U.S. Army Capt. Garrett McAdams, first from right, conducts a brief with fellow members of the Provincial Reconstruction Team at Forward Operating Base Lavaredo in Farah province, Afghanistan, Nov. 27, 2012. McAdams is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Josh Ives
At The Mercy Of Afghanistan's Warlords -- Rustam Qobil, BBC
In many areas of Afghanistan it is the warlords who hold sway - not the central government or the Taliban. They are able to exploit villagers with impunity using the threat, or the reality, of violence.
In rural Takhar province, in the remote north-east of Afghanistan, time seems to have stopped in the 19th Century - bumpy roads, mud-built houses, lawless villages and no sign of the Kabul government.
Here, armed commanders and their guns are in charge. Their word is the law.
"Local armed commanders forced three of my elder brothers to fight for them against the insurgents," 26-year-old Najbulla tells me. "They were all killed in wars."
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Roadside bomb kill at least 12 Afghan civilians in east, south -- AP
Roadside bomb kills 10 civilians in Afghanistan -- Reuters
Afghan, Coalition Forces Arrest Haqqani Leader -- US Department of Defense
Bastion attack may have had Pakistan origins -- Military Times/USA Today
Afghanistan mountain passes full of peril -- al.com
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks -- US News and World Report
Report: Afghan politics hampers Kabul Bank collapse investigation -- AP
Nearly $900M Kabul Bank fraud reportedly included smuggling money out on airline food trays -- FOX News
Report: Probe into Afghan bank scandal plagued by political interference -- Washington Post
Girl, 15, ‘beheaded’ in Afghanistan after her family turned down marriage proposal -- Daily Mail
Men arrested for allegedly beheading girl
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More News On Afghanistan
Roadside bomb kill at least 12 Afghan civilians in east, south -- AP
Roadside bomb kills 10 civilians in Afghanistan -- Reuters
Afghan, Coalition Forces Arrest Haqqani Leader -- US Department of Defense
Bastion attack may have had Pakistan origins -- Military Times/USA Today
Afghanistan mountain passes full of peril -- al.com
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks -- US News and World Report
Report: Afghan politics hampers Kabul Bank collapse investigation -- AP
Nearly $900M Kabul Bank fraud reportedly included smuggling money out on airline food trays -- FOX News
Report: Probe into Afghan bank scandal plagued by political interference -- Washington Post
Girl, 15, ‘beheaded’ in Afghanistan after her family turned down marriage proposal -- Daily Mail
Men arrested for allegedly beheading girl
Bastion attack may have had Pakistan origins -- Military Times/USA Today
Afghanistan mountain passes full of peril -- al.com
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks -- US News and World Report
Report: Afghan politics hampers Kabul Bank collapse investigation -- AP
Nearly $900M Kabul Bank fraud reportedly included smuggling money out on airline food trays -- FOX News
Report: Probe into Afghan bank scandal plagued by political interference -- Washington Post
Girl, 15, ‘beheaded’ in Afghanistan after her family turned down marriage proposal -- Daily Mail
Men arrested for allegedly beheading girl -- UPI
Afghan women caught between modernity, tradition -- Washington Post
Get Ready For A Bracing Shot Of Reality In Afghanistan -- Business Insider/Economist
Despite Vow to Withdraw, Obama Plans Troops in Afghanistan Past 2014 -- Alex Newman, New American
Afghanistan mountain passes full of peril -- al.com
Congress Can't Ignore Afghanistan in Budget Talks -- US News and World Report
Report: Afghan politics hampers Kabul Bank collapse investigation -- AP
Nearly $900M Kabul Bank fraud reportedly included smuggling money out on airline food trays -- FOX News
Report: Probe into Afghan bank scandal plagued by political interference -- Washington Post
Girl, 15, ‘beheaded’ in Afghanistan after her family turned down marriage proposal -- Daily Mail
Men arrested for allegedly beheading girl -- UPI
Afghan women caught between modernity, tradition -- Washington Post
Get Ready For A Bracing Shot Of Reality In Afghanistan -- Business Insider/Economist
Despite Vow to Withdraw, Obama Plans Troops in Afghanistan Past 2014 -- Alex Newman, New American