Afghanistan http://www.salon.com/news/afghanistan/index.html Articles about Afghanistan en-us 2010-03-18T12:00:09-08:00 2010-03-18T12:00:09-08:00 http://www.salon.com/news/afghanistan/index.html Salon RSS Service 1.1 editor@salon.com (Editor) prod@salon.com (Support) By ANNE FLAHERTY and DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Official: Pentagon probing alleged spy operation http://www.salon.com/news/2010/03/15/us_afghanistan_contractors 2010-03-15T09:18:00-08:00 http://www.salon.com/news/2010/03/15/us_afghanistan_contractors Defense Department being investigated for hiring contractors to spy on suspected militants in Afghanistan By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press House rejects call for withdrawal from Afghanistan http://www.salon.com/news/2010/03/10/us_afghanistan_vote 2010-03-10T15:59:00-08:00 http://www.salon.com/news/2010/03/10/us_afghanistan_vote The bill, asking for troops to leave by the end of the year, never left the starting gate By Juan Cole How to tell what's what in Afghanistan http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/feature/2010/02/22/afghanistan_surge 2010-02-22T07:23:00-08:00 http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/feature/2010/02/22/afghanistan_surge Five questions about the progress of the surge By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press A Taliban firefight, up close http://www.salon.com/news/2010/02/14/as_afghan_a_day_s_fight 2010-02-14T13:01:00-08:00 http://www.salon.com/news/2010/02/14/as_afghan_a_day_s_fight Small skirmish reveals a lot about new Afghan war By Joe Conason Does the Taliban want to talk peace with the U.S.? http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joe_conason/2010/02/05/afghantalks 2010-02-05T15:20:00-08:00 http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joe_conason/2010/02/05/afghantalks A team of ex-Taliban officials is quietly promoting negotiations -- and say their old comrades would dump al- Qaida By Susanne Koelbl and Ralf Neukirch "There has to be peace now" http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/02/01/karzai_open2010 2010-02-01T06:02:00-08:00 http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/02/01/karzai_open2010 In an interview, Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he's ready to talk with the Taliban By KIM GAMEL and AMIR SHAH, Associated Press U.S. troops kill Afghan cleric http://www.salon.com/news/2010/01/28/as_afghanistan_5 2010-01-28T09:52:00-08:00 http://www.salon.com/news/2010/01/28/as_afghanistan_5 Despite recent efforts to decrease civilian casualties, American forces kill cleric driving with his son