tenth anniversary of the day the U.S. and its allies invaded Afghanistan, Oct 7, will not be marked with speeches and parades, but with a weary disbelief that we, as a nation, are still e
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We Can't Trust the Locals or the Elected Leaders in Afghanistan.It is all very discouraging. We can't trust the locals or the elected leaders in Afghanistan. The people of Afghanistan hate us and Karzai. What is promising?
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For Afghanistan's "Women", the Word No is Never an OptionSoon after the start of the war in Afghanistan, western media broadcast numerous stories with heart warming images of little girls being allowed to attend school for the first time. What became of the call for basic human rights for Afghanistan women? -
US Embassy Employees Fired in Kabul, Afghanistan: ArmorGroup Terminates 14 After Reports of Inappropriate BehaviorArmorGroup fires 14 employees from the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, after a scandal involving sexual activity, hazing and drinking - but why wasn't the US government monitoring them?
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Visiting Afghanistan: A Country at a CrossroadsTerror. Tourism. The latter of the two is not usually associated with Kabul, Afghanistan. Travelers are finding their way into this war-torn nation and finding the attractions are the people and culture as this nation rebuilds itself. -
RAWA: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of AfghanistanRAWA is a group of women who fight for women's rights in Afghanistan against the brutal restrictions and abuse perpetrated by Islamic radical groups.
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Obama's New Plan for AfghanistanI have listened to all the experts and pundits and collected all the good ideas for Afghanistan. -
A Day in the Life of a U.S. Combat Wing: AfghanistanAn urgent call came in to the 451st Air Wing in Kandahar, Afghanistan on the morning of June 24: A Marine had been severely injured by an improvised explosive device while on patrol and needed immediate evacuation to Germany. -
President Obama Makes Surprise Visit to AfghanistanPresident Obama makes surprise trip to Afghanistan, perhaps an effort to sure up relations between the Obama Administration and Karzai Administration after backing his opponent in recent elections in Afghanistan and to counter Ahmadinejad's recent visit.
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Are the Right People Calling the Shots in Afghanistan?There are convincing reasons why aligning Afghanistan with United States European Command vice United States Central Command would help streamline the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) counter insurgency effort in Afghanistan. -
Afghanistan Hates KidsThere's no way to in Afghanistan unless we protect the children from being raped and fed drugs...by their own government and parents.
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AfghanistanIs sending more troops to Afghanistan really what the US needs to do? Can anyone know? Read what the author thinks -
The Afghanistan "Surge"More troops headed to Afghanistan.
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NATO Could Prove Irrelevance in AfghanistanA new article from the Center for Defense Information explains how Afghanistan is testing the NATO alliance.
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NATO is Dying in AfghanistanThe war in Afghanistan is being lost, and with it is the credibility and relevance of NATO.
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Afghanistan's Constant Struggle and Its SurvivorsAfghanistan has been one of the many countries ravaged by war in recent decades. Here is an account of these times from a variety of sources.
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Attacks Threatened in Paris: Note Demands Troops Out of AfghanistanThe war in Afghanistan is heating up and now a terrorist group has left sticks of dynamite in a store in Paris. The note they sent to a news agency demands that all French troops be removed from Afghanistan by Feb., 2009.
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Ending Child Hunger: School Feeding in AfghanistanAt the moment, there is not enough money to support all the schools in Afghanistan.
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Attempting to Stabilize and (re)build Iraq and AfghanistanDiscussion of various causes of reduction of violence in Iraq and of what to do in Afghanistan -
President Elect Obama, Please Help Us with AfghanistanHow President Elect Obama can help win the war in Afghanistan. -
Obama's Afghanistan ProblemOne of the many problems Barack Obama will face upon assuming office is the war in Afghanistan. While allied and Afghan forces swept the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies out of power in the wake of 9/11, a grinding guerrilla war persists.
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Obama on "Meet the Press": "Can't Solve Afghanistan Without Solving Pakistan""Can't solve Afghanistan without solving Pakistan." Those were the words used by President-Elect Barack Obama on NBC's "Meet The Press" to frame just one of the foreign policy problems his administration will face after his inauguration. -
Literature of Afghanistan: "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled HosseiniHelp students learn about world cultures via reading a novel set in Afghanistan.
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Britain's Prince Harry Pulled from AfghanistanPrince Harry, third in line to the British crown, will be removed from military service in Afghanistan immediately, according to a USA Today report.
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Prince Harry Fights in AfghanistanPrince Harry spent 10 weeks in Afghanistan to experience first hand what the region has been experiencing for years, but at the end of the day, is the frontlines a place for royality or the rich?
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Prince Harry in Afghanistan... And OutPrince Harry, the 23-year-old son of Prince Charles of England, has been in Afghanistan since December 2007. A military family views the pros and cons of fighting alongside high profile military personnel.
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O.J. Simpson Conviction: More Important Than the Iraq War or Afghanistan War?Millions of Americans have send praises our Iraq War and Afghanistan War miltary veterans, but neither is regarded as even a Top Ten priority.
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Will US Involvement in Afghanistan Work?Assume that Obama does become President and he does focus on Afghanistan. Is he going to earn the undying gratitude of the Afghan people; and eliminate terrorism? I doubt it. -
Sharon Stone Slams Media and U.S. War in Iraq and AfghanistanActress Sharon Stone is in the Middle East. She claims that she is there to highlight the horrors of the War in Iraq and the Afghanistan War, something the media has neglected to do, that she was there to find the truth that the media failed to provide.
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Amnesty Law: What Does it Bring to Afghanistan?In March 2007, a revised amnesty bill was signed into law by President Hamid Karzai amidst concerns on the constitutionality of the new law and breach of international human rights commitments of Afghanistan.
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Musings from an NGO Worker in AfghanistanThe Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) implemented in multi-ethnic Afghanistan is recognized as viable solution at this moment to keep up the fragile status-quo of relative peace.
