Afghanistan

The official results of Afghanistan's presidential elections won't be known for weeks. The ballots cast around the country need to be brought to Kabul--some by donkey and helicopter--and counted. Nevertheless, U.S. officials have rushed to celebrate the process, and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen heralded the elections as "a testimony to the determination of the Afghan people to build democracy." This, despite more than 75 reported incidents of violence throughout the

... or pose a “high risk” of attack in 40 percent of Afghanistan, according to Peter Bergen, a senior fellow at the Washington-based New America Foundation. ... and more »

... or pose a “high risk” of attack in 40 percent of Afghanistan, according to Peter Bergen, a senior fellow at the Washington-based New America Foundation. ... and more »

Peter Bergen of the New America Foundation inteviewed with CNN.

One of Eliza Griswold's poems from Afghanistan from NPR. ... Original Article

"The sound was like a very loud door banging right next to my ear," said CNN's National Security Analyst Peter Bergen. The attack was the work of a suicide ... and more »

During the 1980s covert campaign against the Soviets, Pakistan's General Zia ul-Haq told CIA Director William Casey that being an ally of the United States was like living on the banks of a major river—"The soil is wonderfully fertile, but every four or eight years the river changes course and you may find yourself alone in the desert." Since then, Pakistan has remained cognizant of Zia's warning and insulated itself from fully allying with the United States.

Renowned terrorist expert Peter Bergen, one of the very few journalists to interview al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden before Sept. ... and more »