In Pakistan, Afghanistan, Obama’s win called positive sign
The headline on the popular Aaj TV station in Pakistan said it all: "Obama Wins, World Awaits Promised Change." But in Pakistan and Afghanistan, people have more at stake than...
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Islamabad drivers say law hits below the belt
S.M. Saleem is a lawbreaker. Whenever he sees a police car, he hits the brakes on his 15-year-old Suzuki taxi and turns down a side road. Eventually, when he finds...
Cops, troops in ranks of addicts
If his job doesn't kill him, the heroin might. Mohammad Akbar is a first lieutenant in the highly touted Afghan National Army, considered crucial to the future of this war-torn...
Radical Hindus step up attacks on Christians
On their fifth day of silent prayer, the nuns of the Adoration Monastery heard the pounding in the public chapel next door, the sounds of glass shattering and the statue...
Where the good die all too often
Mohammad Alim Hanif knew he would be killed, but he didn't want to give up being a judge. "My life is in danger, and no one will listen until a...
Flour worth its weight in gold
The most precious item for sale in the days before the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan is neither diamonds nor gold but wheat flour, which has almost disappeared from any...
Civilian deaths fan resentment of U.S., NATO
As if to underscore the challenges the U.S. faces in Afghanistan during the visit of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, U.S. and allied troops were blamed for two mistakes Sunday...
Campaign trail leads into Kabul
Sen. Barack Obama cautiously toured this war-torn nation Saturday, kicking off a weeklong effort to appear presidential on the world stage while boosting his standing back home. The Afghanistan leg...
Taliban has no unified voice for talks with Pakistan
Across Pakistan's frontier, dozens of groups call themselves the Taliban. Some are militant fundamentalists, demanding Islamic law. Others are smugglers, using the name to scare people. Sometimes they team up...
Musharraf lifts emergency rule
President Pervez Musharraf ended Pakistan's 6-week-old state of emergency Saturday, restored the constitution and announced that he believes emergency rule saved his country. He also said upcoming parliamentary elections would...