A public relations representative for the Afghanistani militant movement accidentally CC-ed all addresses on the organization's mailing list to subscribers, including prominent journalists, academics, and local politicians.
Impossibly optimistic and totally obsessed, Afghanistan’s aspiring tech moguls believe that computing will not only help make them money but also secure peace in their land.
DARPA develops drones, lasers, and robot pack mules, but they can't engineer the kind of canine courage that author Maria Goodavage found in these ruff riders.
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.
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.
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 in mainstream U.S. media which tends to focus more on domestic losses, from Steve Jobs to manufacturing jobs.
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.
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?
