Afghanistan's wild wild west

Ben Gilbert - Afghanistan - December 27, 2009 11:18 ET

Welcome to the “Heart of Darkness,” where the militants rule and most Afghans are stuck between the Taliban and U.S. troops.

Analysis: Is Germany fighting a "war" in Afghanistan?

Cameron Abadi - Germany - December 21, 2009 08:49 ET

German Defense Minister zu Guttenberg may have gotten more than he bargained for by opening debate on Afghanistan.

On the road with "Dog Company"

Ben Gilbert - Afghanistan - December 17, 2009 06:34 ET

The Taliban may be increasingly elusive but cilantro is surprisingly easy to find, says one band of patrolling US troops.

Opinion: The Taliban is keeping time

Sam Kiley - Worldview - December 15, 2009 11:43 ET

With a thriving opium industry in Afghanistan, Obama's troop surge has no hope of success.

USAID: Understaffed and overwhelmed in Afghanistan

C.M. Sennott - Afghanistan - December 11, 2009 12:12 ET

Obama's troop surge fails to address how to improve delivery of aid.

Opinion: Obama defines the use of war in an age of terror

C.M. Sennott - Worldview - December 10, 2009 11:43 ET

Obama's Nobel acceptance speech was a self-effacing and deeply personal exploration of "just war."

Opinion: Where in the world is Osama bin Laden?

Michael Goldfarb - Worldview - December 9, 2009 06:48 ET

Do we even want to know? Is it possible that limbo is the easiest place for him to be?

Reactions to Obama's Afghan surge vary on the ground

Ben Gilbert - Afghanistan - December 3, 2009 08:47 ET

As the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan arrives in the restive south, troops there express mixed feelings on a now-expanded mission.

Analysis: The view from Afghanistan on Obama's speech

Jean MacKenzie - Worldview - December 2, 2009 11:37 ET

A fateful decision for the land that will pay the greatest price on a troop increase.

Opinion: Not enough troops for counterinsurgency

C.M. Sennott - Worldview - December 1, 2009 23:15 ET

Obama's Afghanistan speech did not convince counterinsurgency experts and did not give enough details.

Opinion: It's really about Pakistan

HDS Greenway - Worldview - December 1, 2009 22:33 ET

Obama's speech hints at the ultimate strategic importance of Pakistan, rather than Afghanistan.

Opinion: Obama has a hard sell on Afghanistan troop increase

C.M. Sennott - Worldview - November 25, 2009 19:19 ET

Will a commitment to "finish the job" end up ringing just as hollow as "mission accomplished?"

Afghanistan's only pig quarantined? Must be bad

Jean MacKenzie - Afghanistan - November 23, 2009 12:06 ET

Swine flu has sent one of the world's most unflappable populations into a panic.

Agriculture as peacemaker in Afghanistan

Douglas A. Wissing - Afghanistan - November 20, 2009 14:30 ET

America's farmer-soldiers in Afghanistan

Douglas A. Wissing - Afghanistan - November 20, 2009 14:30 ET

An elite Indiana National Guard unit is patrolling Khost Province, helping Afghan farmers to help themselves.

Afghanistan: Waiting for the dust to settle

Finbarr O'Reilly - Afghanistan - November 12, 2009 16:45 ET

Troops' deaths shatter trust in Helmand

Jean MacKenzie and Aziz Ahmad Tassal - Afghanistan - November 8, 2009 15:13 ET

Afghans and Brits alike fear that the deaths of 5 British troops at the hands of a police colleague have tipped an already tense working relationship into outright distrust.

Afghanistan: The fog of war

Finbarr O'Reilly - Afghanistan - November 5, 2009 10:51 ET

Video: Embedded with Canadian troops, photographer Finbarr O'Reilly captures the confusion and chaos of a worsening conflict.

Why Poland has soured on Afghanistan

Jan Cienski - Poland - November 4, 2009 06:46 ET

A recent poll found 77 percent of Poles want their troops withdrawn.

Happy New Year from Kabul

Atash Parcha, Author, "Rejuvenation of an Afghan Soul" blog - Afghanistan - January 4, 2010 04:16 ET

We didn’t have fireworks but we were locked down at home which didn’t really matter to me as there wasn’t anything crazy happening in Kabul anyways – no celebrations as most...