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Obama's Great Afghanistan Gamble Everyone knows 17,000 more troops can't win the war in Afghanistan. So what's the exit strategy?
Pakistan's Pashtun Reservation Along the country's northwest border, remnants of an oppressive colonial era.- The Great Game, Afghanistan Edition Who wants to be an Afghanistan expert? (Some not so trivial trivia.)
- Battling the Low-Tech Boom America's anti-IED strategy pits million-dollar technology against garage door openers.
- Your Tax Dollars at War During the 1980s, Washington funneled $3 billion to Afghanistan's anti-Soviet jihadis. Decades later, the blowback continues.
Khaled Hosseini, Kabul's Splendid Son The best-selling novelist on homecomings and Taliban-censored flamingos.- Khaled Hosseini, Kabul's Splendid Son (Extended Interview) Khaled Hosseini on Taliban-censored flamingos.
Could Pakistan Dissolve Altogether? Interview: Afghanistan scholar Thomas Barfield on Pashtun rebels, a nuclear Punjab, and how Islamabad played Americans for suckers.
Afghanistan's Tipping Point Interview: Expat writer Tamim Ansary on how America blew its best chance for Afghan stability.- Mr. Karzai's Neighborhood It’ll take a village to stabilize Afghanistan.
- Who Controls Afghanistan? Mapping the country’s ethnic turf, militants, and foreign armies.
- The Opium War Just how much of the Afghan economy depends on the world's junkies?
- Has America Helped Afghan Women? For basic rights, Kabul is a haven. Elsewhere, the stats remain grim.
