What would Gandhi do about possessions?
Mahatma Gandhi, father of India and beacon of non-violence, eschewed belongings. Yet a proposed auction of his goods in New York on Thursday sparked a furor in India and nearly...
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Troops get deep-dish slice of home
The soldiers weren't necessarily hungry, as most looked half-asleep. But just after 4 a.m. Monday, they dug into Chicago pizzas that took almost 10 days, at least four flights and...
Afghanistan’s mentally ill left to superstition
SAMAR KHEL, Afghanistan — Wali Sultani has been chained to the wall of his cell for almost a month. He is wearing the same dirty clothes and he is eating...
Pakistan arrests, but now what?
Despite its crackdown Thursday on a charity group linked to militants accused in the Mumbai attacks, Pakistan's biggest challenge will be showing that its latest moves against alleged terrorists are...
Village: Terrorist doesn’t live here
The trail to the hometown of the lone surviving suspect in the Mumbai terrorist attacks leads to this dusty village in Punjab. Despite government denials that the captured man was...
Fine line for U.S. after India strike
As investigators continued to gather evidence about the plot behind last week's Mumbai attacks, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday stressed the "urgency" of finding the perpetrators to...
Terrorist strike on Mumbai adds to U.S. perils in region
The glittering skyscrapers of Mumbai and the arid, khaki-colored hills of Afghanistan are a world apart. But the terror attacks that tore through India's commercial capital could add a difficult...
Art brings hope, sadness to Kabul
The old men in their turbans had seen everything in Afghanistan. They had been praised for their talent by the Communists, just as they had hidden their art away when...
Prison refrain: I wasn’t Taliban, but I am now
PUL-I-CHARKHI, Afghanistan — Like prisoners everywhere, Payanda Muhammad says he is innocent. No way did he have anything to do with the Taliban or blowing up a sugar factory in...
A troubling dilemma
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Obama made South Asia a priority in his election campaign, saying the real war on terror was in Afghanistan, not Iraq. He threatened to attack Al Qaeda...