THE CROSSING
List of THE CROSSING articles
Three Weeks in a Hopeless Land
I returned to a place I saw liberated in 2001. Now the Taliban are back, and the only thing that has improved is the cell-phone reception.
My Afghan Home
Nearing the end of the road, our diarist reflects on the unlikely sanctuary she found in a blighted land.
Eternal Enemies, One Mile Apart
Our correspondent visits two Afghan villages hardened by centuries of hatred -- and separated by only a short stretch of road.
In the Children’s Ward
Visiting the pediatrics center at an Afghan city hospital, in a country where only three out of four children live to be five.
Homesick for Nowhere
Refugees from a place that no longer exists, these Afghan settlers live in a slapped-together collection of tents on land that belongs to their ancestral enemy.
Is the U.S. Airlifting Taliban Troops into Northern Afghanistan?
No. But the question itself poses more questions than you might think.
Warped Lives
In a tiny room with no door, in a village with no roads, a drugged woman ties thousands of knots to weave a rug for others to walk on.
Afghanistan’s Little Men
Stopping through Mazar-e-Sharif, our correspondent witnesses one of the most disturbing side effects of the region's poverty: young boys with old faces.
Afghanistan’s Boys in Blue
With cops like these, who needs robbers? Our diarist meets one of Afghanistan's finest.
How Do Afghans Relax?
They go take a hike -- and so does our diarist, spending a day of leisure on hills that were once bloody battlefields.
Helpless to Help in Afghanistan’s Local Government
Back in Kunduz, encounters with the unfortunate men whose job it is to keep northern Afghans safe and secure.
Ruins and Reunions
Our correspondent finds her friends, at last.
Earthquakes and Other Disturbances
Beginning the second week of her journey, our diarist encounters some shaky territory on the way to Kunduz.
The Muezzin of the Blue Mosque
Finding some solace with an unlikely old friend.
‘In My Father’s House They Gathered All the Women into One Room’
Visiting the victims of Afghanistan's revenge rapes.
