Sophia Jones is the Middle East correspondent for The WorldPost. She has reported from Turkey, Iraq, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, The West Bank and Gaza. Fo

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.”