Subject:

The Taliban

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    'We Need to Take That Frickin' Hill': Sgt. Tavis Delaney Awarded Silver Star for Afghanistan Ambush Heroics (VIDEO)

    With his unit ambushed by more than 200 Taliban fighters and trapped in a firefight that lasted more than 13 hours, Sgt. Tavis Delaney went into hero mode. After coordinating a series of airstrikes, the Washington Air National Guardsman rallied his fellow soldiers for an uphill charge that was caugh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    A One-Man Kill Team: Lewis-McChord Sergeant Massacres at Least 16 Civilians in Afghan Village

    While it is still dealing with a sergeant who slaughtered his fellow troops in Iraq, and only months after completing the prosecution of a sergeant who led his "kill team" on missions to murder Afghan civilians, Joint Base Lewis McChord is now preparing to handle its most tragic case of a sergeant o ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Afghanistan 2001-2011

    While it is still dealing with a sergeant who slaughtered his fellow troops in Iraq, and only months after completing the prosecution of a sergeant who led his "kill team" on missions to murder Afghan civilians, Joint Base Lewis McChord is now preparing to handle its most tragic case of a sergeant o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Cpl. Jason Bogar, Belatedly Added to SW's War Dead List, 'Was Just Starting to Live My Life'

    Jason Bogar​August was the deadliest month yet for U.S. troops in the ten years of the Afghanistan war. Of the 67 killed last month, 30 died when a Chinook chopper was shot down. They included Army Spc. Alexander Bennett, 24, of Tacoma, a member of the helicopter's crew and who "was the gutsie ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 20, 2011

    Kim Barker

    Jason Bogar​August was the deadliest month yet for U.S. troops in the ten years of the Afghanistan war. Of the 67 killed last month, 30 died when a Chinook chopper was shot down. They included Army Spc. Alexander Bennett, 24, of Tacoma, a member of the helicopter's crew and who "was the gutsie ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 22, 2010

    Nine Nation Animation

    Jason Bogar​August was the deadliest month yet for U.S. troops in the ten years of the Afghanistan war. Of the 67 killed last month, 30 died when a Chinook chopper was shot down. They included Army Spc. Alexander Bennett, 24, of Tacoma, a member of the helicopter's crew and who "was the gutsie ... More >>

  • Arts

    December 8, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    Jason Bogar​August was the deadliest month yet for U.S. troops in the ten years of the Afghanistan war. Of the 67 killed last month, 30 died when a Chinook chopper was shot down. They included Army Spc. Alexander Bennett, 24, of Tacoma, a member of the helicopter's crew and who "was the gutsie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Bowe Bergdahl, Northwest Soldier Captured By Taliban, Seen Alive in New Video

    ​For nearly 18 months now, Spc. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho has been held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan. He's popped up in videos three other times, sporting Afghan-style clothes and looking thin and sometimes beaten. Now, a new video has surfaced showing Bergdahl. And while he appe ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2010

    David Rohde & Kristen Mulvihill

    ​For nearly 18 months now, Spc. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho has been held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan. He's popped up in videos three other times, sporting Afghan-style clothes and looking thin and sometimes beaten. Now, a new video has surfaced showing Bergdahl. And while he appe ... More >>

  • Film

    October 27, 2010

    Douchebag: Bros Before Hos

    ​For nearly 18 months now, Spc. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho has been held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan. He's popped up in videos three other times, sporting Afghan-style clothes and looking thin and sometimes beaten. Now, a new video has surfaced showing Bergdahl. And while he appe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    West Seattle Sailor Missing in Afghanistan, Taliban Claims He's a Hostage

    ​UPDATE: Jarod Newlove is dead. His body was recovered yesterday. On Friday, two sailors, including one from West Seattle, drove away from their base in Kabul in an armored white SUV on a 60-mile trip into the mountainous Logar Province. Why only two men in a single vehicle, as opposed to a c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    WikiWar: Web Site Unloads U.S. Secrets to Make Afghanistan Policy More Transparent

    The Guardian's coverage​Wikileaks, the online government-secrets site whose document cache includes a 1,500-page outline of the public-private operations of the clandestine Washington Fusion Center in downtown Seattle, has scored its biggest leak yet with a Pentagon Papers-like archives of the ... More >>

  • Film

    July 14, 2010

    Restrepo: Sebastian Junger’s War Report From Afghanistan

    The Guardian's coverage​Wikileaks, the online government-secrets site whose document cache includes a 1,500-page outline of the public-private operations of the clandestine Washington Fusion Center in downtown Seattle, has scored its biggest leak yet with a Pentagon Papers-like archives of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    The Vaselines Visit the States, the Summer Concert Business, and Sting Calls Rock's BS

    ​-- Sup Pop: The Vaselines will be supporting their forthcoming album, Sex With An X (Sept. 14), with a U.S. tour that so far is skipping Seattle. But the band's playing Portland on Oct. 24 and Minneapolis on the 27th, so maybe they'll sneak in a stop in the 206. -- Pitchfork: Arcade Fire wil ... More >>

  • Film

    June 9, 2010

    A Sit-Down With the Directors of Restrepo

    ​-- Sup Pop: The Vaselines will be supporting their forthcoming album, Sex With An X (Sept. 14), with a U.S. tour that so far is skipping Seattle. But the band's playing Portland on Oct. 24 and Minneapolis on the 27th, so maybe they'll sneak in a stop in the 206. -- Pitchfork: Arcade Fire wil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    A.M. Music News: Suge Knight Kanye, Taliban Metallica, and M.I.A. Gaga

    M.I.A.​-- MTV: M.I.A. on Lady Gaga: "None of her music's reflective of how weird she wants to be or thinks she is. She models herself on Grace Jones and Madonna, but the music sounds like 20-year-old Ibiza disco, you know?" -- Rolling Stone: The Rolling Stones' "Plunder My Soul" -- one of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Microsoft Allegedly Refuses to Sell Xbox to U.S. Army

    The ladies of Grand Theft Auto can help provide invaluable military training.​In a time of war, with our soldiers spread thin on two fronts, is there some reason they shouldn't be able to spend their precious R&R back on base killing zombies, bitch-slapping hos, and battling flying dragons in ... More >>

  • Film

    December 2, 2009

    Brothers: Jake Gyllenhaal Stars in a Needless Remake

    The ladies of Grand Theft Auto can help provide invaluable military training.​In a time of war, with our soldiers spread thin on two fronts, is there some reason they shouldn't be able to spend their precious R&R back on base killing zombies, bitch-slapping hos, and battling flying dragons in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Duff McKagan: Surely There Is a Better Way in the Middle East. Even a Rocker Like Me Knows That

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. Check back on Monday when he writes about what's playing on his iPod.​Many may scoff when they see I am writing a pseudo-political piece. Many, too, will likely proclaim that I have no right to take up a pen on a topic as lofty and complex a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    King County's Taliban: Sloth and Disinterest

    ​Just a note to the approximately 750,000 King County registered voters who couldn't be bothered to make their ways to the polls - stroll through the sunshine to the corner mailbox - by Tuesday night: Millions went to the polls in Afghanistan Thursday even while the Taliban upped its efforts ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Making Movies in Afghanistan

    ​Opening Friday at the Varsity, the new documentary Afghan Star (review) might sound like a knock-off of American Idol. The documentary follows the made-in-Afghanistan TV hit Afghan Star, which is based on the British TV original, Pop Idol, created by none other than Simon Cowell. But as direc ... More >>

  • Film

    August 19, 2009

    Pick Afghan Star: Compelling Reality TV, Without Simon Cowell in Sight

    ​Opening Friday at the Varsity, the new documentary Afghan Star (review) might sound like a knock-off of American Idol. The documentary follows the made-in-Afghanistan TV hit Afghan Star, which is based on the British TV original, Pop Idol, created by none other than Simon Cowell. But as direc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Dead on the 4th of July

    "They killed my son, Aaron!" an anguished David Masters Twittered on Independence Day, leading to worldwide condolences over the death of his stepson, Pvt. Aaron Fairbairn, 20, of Aberdeen (left). He and a fellow soldier were killed when a Taliban suicide bomber drove an explosives-filled truck th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2009

    Afghan Star

    "They killed my son, Aaron!" an anguished David Masters Twittered on Independence Day, leading to worldwide condolences over the death of his stepson, Pvt. Aaron Fairbairn, 20, of Aberdeen (left). He and a fellow soldier were killed when a Taliban suicide bomber drove an explosives-filled truck th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Duff McKagan: Why I'm an Eternal Optimist

    Deanne DeesayWatch a slideshow of McKagan's band, Loaded, at the Crocodile on April 9.Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. Hey, Kids! Hear Daily Weekly columnist Krist Novoselic and Reverb's Duff McKagan fill in as hosts of the Ron & Don Show on KIRO 97.3 FM, Thursday, April 16 from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    Microsoft's New Weapon Against Apple

    Why even bother hiring an advertising firm, when reality is so much better? As Microsoft ramps up its efforts in the smartphone wars against Apple's iPhone, this news just came in from the English-language site of Al Jazeera. Reporter Hamish Macdonald, undoubtedly a very brave man, is wandering arou ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    My Guantánamo Diary

    Why even bother hiring an advertising firm, when reality is so much better? As Microsoft ramps up its efforts in the smartphone wars against Apple's iPhone, this news just came in from the English-language site of Al Jazeera. Reporter Hamish Macdonald, undoubtedly a very brave man, is wandering arou ... More >>

  • Film

    June 4, 2008

    SIFF: Week 3 Picks & Pans

    Slovenly gays resist gentrification. Iranian trannies overcome Islamic strictures. Cannibalism in the Andes. The first mumblecore horror film. See our SIFF Guide 2008 for more.

  • Diversions

    March 28, 2007

    A Brownie Amongst Beaners

    Slovenly gays resist gentrification. Iranian trannies overcome Islamic strictures. Cannibalism in the Andes. The first mumblecore horror film. See our SIFF Guide 2008 for more.

  • Film

    May 24, 2006

    This Week's SIFF Picks

    Slovenly gays resist gentrification. Iranian trannies overcome Islamic strictures. Cannibalism in the Andes. The first mumblecore horror film. See our SIFF Guide 2008 for more.

  • Film

    May 17, 2006

    Britons Behind Bars

    Whether innocent or guilty, this arresting post-9/11 docudrama shows, one size of orange-jumpsuit justice fits all.

  • Film

    April 26, 2006

    The Beauty Academy of Kabul

    Showing at Varsity, Fri., April 28–Thurs., May 4. Not rated. 74 minutes.

  • News

    December 14, 2005

    The Year of Living Stupidly

    It's time to tell ourselves we're doing a heckuva job.

  • Arts

    November 9, 2005

    This Week's War Books

    George Packer, and Said Hyder Akbar and Susan Burton.

  • News

    April 14, 2004

    Walden College Reunion

    George Packer, and Said Hyder Akbar and Susan Burton.

  • Film

    February 18, 2004

    This Week's Attractions

    George Packer, and Said Hyder Akbar and Susan Burton.

  • News

    December 10, 2003

    Reading, Writing, and Scripture

    George Packer, and Said Hyder Akbar and Susan Burton.

  • Arts

    June 11, 2003

    This Weeks Reads

    Gay and Laney Salisbury, Khaled Hosseini, Jim Fielder, and Fareed Zakaria.

  • Film

    May 28, 2003

    L'Aaugerge Espagnole, Ichi the Killer, and The Italian Job

    Gay and Laney Salisbury, Khaled Hosseini, Jim Fielder, and Fareed Zakaria.

  • Arts

    April 9, 2003

    Cartoon Nation

    Why Michael Moore and Michael Savage are the defining characters, and caricatures, of our political times.

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    War of the Worlds

    Are terrorists in our midst?

  • Film

    January 9, 2002

    The searchers

    Mission of mercy reveals ugly, beautiful truths.

  • Arts

    December 12, 2001

    A Man's World

    A look at women's "contented" lives under the Taliban.

  • News

    December 5, 2001

    "Goldfish living in the proper conditions can live more than 25 years. Amazing, you think, but true."

    A look at women's "contented" lives under the Taliban.

  • News

    November 21, 2001

    Food first

    A look at women's "contented" lives under the Taliban.

  • News

    November 14, 2001

    Strange board fellows

    From Unocal to United for Seattle's Jack Creighton—with the Taliban between.

  • News

    October 24, 2001

    Living with terror

    From Unocal to United for Seattle's Jack Creighton—with the Taliban between.

  • News

    October 10, 2001

    Under the bombs

    A Serbian dissenter recalls his time in Belgrade during the NATO bombing.

  • News

    September 26, 2001

    War stories

    A Serbian dissenter recalls his time in Belgrade during the NATO bombing.

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