Afghanistan

Magazine articles on politics and society in Afghanistan.

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Reason April 2005 Julian Sanchez	When Wars Collide War on drugs vs. war on terror: As democracy attempts to take root in Afghanistan, the poppy crop is doing so with greater alacrity. What role will the U.S. play?
Smithsonian February 2005 Pamela Constable	Assignment Afghanistan From keeping tabs on the Taliban to saving puppies, a reporter looks back on her three years covering a nation's struggle to be reborn.
Smithsonian February 2005 Carey Winfrey	Editor's Note - Trouble Spots Two writers get into the thick of things in Uganda and Afghanistan.
National Defense February 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Special Operations Recreated in Afghanistan Battle Simulation The goal of the project, run by the Institute for Defense Analysis and DARPA, was to faithfully recreate the operations that liberated Mazar e-Sharif and drove Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters from northern Afghanistan.
Reason November 2004 Ben Fenwick	Meanwhile in Afghanistan The coming "warlord war" in America's other occupation.
Geotimes October 2004 John F. Shroder Jr.	Afghanistan Redux: Better Late Than Never Efforts by USGS to study the resources of Afghanistan that are necessary to help boost its economy have been far from straightforward since September 11, but at last are now under way.
BusinessWeek October 4, 2004 Stan Crock	A Treacherous Test for Afghan Democracy Polling monitors and workers are not yet in place. Power brokers are trying to cut deals to eliminate competitive elections. And violence against election workers and politicians is on the rise.
Geotimes April 2004 Megan Sever	Powerful earthquake strikes Afghanistan At 1:54 a.m. local time today (April 6, 2004), a magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck the eastern province of Afghanistan.
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004	Afghanistan: A New Push For Aid Afghanistan needs $27.5 billion over the next seven years to disarm regional militias, wipe out its opium industry, and rebuild its economy.
Adventure April 2004	Afghanistan's Shadowlands Robert Young Pelton's photographs of Afghanistan reveal the danger facing coalition forces and the hopes of a battered nation.
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