Masood Farivar is a Senior Analyst in VOA’s South and Central Asia Division.
Keeping troop levels up during conflict with both Taliban and Islamic State is necessary to support Kabul government, they say
Number of signers gives it weight, but it may change nothing; White House views Syrian conflict through lens of earlier experiences in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya
Prominent Afghan-Americans seek to distance themselves from shooter; attack 'does not represent Afghan culture and Islamic laws,' poet Hamid Nawid says
Ali had interest in spirituality, but scholars say assertion regarding connection to Sufi tradition may be more rooted in urban legend than fact
US officials say the strike does not signal a change in American strategy or an expansion of the CIA’s decade-long drone campaign
