Forty percent of the registered voters in Afghanistan are women, and they’re beginning to move into the private sector.

If I can be perfectly blunt, his humanities teacher was an ass.

Life is Too Short and Memories Are Forever!

Foreshadowing: Was my challenging Allah to unleash the full weight of his fury upon us, with dark clouds looming in the distance.

direct sanctions on the Taliban, as opposed to the people of Afghanistan, will persuade the Taliban to have a change of heart.

The Day After Elections in Afghanistan: A New Beginning.

In total this journey will take five flights and fifty-five hours, but in reality it began four decades and two generations ago when my uncle died in Vietnam.

For your own security it’s imperative you blend in with the native population.

We’ve been working closely with the government of Afghanistan to find a solution to this. As for Mr. Abdul Rahman, he has asked for asylum outside Afghanistan. We expect this to be provided by one...

We (the United States) have led peace efforts in Ireland and we can lead peace efforts in Afghanistan that bring about a permanent peace with democracy and restoration of full human rights for women.

During the trip, the president will explain that the people of Afghanistan want an end to terrorism.

Military life is hard, even cruel—especially for the kids.

I don’t necessarily think the world’s coming to an end. If we can score some major victories in Afghanistan and get other nations to take care of their own terrorists without involving U.S. troops, I...

Does Syria not care that young guys from Yemen or Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan or Iran come into Damascus airport with a one-way ticket and no job and no place to stay and then find...

There was a time in my life when I did a fair bit of work for the tempestuous Lucretia Stewart, then editor of the American Express travel magazine, Departures. Together, we evolved a harmless satire...

Don’t wanna ever take your shoes off in coconut land. Never know when you’re gonna have to run.

In America, Russia and even in Afghanistan, the Universities are not only themselves eager to introduce Sanskrit as a subject of study but they are being pressed by scholars to do so! Foreigners are revering...

I felt a hand on my back, movement behind me, my guys making room, someone squeezing into our circle, and then one last hand joined the pile: my Korean aide. I guess it made sense....

The chowdry, or burqa — the Saudi, North African, and Central Asian version of the head, face, and body shroud — is a sensory deprivation isolation chamber. It is claustrophobic, may lead to anxiety and...

Not today.

The transformation of Afghanistan is remarkable but incomplete. It is essential that we all increase our support for the Afghan people.

The European Union has made a huge commitment to Afghanistan, which includes substantial emergency assistance. With the forward planning we have done for 2006 we are able to address the still huge needs effectively and...

We could never go back to how things were on the day before 9/11, but maybe I could go back to who I was.

The voluntary repatriation of these Afghans heralds a new beginning for Afghanistan, but also the beginning of the end of exile for many of the 3.5 million Afghan refugees under my care,