NewsGood news, bad news: August 4-11, 2011Aid flows into Mogadishu after al-Shabaab retreats, while NATO forces see a deadly week in Afghanistan
GeneralTaliban responsible for shooting down U.S. helicopter killed in airstrike Taliban leader and insurgent responsible for shooting confirmed dead
GeneralHelicopter likely shot down by Taliban rocket, NATO says38 people killed in worst single incident of Afghanistan war
GeneralMayor of Kandahar killed by suicide bomberMan hid explosives in his turban during meeting with tribal elders
WorldEnd of the U.S. empire? After years of foreign wars and interventions, a new mood of isolationism is sweeping America
WorldThe healing begins in AfghanistanMassoud Khalili on his dreams for a new Afghanistan, and why forgiveness is so much harder than revenge
GeneralThe forgotten members of the mission in AfghanistanCanada is neglecting the civil servants who played a key role in the mission
GeneralAt least 4 dead after suicide bombing at Karzai memorialBody of Karzai’s assassin found hanged in Kandahar city