Press Conference

[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.] The Killid Group and Community Supported Film hosted a press conference to present the documentary production...

What About Afghan Women?

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,...

Rogue security companies threaten US gains in Afghanistan war

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,...
Training Week 3, Final project research and pitch reel production

Training Week 3, Final project research and pitch reel production

[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...

Dr. Greg and Afghanistan

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,...