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 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 12, 2010
October 3rd, 2010 by Jake Chapnick One of the reasons the West fails to comprehensively understand Afghanistan and its people is because there has been limited access to its rural areas. According to the United Nations, there are over 10,000 settlements in that...
Sep 17, 2010
New York Times, OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR, DANA BURDE, September 16, 2010 Americans are right to be alarmed by the rising numbers of roadside bombs and suicide attacks in Afghanistan, we can’t overlook a more subtle campaign that has been a key element of the Taliban’s...
Sep 8, 2010
By Louis Charbonneau, Source: Reuters, 07 Sep 2010 15:17:41 GMT * Focusing on neediest is more cost-effective – UNICEF * Changing aid distribution could save millions of lives The U.N. children’s foundation UNICEF plans to make the poorest and most remote...
