List of Central Asia articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Cup Half-Empty
Why we all wanted to believe what Greg Mortenson was selling.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Two to Tango
David Miliband has a plan for bringing both sides to the negotiating table in Afghanistan. But getting the Taliban to show up won't be easy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Think Again: The Afghan Drug Trade
Why cracking down on Afghanistan's opium business won't help stop the Taliban -- or the United States' own drug problems.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Cold and Violent
In the first installment of a regular weekly dispatch, Anna Badkhen returns to Northern Afghanistan to find a freezing, chaotic place.
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A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images A Return to Hell in Swat
The Pakistani Army -- and Gen. David Petraeus -- treated the counterinsurgency effort in the Swat Valley as a monumental success. A year later, things on the ground look quite a bit different.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Islamic Republic of Talibanistan
Why the West should stop fighting with the Taliban for hearts and minds, and start letting the Islamists try their hand at governing.
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