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Top 10 Evil Lairs
For years, the accepted wisdom was that Osama bin Laden was holed up in a cave along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. It turns out he was living in a rather...
Top 10 Prison Escapes
On April 25, more than 480 inmates (including many Taliban) escaped from a notorious prison in Kandahar. TIME takes a look at other extraordinary prison breaks
The Afghan Diaries
A former U.S. Army captain embeds as a journalist with his old unit, which has been reassigned to Afghanistan after several years in Iraq
Who's Who on the CIA Payroll
Allegations that Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brother worked for the CIA are a reminder of a long list of distinguished and not-so-distinguished assets
Top 10 Militant Animals
A sensationalist report in the Chinese press claims Afghanistan's Taliban has been training monkeys to wage war. TIME takes a look at animals pressed into...
Who's Who in the Battle Against the Taliban
President Obama's announcement that the U.S. will send another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan in 2010 has re-focused attention on the fight against the Taliban,...
