Oct 24, 2010
NYT OP-ED COLUMNIST, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Published: October 23, 2010 KABUL, Afghanistan Pari Gol, an illiterate woman from Helmand Province, prayed for the fall of the Taliban back in 2001. But since then fighting has cost the lives of her husband and daughter,...
Oct 23, 2010
The Pentagon is dependent upon contractors in the Afghanistan war. But many of the security companies are undermining – or even working against the US war effort. On the job: A US contractor turned away as a helicopter departed a combat outpost in Kandahar,...
Oct 22, 2010
[Ed. 7/21: The last names of Afghan filmmakers and images of those still in the country have been removed due to the increasing insecurity in Afghanistan.] It was a typically challenging mid-training third week. Students had to face the realities that the actual...
Oct 21, 2010
NYT, OP-ED COLUMNIST, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, October 20, 2010 KABUL, Afghanistan A visitor to Afghanistan who ventures outside the American security bubble sees pretty quickly that President Obama’s decision to triple the number of troops in Afghanistan has resulted,...
Oct 19, 2010
NYT, OP-ED COLUMNIST, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, October 16, 2010 A few vignettes to explain why I believe America’s strategy in Afghanistan isn’t working: Scene 1: A home in Kabul where I’m having tea with a remarkable woman, Soora Stoda, who runs a logistics company...
