Afghanistan

Mentoring Women In A Global Economy

Through the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women’s Peace Through Business program, women in the U.S. mentor women business owners in Afghanistan and Rwanda so they can develop their businesses and become even stronger advocates for peace.READ MORE›

Skype's Special Delivery For Active Duty Dads

With the American military presence in Afghanistan continuing indefinitely, more and more troops have been missing the birth of their children back home. So the Defense Department is quietly setting up Skype birthing rooms for troops.READ MORE›

Arzu Studio Hope Weaves New Paths For Peace And Prosperity In Afghanistan

Afghanistan is officially the worst place in the world for women. Arzu Studio Hope, an artisanal rug manufacturer that employs more than 1,000 women, aims to change that by offering women viable professional opportunities, as well as health care and community support. READ MORE›

Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee And The Roles Of Women In War And Peace

In Women, War & Peace, we see the central role that women play in times of war, not only in Liberia but also in Bosnia, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. READ MORE›

Filmmakers Band Together To Renew Focus On U.S. War In Afghanistan, Now In Its 10th Year

Friday, October 7th marked the 10th anniversary of the War in Afghanistan, which now surpasses the length of the official U.S. military engagement in the Vietnam War. Despite its longevity, the war has receded from daily headlines ...READ MORE›

Army Tweaks Recruitment Video Game To Train Soldiers For Real "Hurt Locker" Situations

Soldiers are using a heavily modded version of America's Army to learn how to defuse bombs. While it may have been created as a game, the software's platform is proving versatile enough to use for battlefield training.READ MORE›

The DIY Terminator: Private Robot Armies And The Algorithm-Run Future Of War

In the latest installment of the Butterfly Effect: Predator drones are just the start of unmanned, autonomous warfare technology. But as the tech becomes more democratized and more deadly, what happens when anyone can assemble an army of killing machines?READ MORE›

Afghanistan's Amazing DIY Internet

FabFi is an ambitious project which is creating Internet networks for eastern Afghanistan whose main components can be built out of trash. It's low-tech, it's simple--and it works.READ MORE›

Google, IBM, YouTube, And Kabul? Pentagon Hosts Afghan Tech Entrepreneurs In The U.S.

“The goal,” says Paul Brinkley, a former technology executive and now Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, “is to create an indigenous economy in Afghanistan that gives the Afghans hope, creates employment opportunities for young people, and discourages association with the radicals.”READ MORE›

Afghanistan Banned Plastic Bags, Can They Also Go Farther Than The U.S. In Fixing Air Pollution?

Living in a world of limited resources, Afghanistan is forced to conserve in ways we would never imagine in America. Maybe our two countries can work together?READ MORE›

Is Your Business Stuck? If An Afghan Dressmaker Can Do It, So Can You

Kamila Sidiqi, "The Dressmaker of Khair Khana," is resilient, creative and persistent in the face of seemingly endless roadblocks. If the dressmaker can do it, we all can. In fact, on some level, we must.READ MORE›

War-Zone Videos Get On-Demand Treatment in New Defense Department Project

A new $29 million Defense Department project makes viewing military intelligence from Afghanistan as easy as ordering a movie from Netflix. READ MORE›

Transforming Sustainable Energy In Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, living off the grid isn't a tree hugger's dream -- it's reality. but a renewable-power startup called Sustainable Energy Services Afghanistan is lighting up Afghans' lives, with help from the sun and the wind.READ MORE›

• Slideshow: Afghanistan's Push for Sustainable Energy

Women Entrepreneurs: Right Under the Noses of the Taliban

Your initial image of Afghanistan is probably war, Taliban, bombings, insurgency, and corruption. And you'd think of girls and women as victims. Think again. Think innovative, successful women entrepreneurs.READ MORE›

Electromagnetic Ray Gun Remote-Explodes IEDs

A Swiss-designed electromagnetic weapon could turn into a powerful anti-terrorist device capable of safely defusing improvised explosive devices from 25 meters away.READ MORE›

"Virtual Iraq" Helps Soldiers Overcome PTSD

Previously shown to be effective for Vietnam vets, virtual reality exposure therapy, according to new research, also benefits active-duty soldiers who've returned from Iraq and Afghanistan.READ MORE›

A Mobile Banking Powerhouse Born From Bus Fare Theft

A microfinance pilot project pioneered in Africa turned into one of the world's most successful mobile banking systems thanks to one woman's bus fare getting stolen. Now the service could make its way to the United Kingdom.READ MORE›