Jean MacKenzie

Afghans Overwhelmingly Want US Troops Out – and Soon

Kabul, Afghanistan — First the good news: U.S. forces are still more popular in Afghanistan than Osama bin Laden. Fully 6 percent of respondents in a new poll expressed …

By: Jean MacKenzie ,; GlobalPost|Report

December 12, 2010

Amid Violence, Afghans Vote

KABUL, Afghanistan — Despite scattered rocket attacks, kidnappings, and explosions, there was a tangible holiday feel in the air as polls opened Saturday morning in the Afghan capital. Shops …

By: Jean MacKenzie ,; GlobalPost|Report

September 19, 2010

Afghanistan Karzai in Panic as Graft Probe Closes in (2)

[GlobalPost editor's note: Afghanistan's central bank moved to shore up confidence in the country's biggest financial institution Wednesday, taking over the Kabul Bank after its top executives resigned amid …

By: Jean MacKenzie ,; GlobalPost|Report

September 3, 2010

Afghanistan: Karzai in Panic as Graft Probe Closes in

Kabul, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai has again challenged the patience of his international backers as he desperately tries to keep an FBI-sponsored corruption investigation from breaching the walls …

By: Jean MacKenzie ,; GlobalPost|Report

September 3, 2010

Karzai’s “Impossible” Decree

A push to oust private security firms from Afghanistan puts "fear of god" into foreign forces. Kabul, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai's shock decree banning private security companies in …

By: Jean MacKenzie ,; GlobalPost|Report

August 18, 2010

Afghanistan: In Search of the True Civilian Toll

Rigi, Helmand -The issue of civilian casualties has once again assumed center stage in Afghanistan. The number of civilian war deaths rose 6 percent in the first seven months …

By: Aziz Ahmad Shafe &; Jean MacKenzie ,; GlobalPost|Report

August 9, 2010

Afghanistan: US Steps Up Prisoner Releases

Jalalabad, Afghanistan - Zahir Daud says he is not angry with the Americans who took 32 months of his life. The only time the slim, dark-eyed former literature teacher …

By: Jean MacKenzie ,; GlobalPost|Report

July 24, 2010

The New York Times’ Story on Minerals in Afghanistan: The Result of Pentagon PR?

Kabul, Afghanistan - The New York Times' lead story Monday [2] about “nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghaistan” was the kind of journalism that seemed at …

By: Jean MacKenzie ,; GlobalPost

June 18, 2010

What Happened at the Afghan Peace Jirga?

Kabul, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s National Consultative Peace Jirga, which ended its deliberations on Friday, was an exceptionally good show. It had drama, excitement, danger, a colorful cast of characters, …

By: Jean MacKenzie ,; GlobalPost

June 6, 2010

Afghan Peace Meeting Hangs in Balance of Karzai-Obama Visit

If Karzai comes home empty-handed from Washington meeting, he could easily turn Peace Jirga against Americans. Kabul, Afghanistan - As Afghan President Hamid Karzai goes off to Washington for …

By: Jean MacKenzie ,; GlobalPost

May 10, 2010

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