Jul 21, 2010
Simon Norfolk/Institute, for The New York Times The village of Rihab in Wadi Dawan, a valley that is the ancestral home of Bin Laden. More Photos » By ROBERT F. WORTH, Published: July 6, 2010 Just before dawn on Dec. 24, an American cruise missile soared high over the...
Jul 21, 2010
Editorial, Tuesday, July 20, 2010 VICE PRESIDENT Biden insisted again on Sunday that “we’re not engaged in nation-building” in Afghanistan. How, then, to explain the gathering in Kabul of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and 40 other foreign...
Jul 15, 2010
A farmer works in a poppy field in Marjah, Afghanistan, March 19. Afghanistan opium farmers are looking to make the switch from poppies to saffron. Dusan Vranic/AP Christian Science Monitor By Tom A. Peter, Correspondent / June 10, 2010 Herat, Afghanistan –...
Jul 15, 2010
World Beat by JOHN FEFFER | Tuesday, June 15, 2010 World Beat, FPIF’s weekly ezine According to the business plan of the 10,000 Women project, an investment of $100 million over five years will create 10,000 female entrepreneurs in the developing world. The...
Jul 15, 2010
Only 13.5% of US aid goes through Afghan Government – Call to clean up contracting system Lalit K Jha – May 21, 2010, Pajhwok News Agency, Afghanistan WASHINGTON (PAN): The Special Inspector-General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) stressed on...