mer, 06/29/2011 - 18:10

Welcome to the Hotel Intercontinental, Where the Past Is Another Country

For decades, Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel has seen it all – invasions, coups, wars, as well as the major milestones in the lives of ordinary people. Like the name and the city it overlooks, the Intercontinental will survive.
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ven, 06/24/2011 - 22:06

Withdrawal Symptoms: Afghans Anxious Over Obama’s Out of Afghanistan Plan

US President Barack Obama has finally set out a troop pullout plan for Afghanistan. But amid rumors of businesses shutting down and talk of a likely civil war, many Afghans are wary of what the future holds.
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lun, 06/20/2011 - 21:17

US Ambassador Slams Karzai’s ‘Hurtful and Inappropriate’ Remarks

Diplomats rarely get emotional – at least not in public and certainly not on the job. But in his latest address to a group of university students and faculty members, US Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry did just that.
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jeu, 05/05/2011 - 11:29

Osama’s gone, Pakistan drones on and Afghanistan is the biggest loser

Osama bin Laden’s death exposed the trust deficit in US-Pakistani relations. But the US will continue to trust Pakistan with billions of dollars of aid while withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. The losers? Afghanistan once again.
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mar, 02/15/2011 - 19:29

Battered, bruised, now threatened by new Afghan plan for women’s shelters

Urged by Afghanistan's answer to Rush Limbaugh, the Afghan government’s new move to take over the operations of women's shelters threatens the safety of women and girls in Afghanistan.
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sam, 12/11/2010 - 18:23

Faking WikiLeak-ed Cables for Propaganda or How to Beat ‘The Onion’ at Farce

They have since been retracted, but how many still believe stories on fake WikiLeaks cables published in many Pakistani dailies? They’re also a good source to figure how Pakistani intelligence officials think.
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sam, 12/11/2010 - 14:08

Another video, another Christmas in captivity?

Last Christmas, the Taliban released a video featuring captured US soldier Bowe Bergdahl pleading for his life. The latest video clip provides few clues of his whereabouts, but the unscripted “backstory” is more enlightening – and frightening.
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jeu, 11/25/2010 - 09:26

Talking to the Taliban: Violence against women not on the cards

As the world marks International Elimination of Violence Against Women Day, Afghan women such as Bibi Aisha are wondering what’s in store for them as the international community eyes a troop withdrawal while talking to the Taliban.
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mar, 11/23/2010 - 16:21

‘Professor of War’ Petraeus Rolls Into Town, Armed With PowerPoint

He’s been famously dubbed “the professor of war.” So when top US commander in Afghanistan Gen. David Petraeus addressed students at a Paris campus, he arrived with a teacher’s best weapon: a PowerPoint presentation.
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ven, 10/22/2010 - 15:33

Sex, drugs, boys and a rocking house full of kids

More children, more wives, more boys - that's the Afghan sexual ideal. But that increases the sexual anxieties and so yes, there's more sexual health enhancers on the market too.
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