The first millennials were born in 1980, the same year the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. This generation of Afghans...
Jan 04, 2016
The Girls’ Schools: What will tomorrow bring?
Before US troops arrived in Afghanistan in 2001, the harsh rule of the Taliban forbade girls' education. Today...
Jan 04, 2016
The Handover: A drawn-out drawdown of US troops
It's already the longest war in American history, and the end is nowhere in sight. Though President Obama...
Jan 04, 2016
Corking climate change: sustainable practices bear fruit in champagne production
By Melody Schrieber and Manon Verchot As revelers around the world ring in the new year with glasses...
Jan 01, 2016
The Forgotten War in Afghanistan: And how the US military tries to keep it that way
One year ago, the United States and allied forces in Afghanistan ceremonially lowered the flag at military headquarters...
Dec 31, 2015
Can Afghanistan Be Saved?
By Jean MacKenzie KABUL -- Even for Afghanistan, a country where bad news is more the rule than...
Dec 29, 2015
The Zabuli School: The Future
DEH’SUBZ, Afghanistan — The seven girls graduating from the school here on the outskirts of Kabul this fall...
Dec 29, 2015
The First Graduation of the Zabuli school
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Razia Jan woke up before dawn on the eve of the big graduation. It was...
Dec 27, 2015
We Fear the Water: Residents struggle to cope with Flint water crisis
It was April 2014 when, at the push of a button, the Flint River — which hadn’t been...
Dec 23, 2015
Syrian Exodus
This summer, a historic wave of immigrants from war-torn Syria made an often perilous journey to Europe. They...
Dec 22, 2015