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Susanne Koelbl

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai (AP/Ibrahim Usta)

“There has to be peace now”

Susanne Koelbl, Ralf Neukirch

Abdullah Abdullah, former Afghan foreign minister who run against President Hamid Karzai in last August's vote, speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009.

“People in Afghanistan want change”

Susanne Koelbl

Afghanistan may already be lost

Susanne Koelbl

General Stanley McChrystal is the new head of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan. He is taking a new approach to fighting the war.

Iraq: Afghanistan’s model for success

Susanne Koelbl

“Nuclear weapons are not Kalashnikovs”

Susanne Koelbl

The leader of the Pakistani Taliban vows to strike America

Britta Sandberg, Susanne Koelbl

Bowing down to the Taliban

Susanne Koelbl

Should NATO kill Afghan opium traffickers?

Susanne Koelbl