Afghanistan

Regardless of whether US troops stay in Afghanistan for ten more years, we can expect the country to be plagued with violence and vanishing rights for women. The only …

For most Americans, it's win-win for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to stand up to Washington: US troops would come home, or peace talks would begin.

Afghans are smothered in the cross-fire among the Powers, in declarations and Agreements for more war.

Peter Hart: "Reports emerged about a US coalition airstrike in Afghanistan that killed a two-year-old boy. I read about it in the Washington Post, but couldn't help but find …

While downplaying possible tensions, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel made it clear that time is running short for Karzai to sign the bilateral security agreement that many Afghan people …

It's important to smoke out Hillary on the Iran nuclear deal. Would President Hillary Clinton answer to the majority of Americans who want peace or her

Many publications have advice columnists, but none has our old friend Colonel Manners. His assignment: to answer questions from Americans puzzled by the abstruse intricacies of the American way …

The American commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan telephoned Afghan President Hamid Karzai to apologize for an airstrike that killed at least one Afghan civilian and badly wounded two …

A Taliban gunman shot Pakistani teen Malala Yousafzai point blank in the face for her outspokenness. Now the book “I Am Malala” tells her story of love and learning …

Heroics in wars abroad are praised by politicians and generals, but the returning wounded are largely shunted aside, only infrequently covered by the press or discussed by government officials. …