At the Supreme Court, an unlikely new hero
The men had no lawyers and old, ripped legal documents. But they all hoped that the new Supreme Court chief justice, Abdul Salam Azimi, could somehow help them against more...
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Suspected terror cell chief ID’d
Investigators have identified the leader of an alleged terrorist cell broken up by police here 10 days ago and have traced his contacts to Pakistan, where U.S., British and Pakistani...
Suspected ringleader identified
Investigators have zeroed in on a British Muslim with possible Al Qaeda ties as a potential mastermind of what they describe as the foiled plot to detonate explosives on as...
India grows cold to British leftovers
Indian judges no longer need to be called "my lord," and certainly not "your lordship." The Indian postal service no longer wants to refer to "Her Majesty's Government" or "His...
Bush slips into Pakistan after dark
President Bush departed New Delhi on Friday, declaring that the U.S. and India had "put the Cold War behind us." He then flew to neighboring Pakistan, landing with Air Force...
U.S. paid for media firm Afghans didn’t want
When The Rendon Group was hired to help Afghan President Hamid Karzai with media relations in early 2004, few thought it was a bad idea. Though Rendon's $1.4million bill seemed...
Death of Afghan elder raises tension
Shayesta Khan should not have been killed. He was about 75, a village elder with a long white beard and a white cap, a peacemaker who settled local squabbles. He...
Brave new post-Taliban look
Sara Rahmani never bought her own burqa during the Taliban regime, which forced women to wear the all-encompassing garment. But now the Taliban regime is gone, and Rahmani is burqa-happy....
Afghan government corrals beggars
The men grab the woman in the dirty blue burqa and pull her toward them, but she falls to the ground and starts to scream. "For God's sake, leave me...
Afghans seek cures at shrine for Al Qaeda
Some men want to walk without crutches, and some women want to get pregnant. A few Romeos stand in front of the graves and ask for love. Others pray for...