Rebecca Santana

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In this Friday, Aug. 22, 2014 photo, a man aims his gas-powered gun at his opponents as he plays in a friendly game of paintball in Kabul, Afghanistan. The arrival of recreational paintball to Afghanistan may seem peculiar to outsiders, especially in a country that's known decades of war, faces constant bombings and attacks by Taliban insurgents and is preparing its own security forces for the withdrawal of most foreign troops by the end of the year. However, it shows both the rise of a nascent upper and middle class looking for a diversion with the time to spare, as well as the way American culture has seeped into the country since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion to topple the Taliban. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

With a splat, paintball fires into Afghanistan

Rebecca Santana · August 29, 2014 9:45 am

UN: Afghan election audit done around Sept. 10

Rebecca Santana · August 28, 2014 10:37 am

Afghanistan’s one-time booming war economy slows

Rebecca Santana · August 27, 2014 5:23 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, speaks in front of local and international media representatives as presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah, right, and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, left , listen during the Independence Day ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. King Amanullah won the country's independency from Britain in 1919. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghanistan orders NYT reporter to leave country

Rebecca Santana · August 20, 2014 5:42 pm

A Pakistani army soldier stands guard in Miran Shah bazaar after driving out militants from Pakistan's tribal region of North Waziristan along the Afghanistan border, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Roughly 800,000 people left North Waziristan ahead of the ground operation, raising concerns of a humanitarian catastrophe as they reached nearby areas. (AP Photo/Rebecca Santana)

A rare look inside Pakistan’s militant haven

Rebecca Santana · July 10, 2014 3:49 pm

Pakistan vows to eliminate terrorist sanctuaries

Pakistan vows to eliminate terrorist sanctuaries

Rebecca Santana · July 1, 2014 2:08 pm

Pakistani men mourn over the lifeless body, bottom right, of a provincial lawmaker Handery Masieh at a local hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, Saturday, June 14, 2014. A guard for a provincial Christian lawmaker shot and killed the legislator during a meeting Saturday in southwest Pakistan, police said. Government spokesman Jan Mohammad Buledi said the guard fled after the attack and police were trying to arrest him. "We do not know why the guard killed Handery Masieh, and everything will be clear when we arrest him," he told reporters. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Airstrikes in NW Pakistan kill about 100 militants

Rebecca Santana · June 15, 2014 4:16 am

Uzbek militant group claims Pakistan attack

Uzbek militant group claims Pakistan attack

Rebecca Santana · June 11, 2014 5:42 pm

Pakistani security forces examine ammunition confiscated from attackers who stormed late Sunday the Jinnah International Airport, during their investigation in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, June 9, 2014. The Pakistani Taliban on Monday claimed responsibility for a brazen five-hour assault on the country's busiest airport that saw gunmen disguised as police guards storm the international terminal in Karachi, set off explosions and killing over a dozen of people. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

A look at the history of militancy in Pakistan

Rebecca Santana · June 9, 2014 7:49 pm

Pakistani peace activists rally to highlight the importance of tolerance in a peaceful society and demand concrete measures to deal the ongoing extremism and terrorism, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, April 11, 2014. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan: Taliban factions clash, killing dozens

Rebecca Santana · April 11, 2014 4:23 pm

This undated photo shows Associated Press Special Regional Correspondent for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Kathy Gannon. Gannon was wounded and her colleague, photographer Anja Niedringhaus, was killed on Friday, April 4, 2014 when an Afghan policeman opened fire while they were sitting in their car in eastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

Wounded AP correspondent chronicles Afghan unrest

Rebecca Santana · April 4, 2014 5:24 pm

Group highlights dangers for Pakistan journalists

Group highlights dangers for Pakistan journalists

Rebecca Santana · March 19, 2014 10:57 am