ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—It is hard to imagine a more bestial act. Even on the scale of brutality and disregard for human lives prevalent in the conflict raging across Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan, the suicide bomber who struck the Islamabad office of ...
Being arrested is never pleasant, but, when your detainers are wearing flip-flops and sarongs, it's somehow less threatening. I had already given my exposed rolls of film to an acquaintance to smuggle out of Burma, so the police had to settle for an ...
Still, hit-and-write columns always carry the risk that even respected journalists will provide inaccurate facts and draw erroneous conclusions about far-flung, complicated conflicts. Friedman's column about a visit to a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the ...
Jalalabad -- This capital of Afghanistan's eastern Nangahar province is harder than ever to navigate. The usual Afghan potholes have now been augmented with speed bumps, making the journey from the airport -- once a 15-minute ride -- into a ...
organization said they behave like "Humvees in a china shop." KABUL, Afghanistan » The new commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, announced: "The Afghan people are at the center of our mission. In reality, they are the ...
Shortly before President Obama announced his new Afghanistan policy, NATO forces organized a tour for several U.S. journalists. One of the writers on the six-day visit was New York Times columnist David Brooks. Brooks published two articles with ...
NAIROBI, Kenya—Somalia has the sad distinction of being the quintessential failed state. It is also one of the most underreported disasters in the world. The one phenomenon that penetrates international headlines—piracy—is the offshore symptom of a ...
Some time ago, the head of the United Nations refugee agency, Antonio Guterres, said of the Democratic Republic of Congo: "Nobody in the outside world feels threatened, and so the international community is not really paying attention."Not anymore: ...
November 2008: Red Cross staff remove the body of a government soldier killed in fighting near Rutshuru in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: Sean Smith Some time ago, the head of the United Nations refugee agency, Antonio Guterres, said of the ...
When I travel to Syria and Lebanon, it is to meet with Iraqi refugees, people who do not seem to greatly concern the Foreign Office. I try to assess their particular problems in the countries they fled to from war-ravaged Iraq, so as to better serve ...
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