Time to reassess U.S. military counterinsurgency tactics
July 27, 2012 4:16 PM ET
One year ago, on July 28, 2011, Ahmad Omaid Khpalwak, 25, was killed by American troops during a brutal close-quarters battle with a Taliban suicide squad backed by gunmen. Khpalwak was one of 22 people killed in the hours-long...
Attacks on the Press in 2011: Fixers on Front Lines
February 21, 2012 11:24 PM ET
Local "fixers" have been essential to foreign reporters covering the Afghan war. While they often do the same work as their international counterparts, they run greater risk and face a far more uncertain future. By Monica Campbell...
ISAF takes responsibility for Afghan journalist's death
September 8, 2011 5:21 PM ET
New York, September 8, 2011--The International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan said today that one of its soldiers was responsible for the July 28 death of a local journalist working for the BBC Afghanistan service and the Pajhwok Afghan...
Afghan journalist's death is a loss for press freedom
August 3, 2011 10:56 AM ET
Ahmad Omaid Khpalwak covered violent news. His last two stories for Pajhwok Afghan News, before he died on July 28 in a major attack in Tarin Kot, capital of Uruzgan province, were about an attack on police checkpoints in...
Ahmad Omaid Khpalwak
July 28, 2011 5:10 PM ET
Khpalwak, 25, a BBC and Pajhwok Afghan News reporter, was among at least 22 people killed after gunmen and suicide bombers launched a combined attack on government buildings including the governor's office and police headquarters in Tarin Kot, capital...