Jon Hemming has been Reuters chief correspondent in Afghanistan for just over a year and travelling, when conditions allow, across the country. Before moving to Afghanistan, Jon worked for Reuters in London, Tehran, Ankara and Istanbul. In the following story slugged WITNESS-AFGHAN/KANDAHAR and headlined 'Kandahar by Humvee', he tells of an experience travelling in a convoy of U.S. troops through the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, a hot-bed of Taliban insurgents.
Pakistani Islamist party activist burn a U.S. flag during a protest to show solidarity with U.S.-trained neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui in Lahore August 21, 2008. Pakistan has demanded consular access to Siddiqui, ...
