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Spiegel Online "If we kill schoolgirls, you shouldn't be surprised"

Responding to threats from the Taliban, at least 10 girls' schools have shut down in northern Afghanistan.
  • "Nuclear weapons are not Kalashnikovs"

    Prior to his meeting with Obama, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari discusses his country's nuclear arsenal, failed peace talks with the Taliban and the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden.
  • The leader of the Pakistani Taliban vows to strike America

    Rival Islamic militant groups are joining forces to make Pakistan into a stronghold -- and are receiving support from Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency.
  • Obama's domino theory

    The president sounds like he's channeling Cheney or McCain -- or a Cold War hawk afraid of international communism -- when he talks about the war in Afghanistan.
  • Meet the accidental guerrillas

    Ex-Petraeus advisor David Kilcullen warns that if Western forces aren't willing to stick around in Iraq and Afghanistan, extremists will continue turning the locals into weapons.
  • Karzai won't leave

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai discovered the importance of adhering to his country's constitution at an awfully convenient political moment.
  • Bowing down to the Taliban

    Pakistan is capitulating to the Taliban in the Swat Valley, where the Islamists plan to introduce Sharia law.
  • Should NATO kill Afghan opium traffickers?

    Debate rages in NATO as a top U.S. commander calls for deadly attacks on the drug mafia, not just Taliban insurgents.
  • Failure in Afghanistan, catastrophe in Pakistan

    William Dalrymple's review of Ahmed Rashid's "Descent into Chaos" tells a tale of neocon-concocted utter disaster
  • Why we're losing in Afghanistan

    Corrupt government and the U.S.'s mismanaged "surge" strategy have led to the Taliban's powerful resurgence in Afghanistan.
  • Pakistan's deal with the devil

    Beheadings, martial law, kidnappings: The Taliban is making its presence felt at the gates of one of Pakistan's biggest cities.
  • Charlie Wilson's unfinished war

    The legendary Texas congressman talks about his secret 1980s Afghan war (and its blowback), the Obama campaign and being better-looking than Tom Hanks.
  • Killing ourselves in Afghanistan

    In a secret meeting with a Taliban commander, I learned how Bush administration aid to Pakistan helps fund insurgents who kill U.S. troops.
  • The troublesome priest

    A furor erupts in Britain over the archbishop's accommodating stance toward Islamic sharia law. Has the cleric -- and multiculturalism -- gone too far?
  • Pakistan turns scary for Bush's war on terror

    The unraveling of Pervez Musharraf's presidency has dealt a severe blow to Bush's fatally flawed policy in the region.
  • No logo for the U.S. in Pakistan

    Made in the U.S.A. labels aren't working like they're supposed to near the border of Afghanistan
  • When is an accidental civilian death not an accident?

    When the Air Force asks permission first. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military has rules for killing civilians. But do the rules actually save lives?
  • Women fight to lose their rights

    Violent female vigilantes demand sharia law in Pakistan.
  • A "safe haven" for al-Qaida in Pakistan

    A conversation with Buzzy Krongard, the executive director of the CIA from 2001 to 2004, about the new National Intelligence Estimate and al-Qaida's resurgence in Pakistan.
  • America's dangerous trigger finger

    Why the killing of civilians by U.S. Marines in Afghanistan and Iraq could have profound strategic consequences.
  • How Cheney bombed in Afghanistan

    The vice president slinks home from a disastrous trip where a failed assassination attempt was only the loudest proof that his war policies have emboldened al-Qaida and the Taliban.
  • Quote of the day

    The National Review's Andrew Stuttaford gets frustrated with the administration's policy on Afghanistan.
  • Destination: Afghanistan

    Westerners who came here in the '70s left magnificent travel writing that captured the rugged, captivating land before war tore it apart.
  • All unquiet on the eastern front

    With Afghans enraged by a worsening security situation and the West's failure to improve their lives, Afghanistan is in danger of falling back into violent chaos.
  • Karl Rove is a liar

    In attacking liberals' reaction to Sept. 11, Bush's senior advisor once again resorts to McCarthy-style tactics.
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