Hamid Karzai

Cheney escapes bomb attack
The resurgent Taliban attempt a strike against the vice president as he visits Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Mission not yet accomplished
Despite successful elections, warlords, drug cartels and growing disenchantment with the West could still derail the fledgling democracy.
Tunnel vision
For Bush, it's always either the day after 9/11 or the day before the Iraq invasion. He needs to rethink his war on terror.
Fear and explosions in Kabul
Afghanistan isn't Iraq yet. But when a suicide bomber blew himself and two other people up inside my hotel's Internet cafe, it became impossible to ignore the rising anger at foreigners here.
The rise of the baby al-Qaidas
Bush's failed strategy in the war on terrorism has spawned more al-Qaidas -- and they're funded by the booming heroin traffic in Afghanistan.
We're losing the war in Afghanistan, too
A human rights worker reports from the other front in the U.S. war on terror, where warlords reign supreme, music is once again banned, journalists hide from gunmen, and even the streets of Kabul are filled with fear.
Partying while Afghanistan burns
While Westerners dance at end-of-the-world raves, the country slips back toward anarchy -- and the Bush administration does nothing.
Is Osama winning?
Playing into al-Qaida's hands: Will invading Iraq inflame the Arab and Muslim world and "open the gates of hell"?
U.S. airstrike near Asadabad
In an Afghan province known for its hostility to the West, the U.S. is hunting for a fierce Islamic military leader.
Betraying Afghanistan, again
"Taliban" author Ahmed Rashid says the Bush administration is risking the success of its war on terror by scheming against Iraq's Saddam Hussein while Afghanistan is still in ruins.

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