Amir - Instablogs
Nov 12 2009
First came the Brezhnev Market. Then the Bush Market. Now Afghans are beginning to call their notorious bazaar full of chow and supplies bought or stolen from the vast U.S. military bases by the name of the current American president, a modest...
Aug 10 2009
SARAB, Afghanistan - Open the door to Islam Beg’s house and the thick opium smoke rushes out into the cold mountain air, like steam from a bathhouse. It’s just past 8 a.m. and the family of six — including a 1-year-old baby boy — is...
Jul 2 2009
Thousands of US Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban dominated villages of southern Afghanistan yesterday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama’s strategy to stabilise the country. The offensive in the...
Dec 29 2008
A suicide car bomb blast near a voter registration site killed 16 people, 14 of them children, and wounded 58 in southeastern Afghanistan on Sunday morning, according to a senior police official and the U.S. military.
Sep 8 2008
A giant statue of a Buddha has been discovered in central Afghanistan, near to the ruins of the world-famous Bamiyan Buddhas.