(CNN)-- The future of the war in Afghanistan is hotly debated around Washington. Hearings are promised -- the latest from Sen. John Kerry's Foreign Relations Committee -- as a growing number of ...

And yet the Bush and Obama administrations went to extensive lengths in pushing the ridiculous safe haven myth. They argued essentially that America could never leave Afghanistan because then the ...

has tried to bust myths around Taliban 2.0, emphasising the importance of reporting from the ground in journalism. Basu was one of the few South Asian journalists to be present in Afghanistan at ...