Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 317)
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.
Kurt Vonnegut: “My God, Vesuvius has erupted again!”
Christopher Kemp
At 79, the author of "Slaughterhouse Five" reflects on Sept. 11, death, heaven and the meaning of life.
All quiet on the homefront
Jennifer Foote Sweeney
Today's wartime propaganda suggests normalcy and consumption, a far cry from the government's campaign during World War II, which called upon Americans to completely change their way of life.
America’s handy new Insta-Traitor: Just add hot-tub water and stir!
Scott Rosenberg
Conservatives who say that America-hating California relativism produced John Walker don't know what they're talking about -- literally.
The women behind the women of Afghanistan
Janelle Brown
Hena Efat was smuggled into the Afghan Women's Summit; her plan is to go home and fight some more.
Salon recommends
Salon Staff
Ursula Le Guin's witches take charge, new fiction picks and other recent books we've loved.
Wartime love affair
Holly Bailey
Hollywood and Washington make love, not war -- and the curtain falls on legislation unfriendly to the entertainment industry.
Aaron McGruder, creator of “The Boondocks”
Stephen Lemons
The controversial cartoonist calls Bush a moron, says Americans shouldn't worry about bin Laden and says he might leave the country.
Standing up for Bush’s tough laws
Anthony York, Damien Cave
Scholars defend the expansive new law enforcement powers -- and say military tribunals are justified.
Putting the world on notice
Janelle Brown
Delegates to the Afghan Women's Summit, deftly maneuvering past their differences, issue an ambitious agenda for inclusion in their nation's future.
Baghdad nightmare
Laura Rozen
They're accused of being war-crazed fanatics. But the elite group calling for Saddam's destruction is driven by a deep sense of mission -- one now shared by President Bush.
A chance to shine
Janelle Brown
Delegates in Brussels prepare for a role in government, and react variously to a French belly dancer in a spangled bra.
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