Buddhism in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s ‘Little America’ Experiment: ‘Mad Men in the Mud’
In the 1950s, Washington started funding a massive aid program in the heart of Afghanistan’s Helmand province, attempting to build dams, canals and roads that would make the desert bloom. In the decades that followed, the project collapsed.
NATO Begins Transfer of Power to Afghan Army in Helmand Province
Late last month, President Obama gave a speech laying out his plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan. “Even as there are dark days ahead in Afghanistan, the light of a secure peace can be seen in the distance. These long wars will come to a responsible end,” Obama said. Today is one of the first steps […]
Traveling with military medics in Afghanistan
July was the deadliest month for US and allied forces in Afghanistan since the war began. Most of the deaths occurred in the volatile Helmand Province. The World’s Aaron Schachter spent time embedded with a team of army medics just behind the front lines.