Afghanistan

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Brotherly Advice for Hamid Karzai

Accused of influence peddling himself, Mahmood Karzai counsels his younger brother on how to clean up Kabul's crooked government.

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| Fri Apr. 17, 2009 11:24 AM PDT
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Déjà Vu All Over Again in Afghanistan

Seven lessons Obama could learn from Vietnam author Mary McCarthy

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| Fri Apr. 17, 2009 10:18 AM PDT
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GWOT, R.I.P.

The death of Bush's Global War on Terror is one more reminder that under Obama, the glass—though usually half empty—is also half full.

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| Thu Apr. 9, 2009 10:01 AM PDT
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Filling the Skies with Assassins

Unmanned aerial vehicles, pilotless surveillance, and assassination drones will be patrolling our expanding global battlefields, hunting down human beings.

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| Tue Apr. 7, 2009 2:17 PM PDT

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Blackwater To Lose Up To Half Its Income

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| Tue Apr. 7, 2009 7:27 AM PDT

Military Hijacking Aid Effort in Afghanistan, Say NGOs

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| Fri Apr. 3, 2009 9:12 AM PDT
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Wars Abroad Continue at Home

A shocking number of veterans bring the violence of war home to their wives and children.

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| Wed Apr. 1, 2009 10:25 AM PDT
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The A.I.G. of American Foreign Policy

Like our present financial bailouts, the new Obama plan for Afghanistan is superannuated on arrival.

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| Tue Mar. 31, 2009 12:28 PM PDT
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Holbrooke Calls for "Complete Rethink" of Drugs in Afghanistan

Obama's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan knows the current policy isn't working.

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| Fri Mar. 27, 2009 12:44 PM PDT
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Unknown Afghanistan

If you happen to live in Afghanistan, the quickest ways to get aid from the US are Taliban attacks or a flourishing opium trade. For those with neither, the future could be bleak.

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| Tue Mar. 17, 2009 4:42 PM PDT
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Addicted to Force, Addicted to Failure

In politics, it's well accepted that hawks are "realists" and doves are "dreamers."

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| Tue Mar. 10, 2009 4:43 PM PDT
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Whose Military Is It Anyway?

Our military may not yet be a foreign legion—but it's getting there.

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| Tue Feb. 17, 2009 11:33 AM PST
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Al Qaeda, Online

Taking out the terrorists one chat room at a time.

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| Mon Feb. 16, 2009 9:30 AM PST

The Butt-Stroke Mentality

The former head of Army media relations in Afghanistan lets loose on the marketing of Osama bin Laden, the coffin controversy, and engineering combat footage for NBC.

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| Fri Dec. 22, 2006 1:00 AM PST

"Bush Lied, Thousands Died"

Photos from a 2005 anti-war march on Washington

Photo Essay by Lionel Delevingne

 | Mon Sep. 26, 2005 4:24 PM PDT

Coming Home

Seven families lay their fallen soldiers to rest.

Photo Essay by Paul Fusco/Magnum Photos, Text by Anthony Swofford

 | Fri Dec. 31, 2004 10:02 PM PST