Reporter's Notebook
A dozen men gathered around the U.S. troops who had come to their village on a bright morning to inquire about the bloody events of a week earlier.
03:57 May 15, 2012
Reporter's Notebook
In this area of eastern Khost province near the border with Pakistan, the Taliban are the militia with no name.
13:22 April 12, 2012
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Reporter's Notebook
Muhammad Tahir jutted his bearded chin toward a U.S. military vehicle idling on the dirt road that cuts through this tiny village’s open-air market. The gunner’s hatch rose above the rooftops, and most of the shops looked small enough to fit inside the 15-ton armored truck.
04:13 March 26, 2012
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Reporter's Notebook
There’s one thing left on 1st Lt. Andrew Ferrara’s agenda before he leaves Afghanistan: Make sure his replacement doesn’t get duped into paving the governor’s driveway.
12:38 March 20, 2012
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Reporter's Notebook
It’s said that war is 99 percent boredom and 1 percent sheer terror, so it follows that war coverage tends to dwell on the 1 percent.
13:48 February 21, 2012
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Murder plots, theft -- we’ll get there
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Magnet for IEDs sees his patrol days end
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1-84 Field Artillery Regiment trade food for weapons in Faryab
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Afghan soldiers take the lead, slowly, on questioning villagers
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Fast and Furious cabs no match for Kabul’s Mad Max roads
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U.S., Afghan soldiers trade volleys — ‘No problem!’
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Contagion, and a sense of humor
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Base life has own pace despite Iraq War outside
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In the war zone, time is an enemy
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Escape-proof prison in Afghanistan? Inshallah
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Shaggy gets the bird; Afghanistan meets its Jackie Chans
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IEDs, trucks, and a dilemma in the Afghanistan night
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Tale of donkey-borne IED gives dark laughs downrange
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The gym at the top of the world
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Gators and Hooters in the mountains of Afghanistan
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Bomb tech's quick eye saves reporter's life
War zones are strange places. Stars and
Stripes reporters capture the odd and amusing stories in these occasional
vignettes about life in a place like no other. |