A surge by Taliban forces in Afghanistan has led to the deaths of more than 100 people in a week and has underscored the difficulty of Nato's mission. The Guardian's diplomatic editor, Julian Borger, assesses the west's chances of winning Afghan hearts and minds
As the Democrats stage their national convention in Denver, Colorado, the Guardian's US correpondent Suzanne Goldenberg and Michael Tomasky, editor of the Guardian America website, report on the proceedings. David Moats of the Rutland Herald in Rutland, Vermont, weighs Barack Obama's selection of Joe Biden as his running mate and looks forward to the autumn presidential campaign
Given the recent political turmoil in Pakistan, the resignation of the controversial Pervez Musharraf as president must have seemed like a hopeful sign. But now the coalition government has collapsed, reviving the prospect of more instability. The Guardian's Pakistan correspondent, Saeed Shah, reports
The Beijing Olympics was a big success for the next Olympic host, Great Britain, which tallied 47 medals, putting them in fourth place. James Dart of the Guardian sports desk reviews the games
In 1961 Katharine Whitehorn wrote Cooking in a Bedsitter, a book that gave young professionals a guide to urban survival. Now her work has been reissued for a new generation
