November 28, 2011 /
Foreign Policy
Anna Badkhen
"In the winter we have peace and in the summer we have war." Seasons dictate the rhythm of nearly everything in rural Afghanistan, including war. Anna Badkhen reports from Karaghuzhlah.
November 22, 2011 /
Foreign Policy
Anna Badkhen
Afghanistan's war has no running time. Incessant violence has become the norm for those living in rural villages like Oqa where every life is a wartime tragedy.
November 15, 2011 /
Foreign Policy
Anna Badkhen
Anna Badkhen rides through Afghanistan’s Khorasen, a region where almost every turn brings a reminder of the violence that has punctuated this part of the country.
October 26, 2011 /
Foreign Policy
Ellen Knickmeyer
Wartime romance is budding in Libya. After fighting to take down Qaddafi, the country's once least eligible bachelors are now being seen in a new light.
October 22, 2011 /
Foreign Policy
Ellen Knickmeyer
Nine months after the revolution that sparked the Arab Spring, Ellen Knickmeyer revisits two of the first Tunisians to protest against the Ben Ali regime.
September 22, 2011 /
Foreign Policy
Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Egypt's educational system is a shambles. Teachers and students have gone on a nation-wide strikes to protest the slow pace of reforms under the transitional military government.
September 11, 2011 /
Foreign Policy
Anna Badkhen
Little has changed for the people in Afghanistan since the U.S. invaded the country--perpetual violence and intimidation still exist, especially against those who lent a hand to Western-led efforts.
August 18, 2011 /
Foreign Policy
Anna Badkhen
Generations of conquerors and marauders have come and gone in northern Afghanistan, but the paths on which they travel have endured.
August 13, 2011 /
Foreign Policy
Anna Badkhen
Afghanistan is dying--not because of the Taliban or the allied forces, but from treatable illnesses that are slowly killing off a population with no medical services.
August 9, 2011 /
Foreign Policy
Anna Badkhen
Karaghuzhlah is just one of many settlements in Balkh province taken over by the Taliban in the past year, but life in the community has not improved--residents still live in extreme poverty.