2005-09-14 04:00:00 PDT Forward Operating Base Tiger, Afghanistan-- Spec. Ervin Simmons and Staff Sgt. Keaona "Sweets" Mack guard a rocky hill overlooking a dust storm of a road project that Army ...

ROAD WARRIORS: U.S. Forces in Afghanistan / Taliban wages war against a helping hand / Villagers seek out Army lieutenant to aid local projects. By Ian Klaus, Chronicle Foreign Service Sep 16, 2005.

JOB CREATION Since 2002, USAID, the organisation through which the U.S. government channels the vast majority of its aid to Afghanistan, has spent $1 billion building 1,700 km of new paved road.

With Afghans voting on Thursday in the country's second presidential elections since the Taliban's ouster in 2001, the poll's outcome is hanging on the threat of violence and the clout of old ...

The road from Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, to the Pakistani border is vital to trade and other concerns. But it's also treacherous, despite recent improvements. Support for LAist comes from.