The axiom that the world's destiny is in the hands of bankers and industrialists is never more aptly demonstrated than in wartime. The lords of capital and the cannon merchants thrive on the menace of ...

Erroneously known as the graveyard of empires, Afghanistan in fact served as the battlefield of the world.Long before the name Afghanistan appeared in written record, the region formed one of the ...

Roland Besenval is a magician. With a few words and expansive hand gestures, the French archaeologist conjures a magnificent city from the millenniums-old ruins that crown a windswept plateau in ...

Secretary of State Colin Powell went to Kabul last week to reaffirm America's help in creating a "new Afghanistan." For some clues to the problem of peace-keeping and nation-building in Afghanistan, ...