FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE: NATO’s War Games: Kabul, Kunduz, and Mazar-I-Sharif.

ILikeMyStyle: The Khmer architect Vann Mollyvan once dreamt up a modern capital of Cambodia on the shores of the Mekong.

QVEST: At home in Nablus, with Palestine’s richest man, late Yassir Arafat’s best buddy and his well-behaved German Shepherd.

MONOPOL: A trip into Tehran’s vibrant art scene, the arabesques of Persian narrative, and Farah Diba’s enduring legacy.