Afghanistan

Your Tax Dollars at War

During the 1980s, Washington funneled $3 billion to Afghanistan's anti-Soviet jihadis. Decades later, the blowback continues.

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| Tue May. 19, 2009 7:00 AM PDT

Battling the Low-Tech Boom

America's anti-IED strategy pits million-dollar technology against garage door openers.

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| Tue May. 19, 2009 7:00 AM PDT
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Generals Take Aim at Fossil Fuels

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| Mon May. 18, 2009 12:46 PM PDT
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Blackwater Guards Accused of Shooting Civilians in Afghanistan

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| Fri May. 15, 2009 11:49 AM PDT

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Why We're Fighting in Pipelineistan

An immense energy battlefield extends from Iran to the Pacific Ocean. It's there that the Liquid War for the control of Eurasia takes place.

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| Tue May. 12, 2009 1:01 PM PDT
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Everyday is Doomsday in Washington

In the Pentagon's eternal arms race of one, a major vote is being cast for future Terminator wars.

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| Thu May. 7, 2009 10:24 AM PDT

Afghanistan's Tipping Point

How America blew its best chance for Afghan stability.

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| Wed May. 6, 2009 1:22 PM PDT
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Afghanistan: 2,000+ Years of Invasions

A timeline of conquests from Alexander the Great to Barack the So Far, So Good.

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| Wed May. 6, 2009 1:07 PM PDT

Mahmood Karzai Defends Brother's "Warlord" VP Pick

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| Wed May. 6, 2009 12:29 PM PDT

Solitary Con-swine-ment

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| Wed May. 6, 2009 7:44 AM PDT

The Opium War

Just how much of the Afghan economy depends on the world's junkies?

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| Fri May. 1, 2009 6:18 PM PDT

Has America Helped Afghan Women?

For basic rights, Kabul is a haven. Elsewhere, the stats remain grim.

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| Fri May. 1, 2009 5:42 PM PDT

Who Controls Afghanistan?

Mapping the country’s ethnic turf, militants, and foreign armies.

Fri May. 1, 2009 5:24 PM PDT

Mr. Karzai's Neighborhood

It’ll take a village to stabilize Afghanistan.

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| Fri May. 1, 2009 5:16 PM PDT

Obama's Great Afghanistan Gamble: Charts
Fri May. 1, 2009 8:33 AM PDT
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Obama's Great Afghanistan Gamble

17,000 more troops can't win the war in Afghanistan. So what's the exit strategy?

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| Fri May. 1, 2009 8:15 AM PDT
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Taliban Fever

"Flogging made easy!"

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| Wed Apr. 29, 2009 5:34 PM PDT
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Whose Century Was That?

The central theme of the American Century has been one of righteousness overcoming evil—but there are problems with this triumphal storyline.

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| Tue Apr. 28, 2009 11:17 AM PDT
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Could Pakistan Dissolve?

Thomas Barfield on Pashtun rebels and how Islamabad played Americans for suckers.

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| Thu Apr. 23, 2009 2:33 PM PDT
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Questions to Ask in the Dead of Night

We forget the killings in Afghanistan easily, since they don't seem to impinge on our lives. Perhaps that's one of the benefits of fighting a war on the periphery of empire.

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| Thu Apr. 23, 2009 9:37 AM PDT