Six months after the attack that killed 42 men, women and children, the U.S. military’s lack of transparency is still hurting Afghans.

While activists welcome his release, Mahmoud Hussein is just one of many political prisoners often jailed without cause for years.

The attacks resonated strongly in Istanbul, where a suicide bombing killed four people this weekend.

“Women are bearing the brunt of the war and keeping the country together.”

Some people say the embassy’s pre-emptive warning proves the Turkish government’s incompetence. Others suspect the U.S. government is in cahoots with Kurdish milita