Bush tells Jiang of `deep concern’ over North Korea
President Bush and Chinese President Jiang Zemin met Thursday to lay out their views on such issues as North Korea and the lack of religious freedom in China, with Jiang...
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Bazaar provides clue to how bin Laden might flee
If Osama bin Laden or his Al Qaeda fighters were to flee Afghanistan, there's a good chance they would pass through the fabled "smuggler's market." Practically everything spirited out of...
Anti-Taliban forces pick away at caves
From a dusty, brown ridge astride a deep, dry gorge, it is a straight shot into the rugged, cave-dotted hills where fanatical Muslim troops loyal to Osama bin Laden lie...
Crossing into realm of the absurd
The border between Afghanistan and Pakistan at the Khyber Pass is marked by a green metal gate supported by two faux medieval castle towers. They look official, yet absurd. That...
U.S. narrows search for bin Laden, aides
The U.S. military has narrowed its search for Osama bin Laden and top Taliban leaders to two Afghan regions near the Pakistani border, American officials said Tuesday as U.S. warplanes...
Tunes fill streets with inspiration
There was something different at the bazaar on Monday, an extra zip of energy percolating through the brisk morning air. It was coming out of Imam Sakhai's tailor shop. It...
‘Kalashnikov culture’ keeps feuds alive
The Kochi family farms its land as it has for eight generations, but what is different in this dusty valley is the anger, the fear and the blood lust. What...
‘They led them out of sight; I heard shots’
Out of the dusty distance on the hard road between Jalalabad and Kabul came two speeding cars, their occupants waving frantically: "Go back! Turn around!" As they passed, one passenger...
Taliban flees, but its rules stay in Jalalabad
The Taliban is gone, but Mukhlis Ahmed is still an unemployed doctor helping out at his brother's hardware store. His wife is still a math teacher who has not taught...
Border pursuit of Taliban halfhearted
At a checkpoint on the road outside a defunct airport, commander Abdul Wahid of the post-Taliban militia in control of the city pulled a victory souvenir from his pocket. It...