Media Decoder: Afghanistan Low on News Agenda
A report by the Project for Excellence in Journalism counted an increase in international news over all, owing largely to the war in Libya and the protests in the Middle East and Africa.
The Media Equation: From MTV to Building Afghan TV
The man who brought us rock videos and “Beavis and Butt-Head” is advising a media group in Kabul that is shaking up television in Afghanistan.
Sen. John McCain: ‘I Don’t Think American Public Opinion Would Stand For’ Another War In Middle East
While defending the United States' current military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, Senator John McCain acknowledged that most Americans are not in favor of further military intervention in the Middle East, and discussed how changing mores in the region have affected the influence of terrorist groups.
BBC Journalist Killed In Afghanistan By NATO Forces
According to the Guardian, NATO has come forward in claiming responsibility for the death of BBC journalist Omaid Khpalwak. The 25-year-old Afghan stringer was one of 22 killed earlier this summer in an attack on the government buildings where he worked in Afghanistan’s southern Uruzgan province. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and subsequent...
This Exists: U.S. Marines In Afghanistan Ordered Not To Fart Audibly
In order for the nation-building operation in Afghanistan to be successful, most of those involved in the operation can agree that American soldiers on the ground need to express the maximum possible respect for the people and culture of the land, as Taliban sympathizers argue the U.S. forces are occupying without being welcome. This seems...
Media Decoder Blog: On CNN, a Son’s Photo Honors a Fallen Soldier
After noticing that newscasts were showing photos of some of the service members killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, but not of his father, a 10-year-old boy sent a poignant note and a picture to CNN.
Lindsey Graham: Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy Risks Ruining Momentum We Achieved
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham does not approve of President Obama's latest foreign policy strategy, arguing that the President's decision to withdraw 30,000 troops from Afghanistan "may have undercut the momentum' we achieved in the last year. "Things were moving in the right direction," Graham suggests, but now he believes all might be lost.
Lindsey Graham: Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy Risks Ruining Momentum We Achieved
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham does not approve of President Obama's latest foreign policy strategy, arguing that the President's decision to withdraw 30,000 troops from Afghanistan "may have undercut the momentum' we achieved in the last year. "Things were moving in the right direction," Graham suggests, but now he believes all might be lost.
Lindsey Graham: Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy Risks Ruining Momentum We Achieved
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham does not approve of President Obama's latest foreign policy strategy, arguing that the President's decision to withdraw 30,000 troops from Afghanistan "may have undercut the momentum' we achieved in the last year. "Things were moving in the right direction," Graham suggests, but now he believes all might be lost.
2 Journalists Freed by Taliban Return to France
Two French journalists who had been held hostage in Afghanistan, Stéphane Taponier and Hervé Ghesquière, arrived in France on Thursday, after 547 days in captivity.
