KABUL - Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, gave an exclusive interview to Pajhwok News Agency. He discussed his role in the reconstruction effort and the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan's future. Pajhwok: How do you feel about being Afghan and...
"'We had to stop some operations until the [U.S.] elections were over,' said a senior Iraqi Defense Ministry official who requested anonymity because he's not an authorized spokesman. 'The Iraqi government requested support from the American side in the past, but the...
Those "moral values" Republicans – you know, the ones who supposedly tipped the election in favor of the War Party – really are a hoot. Forget the Iraq war – killing tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians for no clear reason isn't a moral...
RAMALLAH - Ramallah moves to the slow and heavy rhythm of any Muslim town in the Middle East during the fasting month of Ramadan. The only sign of anything amiss with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is the permanent vigil that the world press holds outside his ruined...
Bravo Company Mourns Its FallenThank-you for the link to "Bravo Company Mourns Its Fallen" (Christian Science Monitor, November 4). My nephew is currently assigned to Bravo Company, and was slightly injured in the attack. He recently told his fiancee that he...
The intensity of air raids on the central Iraq city of Fallujah continued to crescendo overnight as some 10,000 U.S. Marines prepared for what is expected to be a massive urban assault on the city that has been most resistant to foreign occupation. But as American...
BEIJING - The 2004 vote for the U.S. president would have gone down in history as one of the most painless polls for China since Washington recognized its communist government in 1979, had it not been for a political gaffe committed by Beijing on the eve of the...
CANBERRA - While Australian Prime Minister John Howard has proclaimed the reelection of U.S. President George W. Bush as "a victory for the anti-terrorism cause," foreign policy analysts believe he will have to distance himself from the image as a U.S....
NEW DELHI – The top leadership of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could stand trial for the December 1992 demolition of the medieval Babri Masjid mosque, which propelled the right-wing, pro-Hindu party to national power but deeply polarized the...
The planned reduction of U.S. troops in South Korea is an opportunity for Washington-Seoul ties to mature or decline, depending on whether ties can go beyond the narrow security issues that have driven the relationship for decades. This transition, experts say, is the...
