So here we are one month on from when we expected a decision on whether there would be a troop increase in Afghanistan. And we are still waiting for President Obama to decide. It is fair to ask whether those of ...Read More
It is the most fateful decision of Barack Obama’s presidency, and the most consequential foreign policy question America faces. Whether President Obama should escalate the US troop presence in Afghanistan is coming to a head this week on the eight-year anniversary ...Read More
PITTSBURGH - A fog is just lifting over the city of three rivers as world leaders begin to arrive here for the Group of 20 summit. Led by GlobalPost managing editor Tom Mucha, GlobalPost has provided an outstanding body of work ...Read More
In case you haven’t noticed, the US is working with governments from Indonesia to the Horn of Africa in an aggressive and coordinated effort to attack Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda-inspired movements. Consider the events GlobalPost correspondents reported just this week: In ...Read More
NEW YORK - On September 11th, I visited Ground Zero and stood there in a driving rain while the names of the 3,000 innocent victims were read by the bereaved families and cops and firemen. Eight years. And, as I wrote ...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
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
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