World Apr 04 ‘To Kill a Sparrow’ shows Afghanistan’s double standard on adultery A young Afghan woman named Soheila ran away with a man after her father forced her to marry a 70 year old. She tells her story in the documentary “To Kill a Sparrow” produced by the Center for Investigative Reporting.
World Apr 03 What pushed U.S.-Afghan relations over the edge? The relationship between the United States and Afghan President Hamid Karzai took a nosedive after he was forced into a runoff when seeking a second term, said journalist and author Carlotta Gall.
World Apr 03 Learning guitar licks and other tricks at Afghanistan’s Rock School Kabul Like many other boys his age, Humayun Zadran wanted to become a rock star. But he wasn’t allowed to learn Western music while growing up in the conservative climate of Peshawar, Pakistan. Now as an adult living in Afghanistan, he’s…
World Mar 27 In Central African Republic, a ‘very desperate situation’ in makeshift camps Next to the airport in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, a makeshift tent camp is crammed with tens of thousands of people who have fled the deadly clashes between Muslims and Christians that have persisted since a…
Politics Mar 26 Jimmy Carter: Putin must ‘be stopped’ from taking further military action Former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday that Russian annexation of the Crimea region in southern Ukraine was “inevitable.” But if Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to take further military action, he must “be stopped.”…
World Mar 18 ‘Learning together’ to grow a business in the plains of Tanzania When Hailey Chalhoub and Eliza Madden, both 22, were sent to Tabora in northeastern Tanzania to help its residents with a nascent food processing business, they had their marching orders: make a profit.
World Mar 13 Aid groups pin hopes on U.N. resolution allowing access in Syria Of the dozens of Syrian refugees that human rights advocate Sahr Muhammedally met last spring, one woman stood out.
World Mar 12 Trendlines: What does the Ukraine crisis mean for the Middle East? Rapid developments in Ukraine have focused international attention on the region and, some fear, away from pressing matters in the Middle East. We explored the potential fallout of the Ukraine crisis in the web special Trendlines.
Nation Mar 07 Two books General Dempsey is reading Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, isn’t reading much fiction these days. Instead, he said he’s been immersed in two nonfiction works: “The End of Power” by Moises Naim and “Present Shock” by Douglas Rushkoff.
Nation Mar 07 Military deserves ‘scrutiny’ on sexual assaults, General Dempsey says Even though a bill changing the way the military would handle sexual assault cases failed in the Senate, it showed a lack of confidence in the military to solve the problem, as the president directed, said Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen.