Back in Kunduz, encounters with the unfortunate men whose job it is to keep northern Afghans safe and secure.
Anna Badkhen
Correspondent
Anna Badkhen has covered wars in Afghanistan, Somalia, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Chechnya and Kashmir. She has reported extensively from Iraq since 2003. Her reporting has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The National, FRONTLINE/World, Truthdig, and Salon. Her book, "A War Reporter's Pantry," will be published in January 2011 by Free Press/Simon&Schuster. She lives in Massachusetts.
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Earthquakes and other disturbances
Beginning the second week of her journey, our diarist encounters some shaky territory on the way to Kunduz.
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The muezzin of the blue mosque
Finding some solace with an unlikely old friend.
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“In my father’s house they gathered all the women into one room”
Visiting the victims of Afghanistan’s revenge rapes.
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“Who needs a playground when the children are dying?”
The government told them it was finally safe to come back — even built them a clinic, a school, a playground. But what good’s a playground when you have nothing to eat? Day 5 on our diarist’s journey through Northern Afghanistan.
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Digging out in Afghanistan’s forgotten village
On the third day of her journey, our correspondent visits a town buried in mud — and trying to recover with no help from either the government or the Taliban.
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Afghanistan’s multiple personalities
Our diarist flies from Kabul to Mazar-e-Sharif, carrying photos of old, lost friends.
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The crossing: a journey through north Afghanistan
“Don’t even dare travel on that road”: In the first entry of a month-long travel diary, our correspondent ponders maps and routes in Kabul.
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Suicide bombings in Moscow: The war after the war
This morning, terrorists reminded the Kremlin the war in the N. Caucasus rages on.