W A S H I N G T O N, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. military now acknowledges making a deadly mistake two weeks ago in a nighttime raid on a village near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. Pentagon sources ...
When freelance journalist Anna Badkhen returned to Afghanistan in 2011, she set her eyes on a region so remote it doesn't exist on Google Maps. In her new book, The World Is A Carpet: Four Seasons in ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan - U.S. commanders on Tuesday traveled to a poor Afghan village and distributed $40,000 to relatives of ...
Taliban security personnel carry an Afghan earthquake victim evacuated by a military helicopter - Copyright AFP Wakil KOHSAR Taliban security personnel carry an ...
In a remote Afghan village, women strap yellow plastic jerry cans to donkeys and travel every day down a dusty canyon to collect as much water as they can. The containers hold barely enough for ...
NPR's Ivan Watson reports from the remote Afghan village of Kakarak, one of the places hit by US warplanes earlier this week. Village elders are demanding justice for those responsible for the attack ...
JERICHO -- Hundreds of National Guard soldiers preparing for an expected yearlong deployment are getting a taste of Afghanistan -- in the hills of Vermont. In a heavily wooded area along the ...
Journalist Anna Badkhen chronicles life in a small Afghan village in her new book, The World Is A Carpet. A village of 240 people, Oqa survives on... Mapping 'The World' Of A Remote Afghan Village ...