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More than five years after the fall of the Taliban, little optimism remains about the future of Afghanistan, and more and more people are looking to get out of the country.

France's new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, didn't waste any time announcing reforms that will affect French workers. In his inaugural speech Wednesday, Sarkozy said his countrymen don't work enough, and he aims to remedy that.

Iran and other countries — not terrorist groups — are most likely to pose the next nuclear arms threat, author William Langewiesche says. Their goal: wield nuclear weapons for political power.

U.S. Army Gen. Dan McNeill, the NATO commander in Afghanistan, addresses a dilemma: How to attack insurgents without alienating the Afghan people.

Both tourists and locals are finding that Old Town is somewhat different this year, but not many people know why. Pat Finn investigates the changes and learns how the park is reconstructing history.

When the last Soviet general left Afghanistan in 1989, he declared that none of his soldiers were left behind. But at least one never went home. Gennady Tseuma was captured by mujahedeen fighters and forced to become a Muslim.

This is the bloodiest year yet for the Taliban insurgency, with militants torching hundreds of schools, assassinating government officials and launching more then 600 attacks a month. But one target is off-limits to the Taliban's campaign of violence -- the hundreds of cell phone towers that have sprung up throughout the conflict zone. Representatives of Afghanistan's four thriving cellular phone companies say telecommunications are the one thing that everyone in this war torn country can agree on.

Ian Fleming's Casino Royale

U.S. and NATO troops are working to establish a viable Afghan police force. But the police -- underpaid and considered corrupt by many Afghans -- must rely on the military to keep the country secure against a resurgent Taliban.

After winning a major battle against a resurgent Taliban in southern Afghanistan, NATO forces are working to keep their gains from slipping away. Building a road to link remote villages is one way they hope to keep locals from siding with the enemy.