With Bags of Cash, C.I.A. Seeks Influence in Afghanistan, NYT

“The biggest source of corruption in Afghanistan,” one American official said, “was the United States.” By MATTHEW ROSENBERG Published: April 28, 2013, NYT KABUL, Afghanistan — For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on...
Lifting the veil on Afghanistan’s female addicts

Lifting the veil on Afghanistan’s female addicts

Credit: REUTERS/Ahmad Masood By Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL | Sun Apr 1, 2012 10:31am EDT (Reuters) – Anita lifted the sky-blue burqa from her face, revealing glazed eyes and cracked lips from years of smoking opium, and touched her saggy belly, still round from...