Stephen Leahy

Useless war: Afghanistan needs peace to develop

March 17, 2010 By John Bachtell

In a potentially important development, exiled members of the former People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan are returning to the country to re-found the organization.

World Notes: Europe, Afghanistan, S. Korea, Cuba

March 11, 2010 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Europe's attack on working class; Afghan police problems; anti-woman discrimination in S. Korea; Cuban health shakeup.

Bustle in the Bundestag

March 3, 2010

A stormy session in Germany's Parliament shows the growing unpopularity of the Afghanistan war, and the current German government.

U.S. troops target Marjah, then on to Kandahar

March 1, 2010 By Teresa Albano

Military action in Marjah and Kandahar may alienate the "hearts and minds" of the Afghan people.

Grim milestone in Afghanistan

February 26, 2010 By Nadya Williams

SAN FRANCISCO - The week beginning Feb. 22 featured commemorations and protests as our nation hit the 1,000 mark in American military deaths from the war and occupation in Afghanistan.