GIs in Afghanistan wage `forgotten’ war
Sgt. Ben Crowley looks through the scope of his rifle at the suspicious white bag lying in the middle of the dusty road. He sees no wires poking out, nothing...
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Trading burqas for camouflage
Faozia Mirakai grinned widely and held her gun as if she might drop it. But if threatened, she said, she could be a killer. Mirakai wore a green camouflage uniform...
Circus at last comes to Afghan capital
The circus tent is ripped, and the ropes are frayed. Trapeze artists balance on rickety boards and seem slightly nervous. Tightrope walkers sway only 4 feet off the ground. This...
Brothers suspected in death of Afghan star
Shaima Rezayee thought her life was in danger before. As the host of a controversial television program in Afghanistan, she was known for her flamboyance and pushing the limits for...
Compromise on alcohol leaves Afghans shaken, stirred
No one wants to see Abdul Jabar Sabit when he walks into a bar. Yet nervous workers still rush up, with forced smiles and handshakes, asking if he'd like a...
Barrier is broken in Afghan province
The new governor sounds like a typical politician, promising paved roads, electricity, jobs and water, just like the last governor. But the new governor of Bamiyan is anything but ordinary....
Huge wave flung train like a toy
The fisherman has helped find 1,500 bodies where he once lived, near the train cars thrown from the tracks and the remainders of people's lives, from brick walls to business...
Tsunami’s death toll soars; survivors desperate for aid
Rescue workers from Southeast Asia to the coast of Africa pressed the search Tuesday for tens of thousands of people still missing in the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that have...
Moderate Islam faces challenge in Indonesia
In this country, people crowd into mosques for Friday prayers, but the sex clubs are busy every night. Some people push for Islamic law, yet alcohol and drugs are easy...
Schooled in jihad
President Pervez Musharraf had the ears of the world for his groundbreaking speech. In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, he needed to show that the only nuclear-armed Islamic...