Adventure travel: The Great Himalaya Trail?

Jason Overdorf - India - February 4, 2010 07:11 ET

Why walk Everest, K2, and other mountain giants? Because they are there.

Opinion: Fatal flaw to peace package in Afghanistan

Nushin Arbabzadah - Worldview - January 31, 2010 14:32 ET

The peace package that emerged from London Conference is doomed to fail, unless Kabul can get a monopoly on violence.

2 Afghanistan conferences: No solutions

Jean MacKenzie - Afghanistan - January 29, 2010 11:15 ET

Opinion: London and Prague meetings on Afghanistan do not produce new answers.

US, NATO want Dutch to stay in Afghanistan

Paul Ames - BeNeLux - January 28, 2010 07:17 ET

After deriding the Dutch mission to Afghanistan, the US now holds it up as an example.

Are Afghans really happy?

Jean MacKenzie - Afghanistan - January 24, 2010 11:34 ET

Western media talk of soaring optimism in Afghanistan. Afghans, when pressed, beg to differ.

Obama "magic" just another illusion

Jean MacKenzie - Worldview - January 20, 2010 07:26 ET

Analysis: To Afghans, the Obama administration has seemed uncertain, with promises sounding hollow.

How the US is attacking Taliban funding

Douglas Wissing - Afghanistan - January 20, 2010 07:14 ET

Official: Cracking down on Taliban funding is "like punching jello."

"It's a perfect war. Everybody makes money."

Douglas A. Wissing - Afghanistan - January 19, 2010 09:00 ET

How US military funds are ending up in the hands of the Taliban.

Taliban strike in central Kabul

Jean MacKenzie - Afghanistan - January 18, 2010 11:21 ET

Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers launched a brazen assault on the center of Kabul on Monday.

Opinion: Messages from Afghanistan

Marisa L. Porges - Worldview - January 18, 2010 07:07 ET

Without trust and understanding, counterinsurgency efforts are bound to fail — 30,000 more troops or not.

Good money after bad in Afghanistan?

Jean MacKenzie - Afghanistan - January 18, 2010 06:49 ET

Poppy planting is down, but graft is up. So why is the U.S. mimicking a British agriculture program in Helmand?

On patrol in enemy territory

Ben Gilbert - Afghanistan - December 27, 2009 12:33 ET

Afghanistan's wild wild west

Ben Gilbert - Afghanistan - December 27, 2009 11:18 ET

Welcome to the “Heart of Darkness,” where the militants rule and most Afghans are stuck between the Taliban and U.S. troops.

Analysis: Is Germany fighting a "war" in Afghanistan?

Cameron Abadi - Germany - December 21, 2009 08:49 ET

German Defense Minister zu Guttenberg may have gotten more than he bargained for by opening debate on Afghanistan.

On the road with "Dog Company"

Ben Gilbert - Afghanistan - December 17, 2009 06:34 ET

The Taliban may be increasingly elusive but cilantro is surprisingly easy to find, says one band of patrolling US troops.

Opinion: The Taliban is keeping time

Sam Kiley - Worldview - December 15, 2009 11:43 ET

With a thriving opium industry in Afghanistan, Obama's troop surge has no hope of success.

USAID: Understaffed and overwhelmed in Afghanistan

C.M. Sennott - Afghanistan - December 11, 2009 12:12 ET

Obama's troop surge fails to address how to improve delivery of aid.

Opinion: Obama defines the use of war in an age of terror

C.M. Sennott - Worldview - December 10, 2009 11:43 ET

Obama's Nobel acceptance speech was a self-effacing and deeply personal exploration of "just war."

Opinion: Where in the world is Osama bin Laden?

Michael Goldfarb - Worldview - December 9, 2009 06:48 ET

Do we even want to know? Is it possible that limbo is the easiest place for him to be?