America's farmer-soldiers in Afghanistan

Douglas A. Wissing - Afghanistan - November 20, 2009 14:30 ET

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 - Afghanistan - November 13, 2009 17:25 ET

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 - Afghanistan - November 12, 2009 16:45 ET

Troops' deaths shatter trust in Helmand

Jean MacKenzie and Aziz Ahmad Tassal - Afghanistan - November 8, 2009 15:13 ET

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 - Afghanistan - November 5, 2009 10:51 ET

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 - Poland - November 4, 2009 06:46 ET

A recent poll found 77 percent of Poles want their troops withdrawn.

Greek aid worker held by Taliban

Iason Athanasiadis - Afghanistan - November 3, 2009 06:44 ET

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 - Canada - November 2, 2009 20:08 ET

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 - Afghanistan - November 2, 2009 12:26 ET

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 - Afghanistan - November 1, 2009 11:23 ET

Can runoff race be valid with only President Hamid Karzai?

Taliban attacks on both sides of the AfPak border

Jean MacKenzie - Afghanistan - October 28, 2009 10:34 ET

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

Rumor sparks anti-American protests

Jean MacKenzie - Afghanistan - October 25, 2009 10:14 ET

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

Flanked by foreign dignitaries, Karzai announces a runoff

Jean MacKenzie - Afghanistan - October 20, 2009 10:43 ET

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 - Afghanistan - October 20, 2009 06:04 ET

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 - Worldview - October 19, 2009 09:16 ET

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 - Afghanistan - October 15, 2009 12:48 ET

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 - Worldview - October 10, 2009 09:48 ET

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 - Afghanistan - October 7, 2009 12:44 ET

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

Opinion: Isolating insurgents is nothing new

HDS Greenway - Worldview - October 6, 2009 05:42 ET

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