It didn't surprise me to hear that New York Times reporter David Rohde plotted a careful escape from his Taliban captors by scaling a wall and running to freedom with his translator, Tahir Ludin. And it didn't surprise me that ...Read More
The events unfolding in Tehran are straight out of rock n' roll. So you gotta check out the piece on the Tehran underground band "Hypernova" by our Deputy Editor Freya Petersen, who has been following the group and what it has ...Read More
BOSTON - Good to be home. I just got back from the trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan late last night. And on the plane ride home I wrote the piece that leads GlobalPost right now. Talking with the Taliban ...Read More
KABUL – The city was in a full clamp down for the big gathering as heavily armed convoys shuttled the president, diplomats and military brass to the event. Everyone who is anyone in Kabul was gathering for the ceremony at a ...Read More
KABUL – Enter the steel gates that lead to the courtyard and well-tended gardens of a faded, but still elegant manse where Nancy Hatch Dupree greets us on the steps. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="320" caption="Photography by: Seamus Murphy"][/caption] For a moment, you ...Read More
In Kabul, your life depends on a good driver. And there’s no one better than Ramazan. For almost 30 years, Ahmad Gul Ramazan, 66, and always known simply as “Ramazan,” has been the legendary driver of correspondents in Afghanistan and we were ...Read More
After just five days of reporting in Pakistan, I must say it was good to get out of there and land in the relative safety of Afghanistan. You know it's bad when you start thinking of Kabul as a sanctuary. But in ...Read More
ISLAMABAD – As the Pakistan International Airlines flight touched down here, I noticed that the in-flight screen featured the lush landscape of the Swat Valley with a promotional message: “Pakistan, heaven on earth.” Not exactly. And definitely not these days with a ...Read More
I landed in Dubai on Wednesday, just in time for Obama’s speech. I wanted to be in the Arab world to hear what was being billed as an important address. And it lived up to its billing. It was indeed ...Read More
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