Helmand Province

Hell and Back Again Review

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 >>

No Miracles

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