Herald Tribune Afghan shrines last resort for Afghan mentally ill | JALALABAD, Afghanistan - The young man sits nearly naked in a small concrete room, a thick, heavy chain fastened around his ankle and bolted to the wall. Flies swarm around a wound on his wrist wher... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) Afghanistan Defence Photos War Waste Wikipedia: Afghanistan BBC News Shot soldier Aaron Deans hopes to return to Afghanistan A soldier who was shot in the back in a Taliban ambush is hoping to return to the front line in Afghanistan. | L/Cpl Aaron Deans, 21, of Washington, was driving an armoured vehicle when it came under ... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) Afghanistan Ambush Photos Taliban Washington Wikipedia: Afghanistan Top Stories Huffington Post Veterans Deserve to Be Economically Empowered | Sergeant Adam Widner had just finished nine months of personal-security detail in Afghanistan, where he was constantly on alert for those seeking to harm or kill him an... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) Afghanistan Defence Photos Security War Wikipedia: Afghanistan France24 Annan urges Syria to stop delaying humanitarian aid | AFP - UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan on Tuesday urged Syria to stop delaying UN access to more than one million Syrians in need of assistance. | The United Nations has... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) Arab Photos Syria UN Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011present) Al Jazeera Amnesty cites rights abuses in northern Mali | Amnesty International has accused armed Tuaregs and groups fighting to impose Sharia law in northern Mali of carrying out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and u... (photo: AP / Harouna Traore) Human Rights Mali Military Photos Wikipedia: 2012 Malian coup d'état BBC News Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN is warning. | It says fighting on the border betw... (photo: UN / /Isaac Billy) Food Photos South Sudan War Wikipedia: South Sudan Newstrack India India ranked 46th in trade logistics performance | Washington, May 16 (IANS) Global trade logistics performance slowed down over the last two years amid the global recession, but India and others that pursued aggressive... (photo: WN / prajkta) India Photos Trade Washington Wikipedia: Trade Al Jazeera Pakistan president to attend NATO summit | Pakistan has confirmed its president will attend a summit of NATO leaders this weekend in Chicago as negotiations with US to reopen supply lines into Afghanis... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis) Afghan Nato Pakistan Photos Wikipedia: NATO logistics in the Afghan War