Chandrasekaran, Rajiv, "Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone" (Knopf). Cockburn, Patrick, "The Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq" (Verso). DeYoung, Karen, "Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell" (Knopf). Drogin, Bob, "Curveball: Spies, Lies, … Read more
Caught in a fierce Taliban ambush while traveling last summer with coalition troops in southern Afghanistan, (London) Sunday Times foreign correspondent Christina Lamb writes about her escape from death, her second one while on assignment in that country. “Once … Read more
When the Los Angeles Times set out to tell how two Afghans held in U.S. military custody died, its efforts to report the story met resistance at every twist and turn. Read more
An interpreter says that if the Taliban fighter ‘found out I worked for foreigners’ — here Qahir ran his finger across his neck — ‘no more questions, I’m slaughtered.’ Read more
Chandrasekaran, Rajiv, "Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone" (Knopf). Cockburn, Patrick, "The Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq" (Verso). DeYoung, Karen, "Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell" (Knopf). Drogin, Bob, "Curveball: Spies, Lies, … Read more
In an excerpt from his upcoming book, journalist Roy Gutman returns to a critical moment in Afghanistan's past to explore the news media's response. Read more
When I joined Aïna Photo, I was its oldest member (at 40), and I probably still am. I was the only person to successfully film a documentary on the Taliban among the Hazara minority located in central Afghanistan. I spent … Read more
I learned photography in my father’s studio in Kabul. Under Taliban rule I was arrested five times for “photograph related crimes” and for cutting my beard. I taught the first course at Aïna Photo, teaching students how to use the … Read more
In an excerpt from her July 2, 2006 article in The Sunday Times, Christina Lamb writes about her experience of being caught in a fierce Taliban ambush while traveling with coalition troops in Afghanistan. Read more
