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While U.S. combat troops were storming mountain caves and scouring ghost villages in search of enemy fighters, another group of American soldiers plodded away all year at a less glamorous mission in violence-plagued Paktia province.

Returnees without a refuge

In post-war Baghdad, a Mercedes is easy to get, easy to lose

Attacks beset Afghan girls' schools

Campus talk: Exclusively from Baghdad University

Girls savour challenge and freedom of sport

Changing face of Afghanistan

There's a case of bottled water in the back seat of my car, along with a giant plastic jug of kerosene for the generator. The embassies and ministries I drive past are surrounded by sandbags and soldiers. When the lights flicker and fail again, or the sound of gunfire crackles, people go right on sipping their tea.

First hand experience of the lawlessness confronting Iraq

After fear's reign, a flowering of ideas

Privileges gone, Kurds adapt to a new order

Privileges gone, Kurds adapt to a new order