Afghanistan

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  • All crazy on the Kunduz front

    Greetings from the 10th century, where the Northern Alliance fighters who protect me by day try to kill me for my phone at night.
    By Phillip Robertson November 26, 2001

  • Kunduz finally falls

    But peace may be elusive, as Northern Alliance commanders begin battling one another as soon as the Taliban is defeated.
    By Phillip Robertson November 26, 2001

  • Eve Ensler: "Afghanistan is everywhere"

    The novelist, playwright and activist behind "The Vagina Monologues" talks about gender apartheid, the dangerous shedding of burqas and the seeds of violence we've begun to sow.
    By Janelle Brown November 26, 2001

  • The Taliban's deadly "refugees"

    Taliban guerrillas are moving into refugee camps inside Afghanistan -- safe havens where they can regroup, skim food provided by aid agencies, and recruit new troops.
    By Ben Barber November 22, 2001

  • The holy warrior

    The most entertaining of current books on Osama bin Laden paints him as a devout, charismatic CEO of worldwide terror.
    By Laura Miller November 21, 2001

  • A born-again isolationist

    By trying to rule the world, we open ourselves to the world's madness. America should let go of its empire and set its own house in order.
    By Michael J. Smith November 21, 2001

  • The Afghan handshake

    Nearly a decade ago in Peshawar, a holy warrior tried to warn me where radical Islam was heading -- then gave me his watch.
    By Dalton Conley November 21, 2001

  • Studs Terkel: "We are not the Fortress America"

    The indefatigable author talks about his new book on death, the war against terror, President Bush, FDR and Thomas Paine.
    By Christopher Kemp November 21, 2001

  • Waiting to die

    The Northern Alliance confirms that foreign Taliban forces massacred Afghans who tried to surrender. So there's little hope for peace talks.
    By Phillip Robertson November 20, 2001

  • Oily waters

    Big oil isn't as powerful as it used to be, but when everyone is buying SUVs and gas prices are dropping, there's still little hope for alternative energy. Second of two parts.
    By Damien Cave November 20, 2001

  • Another Taliban stronghold in chaos

    Refugees flee to Northern Alliance territory as in-fighting begins between Taliban soldiers in Kunduz.
    By Phillip Robertson November 18, 2001

  • A clinic reopens in Taloqan

    Retreating Taliban forces stole the best supplies, but the staff -- especially newly liberated female doctors and nurses -- is thrilled to be back in business.
    By Phillip Robertson November 17, 2001

  • Crying wolf, or doing their job?

    Humanitarian aid groups warned that the bombing would create an aid catastrophe -- but they've brought in far more relief since the war than before it began
    By Laura Rozen November 16, 2001

  • "Beneath the Veil" redux

    Documentary filmmaker Saira Shah returns to Afghanistan to find hopeful soldiers and starving children. Her film of the journey is called "Unholy War."
    By Janelle Brown November 16, 2001

  • After the fall

    The Taliban is on the run. What happens now? Who should govern Afghanistan? And how hard will it be to win the war of the caves?
    By Damien Cave, Max Garrone and Daryl Lindsey November 14, 2001

  • The fall of Taloqan

    As townspeople cheer the departure of the despised Taliban, Northern Alliance troops prepare to push on to Kunduz.
    By Phillip Robertson November 13, 2001

  • "We need to get lucky"

    Michael Ignatieff, author of "Virtual War," talks about the politics of bombing Afghanistan, the viability of U.S. military strategy and why morality has nothing to do with either.
    By Suzy Hansen November 13, 2001

  • No facts, please -- we're British

    Americans are flocking to feisty British papers for news about the war. But there's a reason the U.S. media fails to follow up on the Brits' "scoops" -- they're frequently not true.
    By Trevor Butterworth November 9, 2001

  • Does bin Laden have Marfan syndrome?

    Is Osama suffering from a rare disease that can cause sudden death?
    By Mark Francis Cohen November 9, 2001

  • The Turkey card

    The secular, majority-Muslim nation, whose special forces are now backing the U.S. in Afghanistan, is a crucial coalition partner, says author Stephen Kinzer.
    By Anthony York November 8, 2001

  • "The Lion in Winter"

    Listen to Sebastian Junger read his profile of Afghan rebel Ahmed Shah Massoud, from in his new book, "Fire."
    November 6, 2001

  • Unholy war

    Bush says he won't stop bombing during Ramadan. But the tactic could blow up in our faces.
    By Eric Boehlert November 5, 2001

  • America's identity crisis

    Waging war projects American might in Central Asia -- but only makes it harder to catch bin Laden. That's why we should stop the bombing and intensify the international police hunt.
    By Michael T. Klare November 3, 2001

  • The making of Osama bin Laden

    From Saudi rich boy to the world's most wanted man: A British newspaper painstakingly retraces the development of a terrorist mastermind.
    By Jason Burke November 1, 2001

  • The sorrow of war

    With every heartbreaking picture of innocent victims, more of the world turns against the U.S. bombing. But the American military has taken more care to minimize civilian casualties than any other armed force in the world.
    By Damien Cave and Max Garrone October 31, 2001
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