Topic - Afghanistan

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  Soldier's death sparks debate over arming medevacs

  It took a medevac unit 59 minutes to get U.S. Army Spec. Chazray Clark to a hospital in southern Afghanistan after receiving a call that a roadside bombing severed three of his limbs. Clark did not survive.

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  Pakistani prime minister charged with contempt over graft case

  The Supreme Court charged Pakistan's prime minister with contempt Monday for defying its order to reopen an old corruption case against the president, sharpening a political crisis that has shaken this already volatile country.

• Jolie says she has idea for Afghanistan movie

  Angelina Jolie says she's not yet sure whether she will follow her directorial debut on the Bosnian war with another film on such serious material _ but she has already written a script focusing on the conflict in Afghanistan.

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  Trial opens for top suspect in 2002 Bali bombings

  The Muslim militant suspected of building the bombs used in the 2002 Bali attack went on trial Monday on terrorism charges, a year after he was captured in the same Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was hiding.

• Gunmen kill provincial judge, child in Afghanistan

  Gunmen burst into a family home of a provincial judge in eastern Afghanistan, killing him and his niece in the latest assassination of an Afghan government official, authorities said Sunday.

• SANDERS: China's confusion about roles in the shifting world order

  Minxin Pei, the most original of current Sinologists, makes the point that authoritarian/totalitarian regimes inherently give priority to protecting regime leaders over the nation's long-term interests.

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  CURL: Here comes Obama's magic budget

  After creating more debt than all presidents from George Washington to Bill Clinton combined, President Obama will unveil a budget Monday that will create millions of jobs, take a $1 trillion bite out of the federal debt and magically solve all of America's problems.

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  Afghan private security handover looking messy

  The push by Afghanistan's president to nationalize legions of private security guards before the end of March is encouraging corruption and jeopardizing multibillion-dollar aid projects, according to companies trying to make the switch.

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  Militants decry attacks against Pakistani military

  Pakistan's leading militants have called on fighters to honor an agreement not to attack the Pakistani military in the most important sanctuary for the Taliban and al Qaeda along the Afghan border.

• Taking Names: 'Three Cups' author wants civil suit thrown out

  Attorneys who accuse Greg Mortenson of defrauding readers in his best-selling "Three Cups of Tea" say his case is no different from that of James Frey, who admitted on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" that he lied in his memoir "A Million Little Pieces."

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  BOOK REVIEW: 'Albert: A Life'

  Jules Stewart, a former Reuters journalist who has written several histories of Afghanistan, timed his short biography of Prince Albert (1819-1861) for release in December 2011 to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the prince's death.

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  BOOK REVIEW: 'The Al Qaeda Factor'

  In "The Al Qaeda Factor," Mitchell D. Silber investigates the extent to which al Qaeda's "core" in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region has been involved in organizing terrorist plots against the West since the World Trade Center bombing in 1993.

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  Obama to unveil budget with higher taxes, more deficits

  President Obama's budget request to Congress on Monday will forecast a deficit of $1.33 trillion in the current fiscal year and calls for $1.5 trillion in tax increases over the next decade, senior administration officials said Friday night.

• List of World Press Photo winners

  A list of winners of the 2010 World Press Photo contest:

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  Teenage girl from Afghanistan to box at Olympics

  Besides going after a medal in the boxing ring at the London Olympics, Sadaf Rahimi will be taking a few punches in the fight for equal rights for Afghan women.

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