Los Angeles Afghanistan Articles, Los Angeles Afghanistan News

The Kite Runner author will read, sign in Pasadena

Khaled Hosseini will discuss and sign The Kite Runner, a graphic novel, at 7:00 pm on Thursday. September 8 at All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid St....

Skateistan pleas for help, immediate donations needed to keep school active

Although the story of Skateistan – Afghanistan’s first co-educational skateboarding school – is not new for this column, it still...

Afghanistan's Elements:Dangers for American Soldiers as Told in Thomas Young's 'The Mullah's Storm'

Thomas W. Young’s book, The Mullah’s Storm, is about a battle for survival, fighting the elements and the enemy in Afghanistan. The...

Obama escalates attacks in Pakistan and secret CIA operations in Afghanistan

While almost tripling the number of troops in Afghanistan to nearly 100,000, Barack Obama has also sharply stepped up attacks by pilotless drone...

"He's not with God!" Bill Maher interviews Richard Tillman

Pat Tillman was a patriot. Eight months after the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks, he turned down a multimillion dollar NFL contract and gave up a...

The War Logs paint a bleak, vivid picture of the Afghan War

Wikileaks leaked over 90,000 records to the New York Times, The Guardian, and Der Spiegel on the War in Afghanistan with detail rarely seen in news...

No strategy change for Afghanistan

With the recent firing of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the former Commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, new attention has been directed...