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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST By Juan Cole Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/02/abdullah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/02/abdullah/index.html?source=rss Hamid Karzai's rigged, botched reelection leaves the U.S. with no legitimate partner By Susanne Koelbl Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/26/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/26/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss In an interview, Abdullah Abdullah, challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, discusses election fraud By Gene Lyons Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/21/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/21/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss The country poses no threat to the U.S., but the war costs lives, drains the treasury and makes enemies By Tom Engelhardt Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/14/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/14/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss Is the war worth it? The cost in dollars, years, public opinion and lives By Matthias Gebauer Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/20/taliban_election/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/20/taliban_election/index.html?source=rss Across Afghanistan, violence and threats kept voters at home Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/feature/2009/08/20/afghan_roundup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/feature/2009/08/20/afghan_roundup/index.html?source=rss The polls have closed. A survey of opinion on what the results will mean, from the Nation to the Weekly Standard By Matthias Gebauer and Shoib Najafizada Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/03/02/karzai_leave/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/03/02/karzai_leave/index.html?source=rss Afghan President Hamid Karzai discovered the importance of adhering to his country's constitution at an awfully convenient political moment. By Alex Koppelman Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/02/27/cheney_attack/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/02/27/cheney_attack/index.html?source=rss The resurgent Taliban attempt a strike against the vice president as he visits Afghanistan. By Mitchell Prothero Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/21/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/21/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss Despite successful elections, warlords, drug cartels and growing disenchantment with the West could still derail the fledgling democracy. By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/07/21/terror/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/07/21/terror/index.html?source=rss 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. By Quil Lawrence Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/04/afghanistan_violence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/04/afghanistan_violence/index.html?source=rss 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. By Husain Haqqani Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/04/07/al_qaidas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/04/07/al_qaidas/index.html?source=rss 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. By John Sifton Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/08/21/afghanwar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/08/21/afghanwar/index.html?source=rss 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. By Phillip Robertson Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/28/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/28/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss While Westerners dance at end-of-the-world raves, the country slips back toward anarchy -- and the Bush administration does nothing. By Edward W. Lempinen Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/09/06/bin_laden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/09/06/bin_laden/index.html?source=rss Playing into al-Qaida's hands: Will invading Iraq inflame the Arab and Muslim world and "open the gates of hell"? By Phillip Robertson Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/09/06/asadabad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/09/06/asadabad/index.html?source=rss In an Afghan province known for its hostility to the West, the U.S. is hunting for a fierce Islamic military leader. By Anthony York Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/04/01/rashid/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/04/01/rashid/index.html?source=rss "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.