Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 318)
Tough questions for underwear models
Carina Chocano
Dumb, beautiful women duke it out for charity on "Millionaire." Plus: Being Mick Jagger.
Inside Afghanistan’s refugee camps
Haleh Anvari
Near the Iranian border, thousands of Afghans seek refuge from the U.S. bombing.
Have abortion foes received anthrax letters too?
Anthony York
Yes, says Army of God's Donald Spitz, but the "liberal media" ignored them.
A smut peddler and a patriot
Stephen Lemons
Hustler's Larry Flynt asks why a porn mogul and not the New York Times had to sue the government for press access in Afghanistan.
Mission impossible?
Flore de Preneuf
A flare-up of Middle East violence, including the assassination of a master Hamas terrorist, may render the peacemaking efforts of new U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni futile.
All crazy on the Kunduz front
Phillip Robertson
Greetings from the 10th century, where the Northern Alliance fighters who protect me by day try to kill me for my phone at night.
“I just want to help my people”
Mark Kukis
The liberated Jalalabad is run by three different warlords who have made peace their top priority -- for now.
Eve Ensler: “Afghanistan is everywhere”
Janelle Brown
The novelist, playwright and activist behind "The Vagina Monologues" talks about gender apartheid, the dangerous shedding of burqas and the seeds of violence we've begun to sow.
Democracy first?
Damien Cave
We might rue the day we force our authoritarian allies to democratize, Robert Kaplan argues, once we see who replaces them.
The Taliban’s deadly “refugees”
Ben Barber
Taliban guerrillas are moving into refugee camps inside Afghanistan -- safe havens where they can regroup, skim food provided by aid agencies, and recruit new troops.
“The North Vietnamese never bombed American cities”
David Talbot
Progressive congressman Barney Frank talks about why he supports the war, opposes Bush's attack on civil liberties and thinks Clinton's military legacy is just fine.
Throwing it all away
Robert Scheer
National security is not justification for the suppression of human rights.
The holy warrior
Laura Miller
The most entertaining of current books on Osama bin Laden paints him as a devout, charismatic CEO of worldwide terror.
The Afghan handshake
Dalton Conley
Nearly a decade ago in Peshawar, a holy warrior tried to warn me where radical Islam was heading -- then gave me his watch.
A born-again isolationist
Michael J. Smith
By trying to rule the world, we open ourselves to the world's madness. America should let go of its empire and set its own house in order.
Studs Terkel: “We are not the Fortress America”
Christopher Kemp
The indefatigable author talks about his new book on death, the war against terror, President Bush, FDR and Thomas Paine.
A new role for Afghan women
Arianna Huffington
The United States must insist that women be a part of the new government in Afghanistan.
Waiting to die
Phillip Robertson
The Northern Alliance confirms that foreign Taliban forces massacred Afghans who tried to surrender. So there's little hope for peace talks.
Oily waters
Damien Cave
Big oil isn't as powerful as it used to be, but when everyone is buying SUVs and gas prices are dropping, there's still little hope for alternative energy. Second of two parts.
“Wrapping themselves in the flag with their hands in the cookie jar”
Anthony York
Emboldened Democrats and progressives are still wary of attacking Bush, but they accuse his party of trying to use wartime popularity to ram through regressive measures.
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Salon Staff
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