Afghanistan

Afghanistan Articles

• Remember Afghanistan?
  Mar. 8, 2004 | By Tim McGirk/Kabul and Michael Ware/Kandahar
  Tied down in Iraq, the U.S. is still struggling to pacify the country, root out the Taliban and snare bin Laden. Inside the other war
• My Opinion of the Russians Has Changed Most Drastically
  Jan. 14, 1980
  COVER STORIES So saying, Carter angrily halts grain sales and postpones SALT in a series of retaliations against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan It was as though a time warp had plunged the world back into an earlier and more dangerous era. Soviet divisions had swarmed across the border of a neighboring country and turned ...
• The U.S. in Afghanistan: The Longest War
  Apr. 8, 2009 | By Aryn Baker / Loi Kolay
  After more than seven years, the U.S. and its allies are still fighting in Afghanistan — in a battle fueled by joblessness and poverty. Why failure isn't an option
• NATO: Alliance Of the Unwilling
  Mar. 26, 2008 | By Andrew Purvis
  Amid arguments over troop deployments in Afghanistan and with defense spending continuing to decline in much of Europe, NATO faces fundamental questions about its role
• Warlord or Druglord?
  Feb. 8, 2007 | By Bill Powell
  An Afghan warlord, accused drug kingpin, American informant. Inside the Afghan drug war

Afghanistan Blog Posts

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  Picturing Americans at War in Afghanistan
  Oct. 2, 2009
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  Afghanistan Times
  Mar. 13, 2009
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  The Woe in Afghanistan
  Oct. 6, 2008
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  Obama's First Interview from Afghanistan
  Jul. 20, 2008
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  Obama Lands In Afghanistan
  Jul. 19, 2008

Afghanistan Photo Essays & Graphics

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  Training Afghanistan's Police Force

  In Afghanistan's Ferah province, the nation's police trains with US military to make Afghanistan a safer place — both for civilians and officers Photographs for TIME by Adam Ferguson
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  New Exhibit Examines Art in War-Torn Afghanistan

  Living Traditions , an exhibition of contemporary pieces from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, opened in Kabul in October

Afghanistan Videos

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  Ze Frank: The History of Afghanistan in 3 Minutes

  Ze digs deep into the history of the 'Graveyard of Empires' to offer a condensed timeline of Afghanistan from Genghis Khan to 9/11
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  The Soldier's Experience: Iraq vs. Afghanistan

  Soldiers who have served in both Afghanistan and Iraq compare the two countries. They say there is one key difference

Afghanistan TIME Covers

• Apr 20, 2009
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• Mar 08, 2004
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