GlobalPost - Afghanistan

Agriculture as peacemaker in Afghanistan

Douglas A. Wissing — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:53 +0000

America's farmer-soldiers in Afghanistan

Douglas A. Wissing — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:21 +0000

An elite Indiana National Guard unit is patrolling Khost Province, helping Afghan farmers to help themselves.

Afghanistan's only pig quarantined? Must be bad

Jean MacKenzie — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:25:03 +0000

Swine flu has sent one of the world's most unflappable populations into a panic.

Afghanistan: Waiting for the dust to settle

Finbarr O'Reilly — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:45:51 +0000

Troops' deaths shatter trust in Helmand

Jean MacKenzie and Aziz Ahmad Tassal — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:13:38 +0000

Afghans and Brits alike fear that the deaths of 5 British troops at the hands of a police colleague have tipped an already tense working relationship into outright distrust.

Afghanistan: The fog of war

Finbarr O'Reilly — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:51:19 +0000

Video: Embedded with Canadian troops, photographer Finbarr O'Reilly captures the confusion and chaos of a worsening conflict.

Why Poland has soured on Afghanistan

Jan Cienski — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:46:13 +0000

A recent poll found 77 percent of Poles want their troops withdrawn.

Greek aid worker held by Taliban

Iason Athanasiadis — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:44:52 +0000

A schoolteacher from Athens was the only Westerner living in the valleys on Pakistan’s mountainous frontier.

Why Stephen Harper prefers US news

Sandro Contenta — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:08:15 +0000

Questions over Canada’s role in the Afghanistan war and unflattering polls have the prime minister eyeing the exits.

Karzai declared winner by default

Jean MacKenzie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:26:43 +0000

The Afghan president gains a second 5-year term but there are questions about the legitimacy of his win.

Abdullah withdraws from Afghan election

Jean MacKenzie — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:23:01 +0000

Can runoff race be valid with only President Hamid Karzai?

Taliban attacks on both sides of the AfPak border

Jean MacKenzie — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:34:13 +0000

In Kabul and Peshawar, nearly 100 dead, among them UN staffers.

Rumor sparks anti-American protests

Jean MacKenzie — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:14:50 +0000

A Koran-burning incident in Afghanistan prompts demonstrations in Kabul.

Flanked by foreign dignitaries, Karzai announces a runoff

Jean MacKenzie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:43:25 +0000

Two months to the day after Afghanistan’s badly flawed presidential elections, the stalemate is over.

Major fraud finding adds to pressure on Karzai

Jean MacKenzie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:04:56 +0000

A UN-backed body found that fraud may have handed the Afghan president an illegal majority, but Karzai is resisting a runoff.

Interview: Ambassador Ryan Crocker

C.M. Sennott — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:16:47 +0000

The longtime diplomat says Obama needs to choose an AfPak strategy before the Taliban further consolidates its hold.

Did a US 'hit' create an Afghan hero?

Jean MacKenzie and Mustafa Saber — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:48:04 +0000

American forces have finally managed to kill Ghulam Yahya Akbari, the self-styled scourge of Herat, a city he had once served as mayor. But at what cost?

A dark anniversary

Jean MacKenzie — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:48:54 +0000

Taking stock of the eight years since the US invaded Afghanistan: The Taliban is back, America is bogged down and Afghans are tired of it all.

Are Pentagon contracts funding the Taliban?

Jean MacKenzie — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:44:39 +0000

A US military aid program is being used by the Taliban as an extortion racket.

Opinion: Isolating insurgents is nothing new

HDS Greenway — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:42:39 +0000

In the Vietnam era it was called pacification. Today it’s nation-building.

Analysis: Obama strikes a tough tone on Iran

C.M. Sennott — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:50:25 +0000

But the diplomacy needed to get Iran to halt its nuclear program will require more than tone.

Analysis: Al Qaeda on its way out?

C.M. Sennott — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:18:51 +0000

Al Qaeda, like all extremist movements, will inevitably implode. Now is the beginning of its decline.

Opinion: Weighing Holbrooke's "last mission"

HDS Greenway — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:40:53 +0000

A recent article explores the demons and obsessions dogging Obama's Af-Pak envoy.

Escape from a fragile, fickle Afghanistan

Jean MacKenzie — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:28:38 +0000

An Afghan student sentenced to death for downloading sensitive material walks free in Europe.

Danger in Afghanistan's once-calm north

Jean MacKenzie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:10:39 +0000

Violence is spreading so rapidly in Afghanistan that there may soon be little difference between the Taliban-controlled south and the formerly peaceful north.

Analysis: Rising threat to aid agencies in Afghanistan

William Dowell — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:20:40 +0000

NGO officials dispute allegations that they pay off the Taliban, claim Pentagon efforts to enlist their help place them in peril.

Essay: How to deal with kidnappings

John Otis — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:02:42 +0000

As the Taliban takes more high-profile hostages, there are lessons to be learned from Colombia's war with the FARC.

As Washington talks, Afghan troops stumble

Kimberly Johnson — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:00:11 +0000

Amid debate on Capitol Hill over the need for more troops in Afghanistan, security forces on the ground are struggling.

Are US taxpayers funding the Taliban?

Jean MacKenzie — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:36:16 +0000

USAID probes the possibility that contractors give a cut to the Taliban.

Opinion: Eight years later

C.M. Sennott — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:32:21 +0000

America owes it to those who have died since 9/11 to be more clear about what it can accomplish in Afghanistan.

Recount ordered in Afghan election

Jean MacKenzie — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:02:46 +0000

All eyes on independent election commission as results show Hamid Karzai with 54 percent of the vote.

Discussion: US taxpayers sponsor the Taliban

David Case — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:55:27 +0000

On Sept. 10, we will host a conference call with our Kabul correspondent, who prompted a government investigation into aid money flowing to the Taliban.