- Joshua Partlow
- Staff Writer
Joshua Partlow has been the Kabul bureau chief of the Washington Post since the summer of 2009. Before coming to Afghanistan, he worked as the Post’s correspondent in South America, based in Rio de Janeiro, and as a correspondent in Iraq. Partlow joined the Washington Post in 2003 as an intern on the financial desk and later worked for the metro section covering the Maryland suburbs. He grew up in Olympia, Washington
- Why Karzai is fed up with the U.S. mission in Afghanistan
- Afghan students learn to read with folk tales
- Afghan officials voice scant remorse to Pakistan
- Pakistan bows out of key conference, citing deadly U.S. raid
- Afghans say commando unit was attacked before airstrike was called on Pakistan
- NATO airstrike strains U.S.-Pakistan relations
- Karzai announces new areas to come under Afghan control
- Afghanistan to need billions in aid for years, World Bank says
- ‘Slaughterhouse dude’ Chris Hart reflects changing U.S. role in Afghanistan
- Afghan loya jirga backs Karzai’s security plans
- Hamid Karzai calls for partnership with U.S., but with conditions
- On Afghan-Pakistan border, suspicions reign
- Karzai to convene loya jirga, a meeting of Afghans, on U.S. relationship
- Taliban fighters driven back, killed in attack on U.S. base
- U.S. troops leave border base to Afghans
- U.S. general fired for criticizing Hamid Karzai
- U.S. had advance warning of abuse at Afghan prisons, officials say
- Taliban strike in Kabul shows insurgency’s growing reliance on high-profile attacks in Afghan capital
- Suicide bomber hits NATO bus in Kabul; 12 Americans, 4 Afghans killed
- U.S. troops to begin leaving Kandahar
- Taliban fighters attack 2 U.S. bases in Kandahar
- After setbacks, U.S. military tries to rebuild ties with Pakistani military
- Afghan parliament clears hurdle to IMF aid
- Abducted aid workers freed in Afghanistan
- Afghan detainees tortured in prison, U.N. says
- Afghan government seeks Pakistan’s help in stalled peace process
- With Afghan drawdown looming, U.S. scales back ambitions
- Plot to kill Afghan President Karzai foiled, officials say
- Karzai accuses Pakistan of supporting terrorists
- Coalition data show drop in violence in Afghanistan; U.N. report says otherwise
- Taliban stalks outskirts of calm Afghan city
- More Afghan soldiers deserting the army, NATO statistics show
- Afghan police casualties soar
- In helping Afghanistan build up its security forces, U.S. is trimming the frills
- Afghanistan set to get huge supply of military gear
- Insurgents storm British compound in Kabul
- Afghan widows form community on Kabul hill
- 7 NATO troops killed in Afghan attacks
- Cat fight at U.S. Embassy in Kabul
- Talks on long-term Afghan-U.S. partnership stalled
- Kandahar’s mayor killed in suicide attack
- Eikenberry leaves Afghanistan amid concerns for its future
- Karzai seeks to fill power void after brother’s death
- Gen. David H. Petraeus ends his command in Afghanistan
- Ahmed Wali Karzai’s killer had been a Taliban foe
- Suicide bomber kills 4 at Karzai memorial service
- President Hamid Karzai attends funeral for his half-brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai
- Ahmed Wali Karzai, half brother of Afghan president, killed by trusted confidant
- Tensions rise along Afghan-Pakistan border
- NATO admits civilian deaths in Afghanistan
- McCain, Lieberman, Graham criticize Afghan drawdown plan
- Elaborate ruse behind vast Kabul Bank fraud
- Afghan delays in addressing banking problems imperil foreign aid
- Focus of Afghan war is shifting eastward
- Gates: U.S. not ready yet for smaller Afghan counterterrorism mission
- Gates discusses troop withdrawal in Afghanistan
- Gates, in Kabul, urges Afghans to ‘step up’
- Karzai orders NATO to stop airstrikes on Afghan homes
- Insurgents attack Afghan NATO base, downtown Herat blast kills at least 4
- Haqqani insurgent group proves resilient foe in Afghan war
- Afghanistan suicide blast kills northern police chief, wounds German commander
- Amid spate of attacks, U.S., Afghan troops thwart car bombing, retake building
- A new test for Taliban and al-Qaeda ties
- Kerry: U.S. relationship with Pakistan at ‘critical moment’
- U.S. commander in eastern Afghanistan predicts little short-term change
- Fighting continues for second day in Kandahar
- Taliban attacks government sites in Kandahar, Afghanistan
- Afghans worry bin Laden’s death could weaken U.S. resolve
- Osama bin Laden is killed; Afghanistan reacts
- Karzai considers military draft in Afghanistan instead of all-volunteer army
- Afghan pilot opens fire inside NATO compound, killing nine Americans
- Pakistan asks Afghanistan to distance itself from United States, Afghan officials say
- Taliban digs tunnel to free prisoners from Kandahar jail
- Kabul Bank to be split and sold off to protect Afghanistan’s financial system
- Taliban targets Afghan Defense Ministry; 2 killed in suicide attack
- Afghan soldier strikes inside military base; 8 NATO troops die in attacks
- In Afghanistan, Kandahar police chief Mohammad Mojayed killed by suicide bomber
- Suicide bomber kills Kandahar police chief
- Clinton predicts violent spring in Afghanistan
- Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai blames foreign advisers for near-collapse of Kabul Bank
- War pulls apart Afghan families
- U.S. pledges more money for peace program in Afghanistan
- Karzai’s role in protests over Koran burning again reveals divide with U.S.
- Afghan protests over Koran burning in Florida are calmer on 3rd day
- Protests over Koran burning spread in Afghanistan, with 9 dead in Kandahar
- At least seven foreigners killed in attack on U.N. compound in northern Afghanistan
- Afghan prison an insurgent breeding ground
- U.S. expects Afghan Taliban will launch spring campaign to regain lost ground
- Afghan officials allege that 65 civilians were killed in U.S. military operation
- U.S. Treasury targets Afghan money launderers, blacklists exchange firm
- Afghan imams wage political battle against U.S.
- In Kabul, Biden promises U.S. support beyond 2014
- Petraeus’s comments on coalition attack reportedly offend Karzai government
- U.S. and NATO allies plan to spend $11.6 billion this year for Afghan security
- Afghan peace council visiting Pakistan
- Petraeus's comments on coalition attack reportedly offend Karzai government
- Suicide blasts kill 18 at Afghanistan bank as soldiers collect paychecks
- U.S. Treasury targets Afghan money launderers
- Afghan imams wage political battle against U.S.
- IMF wants Afghanistan’s troubled Kabul Bank sold off
- IMF wants Afghanistan's troubled Kabul Bank sold off
- Bomb kills 2 at upscale Kabul hotel complex
- Bomb kills 2 at upscale Kabul hotel complex
- Afghan government accuses 16 security firms of violations
- Afghan government accuses 16 security firms of violations
- U.S. initiative to arm Afghan villagers carries some risks
- U.S. initiative to arm Afghan villagers carries some risks
- Kabul Bank employees flee to Pakistan amid investigation into lending, officials say
- Kabul Bank employees flee to Pakistan amid investigation into lending, officials say
- Supermarket blast in Kabul diplomatic district kills at least 8 and injures 6
- In letter, Petraeus offers optimistic assessment of Afghan war
- Petraeus offers optimistic assessment of war in Afghanistan
- Security firms are accused of breaking Afghan laws
- Karzai agrees to convene parliament
- Afghan officials cite security firms with U.S. ties for violations
- Ending standoff, Karzai agrees to inaugurate Afghan parliament
- Afghan President Karzai's move to delay parliament opening causes U.N. 'concern'
- Karzai postpones seating of the new Afghan parliament
- Karzai delays parliament's inauguration as court investigates electoral fraud
- Plan calls for more Afghan security forces
- Costly coalition plan to recruit thousands more Afghan forces draws concerns
- Afghan tax effort targets U.S. firms
- Afghanistan's push to tax U.S. contractors could renew tensions
- Afghan violence up this winter
- In Afghanistan, uptick in violence this winter coincides with less snow
