Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 316)
Don’t blame it on Reno
Jake Tapper
As Congress gears up to point fingers over pre-9/11 intelligence failures, the Clinton attorney general can plead: "I told you so"
Time’s Person of the Year punt
Eric Boehlert
Choosing Giuliani instead of bin Laden was a clear cave-in to the magazine's business priorities. But the rest of the U.S. press isn't setting a much better example.
John Walker’s brothers and sisters
Anthony York
None of the San Francisco Bay Area's many other Muslim converts followed his same ill-fated path. But is there something about their religious experience that estranges them from their own country?
A birthday that will live in infamy
Cary Tennis
If you were born on the 11th of September, you can make a wish and blow out the candles, but that silly old song will never sound the same.
The techno-thrill is gone
Andrew Leonard
After Sept. 11, we know digital wizardry can't save the world -- or even distract us from horror. But don't trash those gadgets yet.
Panic at the Bangi Bridge
Phillip Robertson
A trip to the front in Afghanistan turns into a nightmare after a Taliban ambush sets off a panic.
Memo to George
Bruce Kluger, David Slavin
Christmas presents for Rummy, Condi, Colin et al. -- but a big bag of coal for Ari!
The midnight ride of James Woolsey
Asla Aydintasbas
The former CIA director presents himself as the Paul Revere of the terrorism age, trying to waken America to its greatest threat -- Saddam Hussein. Should we be listening?
New on DVD: OBL
Tom Mcnichol
A high-definition version of Osama's "smoking gun" videotape offers extra footage, amusing bloopers and helpful technical information.
Al-Qaida’s last stand
Mark Kukis
After I dodged a mortar shell on the front lines and met with mujahedin fighters who weren't so lucky, the Eastern Alliance declared victory -- again.
Leaping to conclusions
Tamim Ansary
Well-meaning observers are making dangerous assumptions about Afghan women and their goals for the future.
Wrestling with evil
King Kaufman
Maverick Governor Jesse Ventura talks about the enemy in our midst,
defends Ashcroft's terror crackdown and blasts compulsory patriotism.
Lonesome dove?
Jake Tapper
As Bush touts his missile defense shield, one of its strongest former critics -- Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge -- remains silent.
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to an interview with controversial Israeli historian Tom Segev and an article about a bestselling memoirist whose family says her book is full of lies.
“Kandahar”
Andrew O'Hehir
A stark and beautiful film traces an Afghan woman's journey across a landscape we may never understand.
The smoking gun?
Eric Boehlert
The Arab world gives a mixed reaction to the tape released by the U.S. government showing Osama bin Laden's connection to the Sept. 11 attacks.
An Afghan aristocrat fights for equality
Janelle Brown
Leila Enayat-Seraj rolls up her couture sleeves to rescue Afghan art and restore civil rights for women.
A no-fly zone for terrorism
Katharine Mieszkowski
By taking pilots out of the loop, can software prevent planes from being used as bombs?
It’s not just Hamas
Norah Vincent
It's time for America to stop coddling the Palestinians -- they're bloodthirsty bigots who would have exterminated the Jews if they were in charge.
Israel’s House foes
Jake Tapper
In a meaningless resolution, a small group of House critics tee off on U.S. foreign policy -- and Israel -- lamenting the "root causes of terrorism."
Ready for her close-up
Janelle Brown
A doctor, educator, human rights activist and mother, Habiba Sarabi longs for a chance to work -- legally -- back home in Afghanistan.
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