Pamela Constable
World UN Report: Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan at Near-record Level this Year

UN Report: Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan at Near-record Level this Year

An ambulance packed with explosives that detonated in Kabul and a pedestrian suicide bombing outside a Shiite shrine there were among the deadly incidents that…

Pamela Constable (Islamabad)
World Afghans, Fearing More Violence, Feel Abandoned by Struggling Government

Afghans, Fearing More Violence, Feel Abandoned by Struggling Government

The streets are clogged with yellow taxis again. Peddlers are back pushing carts of shampoo and socks, sidewalk juice sellers are crushing pomegranates, and…

Pamela Constable (Kabul)
Features Afghan

US Wants to Build ‘Tsunami of Air Power’ in Afghanistan, but Impact is Years Away

Just over one month ago, the top US military commander in Afghanistan declared at a ceremony in Kandahar that a new fleet of 159 Black Hawk helicopters, flown…

Pamela Constable (Kandahar)