It’d be easy to blame everything on 9/11 or the wars that came after. It’s really about the choices we made. By necessity we adapt to the realities of the world we live in, but...

It was too late to pray, though. The sky was clear. The helicopters were gone. Too late for so many things. My fists hit the floor. My head hit the floor. My heart broke, hardened,...

I have this thought, it’s horrible, and it makes me sick, but it’s true: one day these students will grow up and have their own kids, and they’re going to name them for men and...

During an hour-long conversation mid-flight, he laid out his theory of the war. First, Jones said, the United States could not lose the war or be seen as losing the war.’If we’re not successful here,’...

Ce témoignage relate les pérégrinations d’un jeune Afghan à travers beaucoup de pays et plusieurs continents. A une époque où prendre l’avion était en soi une charmante aventure. Et où le commun des mortels en...

The simple and terrifying reality, forbidden from discussion in America, was that despite spending $600 billion a year on the military, despite having the best fighting force the world had ever known, they were getting...

It felt like we were reliving the first day of the school year, when students and teachers do the get-to-know-you dance—teachers tell students something about who they are, students pretend to care, and then vice-versa.

The morning started relatively slowly. But after the morning, it has seriously picked up all over Afghanistan.

is indignant and condemns the American strikes on Sudan and Afghanistan.

We ask for all the Muslims of the world to unite and gather all their forces to fight in the name of Allah in a jihad if an aggression by America and its allies occurs...

Dancing falls into the same category as poetry for a woman – it equals dreaming, which may inspire thoughts about such banned topics as love and desire.

In Korea I’d been so afraid that Sami would lose her dad. She did, but she didn’t get a flag. He went to Doha, then to Baghdad, then to Kabul, then to someplace else, and...

DPRK translates to Democratic People’s Republic of Korea—and if the words Democratic and Republic sound like a good thing, well, it’s oxymoronic because the Korea we’re talking about here is the communist one in the...

Bush, you must confess that you have been defeated in Iraq and in Afghanistan and you will be in Palestine soon.

Eventually the US Army will go back to Afghanistan. They’ve got to get back to that mission.

We think it?s a good step for Afghanistan. Writing off any debt is a help in a country after 30 years of war and devastation. We?re staring from nothing, like a baby taking its first...

The meeting began well, meaning it had the potential for being short.

Yes, they mean well, but the only good that an absence of malice guarantees is a clear conscience.

the urgent need to address the challenges of post-conflict Afghanistan.

Almost everything about Afghanistan was troubling Mullen. As Obama was giving intense focus on the war, Mullen was feeling more personal responsibility. Afghanistan had been marked by ‘incredible neglect,’ he told some of his officers....

It demonstrates that we’re determined to play a continuing diplomatic, political and economic role here in assisting Afghanistan to make the transition from war to peace,

There is a significant amount of undiscovered oil in northern Afghanistan.

This is who I was, before I was dead. When I cared, when I was relentless.

Afghanistan should be satisfied with the turnout in yesterday’s election.

The Netherlands is like the Afghanistan of Europe ‘¦ Eighty percent of synthetic drugs come from there.

The upheavals in Afghanistan are not an Afghan thing. It [upheavals] had its roots outside the country, which eventually led the country to be a hub of terrorism, … who had a different agenda.

The United States wants bin Laden expelled from Afghanistan to a place where he can be brought to justice for the criminal acts he has committed.

The last two days I’ve been on long bus rides, driven through the countryside on the back of a motorbike, and crossed rivers on wooden boats, traversing currents into a different century. It’s late and...

The look of a smug teacher is priceless.

We have repeated again and again, and here we are warning one more time – all those who took part in the aggression on Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine, we will respond in kind.

We know that Seattle is mentioned frequently … a computer was found in Afghanistan showing pictures of Seattle-area landmarks. So we are in constant contact with the FBI and with other federal authorities,

We want an honest, sincere and intensive fight against terrorism from Pakistan in cooperation with Afghanistan.

This is my worst fear. It’s not keeping my students safe from terrorists, it’s knowing what to do when the Chaplain comes to take Johnny out of class because not letting the terrorists win means...

A stable democratic government in Afghanistan is the larger strategic objective. The intention is to ensure that Afghanistan does not become in any way a haven supporting radicalism and terrorism, as it had in the...

In Iraq and Afghanistan, we need troops on the ground and they need to be protected. It’s an area of recurrent spending.

Who are your favorite heroines in real life? The women of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran who risk their lives and their beauty to defy the foulness of theocracy. Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Azar Nafisi as...

Appearances can be misleading. You just never know what’s inside someone until he’s tested.

As we consider $81.9 billion dollars for the continuation in our effort in Iraq and Afghanistan, if we look for optimism, it surrounds us everywhere.

On the TV and in the newspapers all we hear and read is ‘live your life or the terrorists win’ and it sounds great, I’m all for that, except my kids won’t ask for a...

We certainly expect conflict in that part of Afghanistan,

The situation of Afghanistan is a highly crucial issue.

In the time that we’re here today, more women and children will die violently in the Darfur region than in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Israel or Lebanon. So, after September 30, you won’t need the UN...

Brutality and injustice made us raise our hands towards the sky for years; God didn’t respond us, but drones came to our rescue.

I stood with my mom in the cemetery. She felt terrible pain. My grandmother is with God. My mom has to continue living. It’s not so easy, moving forward.

The only thing worse than his arrogance was his incompetence. He was a bully, behaving like an ass. I saw Angel though, not him. The memorial was right there, just outside the window. It’s in...

What you have seen in New York, Washington and Afghanistan , are only the initial losses.

Afghanistan and Iraq lack stability. The situation in the South Caucasus is also complex. The pressure that NATO and US political and military structures are exerting on Central Asia is heightening tension in the region,

We think it’s a good step for Afghanistan.

I needed to talk to my dad. My dad who had been to war, who had seen its horrors, who suffered from its nightmares, my dad who was a good man, the best man I’d...

Iran, Music of Afghanistan, Music of Tajikistan, Music of Sri Lanka and Music of Uzbekistan Indian classical music is one of the oldest musical traditions in the world.[12] The Indus Valley