December
1, 2009
Afghan Scouts learn to ‘be prepared!’
KABUL – In the United States, being a Boy Scout or a Girl Scout is just
one of many diversions offered to kids.
Saliha Farid, a PARSA social worker, explained that options for young
Afghan men are limited once they leave the orphanage. "After finishing their
education, boys have the option ...

July
1, 2010
Counterinsurgency Down for the Count in Afghanistan…
President Obama’s Afghanistan strategy isn’t working. So said a parade
of Afghanistan watchers during the flap over war commander General Stanley
McChrystal’s firing. But what does that phrase, so often in the media these
days, really mean? And if the strategy really isn’t working, just how can
you tell?
