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Afghanistan

  • News

    January 31, 2002

    Reign of Chaos

    A letter from Pakistan

  • News

    September 20, 2001

    The Child in Time

    A letter from Pakistan

  • News

    November 15, 2001

    Al-Jazeera All the Time

    A letter from Pakistan

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    Military Intellect

    A letter from Pakistan

  • Calendar

    September 18, 2008

    Military Mights

    A letter from Pakistan

  • News

    November 28, 2002

    The Eyes of Perpetual War

    James Nachtwey has spent a lifetime on the frontlines of the world’s worst calamities. Here, the photojournalist talks about the burden of documenting war, famine, poverty and human-rights abuses.

  • Film+TV

    December 13, 2007

    The Kite Runner: Grounded

    Controversy aside, this movie doesn’t fly

  • News

    October 25, 2001

    George, Meet George

    It’s time for a real marshall plan

  • News

    January 31, 2002

    The Back Story

    It’s time for a real marshall plan

  • Music

    March 22, 2007

    Lion of Panjshir

    “It’s like in Alice in Wonderland, we’re painting the roses red!”

  • Film+TV

    November 9, 2006

    View From a Grain of Sand

    “It’s like in Alice in Wonderland, we’re painting the roses red!”

  • Film+TV

    June 22, 2006

    Michael Winterbottom Takes on The Elephant

    Dinner, belly dancing and The Road to Guantánamo

  • Film+TV

    June 22, 2006

    To Hell and Back

    Surviving Guantánamo

  • News

    July 14, 2005

    And Then There Was a Knock

    The strange detention of a Hindu Afghan grandfather and his wife

  • News

    November 4, 2004

    U.S. of Amnesia

    Gore Vidal looks past the election

  • News

    September 16, 2004

    Great Odds, Odd Goods

    Gore Vidal looks past the election

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    Top Ten Bush Administration Outrages

    Gore Vidal looks past the election

  • News

    October 9, 2003

    Afghanistan Revisited

    The Weekly’s Ben Ehrenreich reports from Kabul

  • News

    September 18, 2003

    Ban the Sun

    The strange case of two Afghanistan editors and their now-closed critical paper

  • News

    August 28, 2003

    No Miracles

    Violence spirals out of control, especially outside Kabul, where laws cease to exist

  • News

    April 17, 2003

    The Back Story

    Questions for my government

  • News

    March 27, 2003

    The War on Relief

    With Iraq in crisis, humanitarian efforts around the globe go on hold

  • News

    February 28, 2002

    The Back Story

    A reading list

  • News

    March 21, 2002

    The Back Story

    A reading list

  • News

    January 17, 2002

    Grand Delusion

    A reading list

  • Film+TV

    January 17, 2002

    Caught Looking

    New Iranian films, Old World dilemmas

  • News

    December 27, 2001

    Where to Now?

    Coming battles in the War on Terror

  • News

    December 20, 2001

    The Bright Quilt

    My hopes for Afghanistan

  • News

    December 6, 2001

    The Back Story

    A week 11 reading list

  • News

    December 6, 2001

    The Oil War

    UNOCAL’s once-grand plan for Afghan pipelines

  • News

    November 29, 2001

    Out of the Frying Pan

    After the Taliban, will Afghanistan’s women really be free?

  • News

    November 22, 2001

    A Letter From Pakistan

    Kabul’s gain is Pakistan’s loss

  • News

    November 15, 2001

    The Back Story

    Reading list: Week 8

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    The Back Story

    Reading List: Week 7

  • Eat+Drink

    November 1, 2001

    A Mantu for All Seasons

    Mapping the Afghan menu

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Rambo Diplomacy

    Mapping the Afghan menu

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    As Afghanistan Turns

    The soap opera everyone tunes in

  • News

    October 4, 2001

    An Afghanistan Picture Show

    The soap opera everyone tunes in

  • News

    September 27, 2001

    Overnight Sage

    Last week, Mir Tamim Ansary sent out an e-mail. Now he’s a sought-after expert

  • News

    September 27, 2001

    Futile Force

    Better ways to fight terrorism than killing people

  • Columns

    September 20, 2001

    Brazil 911

    Better ways to fight terrorism than killing people

  • Music

    July 23, 2009

    Afghan Star: Kabul Meets American Idol

    British Director Havana Marking's Feature Doc on Singing for Fame in a Wartorn Country

  • Music

    December 17, 2009

    Ariana Delawari’s Afghanistan Dream

    A political expat teams with David Lynch to create an ethereal gem

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Food For Ammo: Fast Food Cut From U.S. Bases In Afghanistan

    Flickr user foodforfelA Farewell to Freedom Fries​ The fight in Afghanistan just got a lot less processed. According to Command Sargent Major Michael T. Hall's blog (yes, he has a blog), "In the coming weeks and months, concessions such as Orange Julius, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Dairy Queen an ... More >>

  • Stage

    August 26, 2010

    The War Within Us

    Bringing Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble's play cycle about Iraq and Afghanistan to the stage

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    New Video: ASKA "Almost There" (dir. Ariana Delawari)

    Desolate solo acoustic version of the already "Almost There" from Aska Matsumiya, Moonrats singer/keyboardist, L.A. Ladies Choir co-founder and collaborator with Spike Jones and Flea and David Scott Stone and now Ariana Delawari, whose own story leads from Kabul to L.A. to David Lynch's new label. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Calling Afghanistan: L.A. Schoolkids Try to Bridge a Gulf

    Jim HakeThe linkup at Windward School​Teenagers spend a lot of time talking on the phone. But not too many of them get to call their peers in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan. A handful of teens from Windward School, a charter school in West L.A., recently became the first to do so. The n ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    October 6, 2011

    Where Soldiers Come From Review

    Jim HakeThe linkup at Windward School​Teenagers spend a lot of time talking on the phone. But not too many of them get to call their peers in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan. A handful of teens from Windward School, a charter school in West L.A., recently became the first to do so. The n ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    November 10, 2011

    Under Fire: Journalists in Combat review

    Jim HakeThe linkup at Windward School​Teenagers spend a lot of time talking on the phone. But not too many of them get to call their peers in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan. A handful of teens from Windward School, a charter school in West L.A., recently became the first to do so. The n ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2011

    Soldiers' Tales

    Jim HakeThe linkup at Windward School​Teenagers spend a lot of time talking on the phone. But not too many of them get to call their peers in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan. A handful of teens from Windward School, a charter school in West L.A., recently became the first to do so. The n ... More >>

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