The New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks lays out many of the central issues in the debate over whether WikiLeaks is doing the public service or harm in publishing previously inaccessible military and diplomatic communications (including more than 1,200 cables sent by the U.S. Embassy in Prague). While critical of WikiLeaks decision to release [...]

Check out highlights of the first installment of The Prague Post Discussion Series from Sept. 23. The topic of discussion was “Can the war in Afghanistan be won?” The event was moderated by Prague Post Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Cunningham, and the panel was comprised of: Akbar Ayazi, associated director of broadcasting Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Oldřich [...]

    At least 10 people died Saturday and hundreds of polling stations never opened during voting for Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections, according to The New York Times. The vote came a year after the highly flawed reelection of President Hamid Karzai, and people were choosing among more than 2,500 candidates to fill 249 seats in [...]