Middle East
Why Trump won't get Afghanistan's Bagram base back
While the Taliban have of course objected, Russia and China would have something to say too
October 06, 2025
afghanistan
Media
Fort Bragg horrors expose dark underbelly of post-9/11 warfare
Veteran and journalist Seth Harp's new book is causing a stir as he explores how the war came home, complete with drugs, violence, and criminality.
September 16, 2025
Middle East
Millions of Afghans forced to return to a hellscape the world forgot
Iran and Pakistan are deporting people in en masse back to a country where Taliban revenge and abuse, no jobs or food, and grinding poverty, await
August 29, 2025
Military Industrial Complex
Turns out leaving Afghanistan did not unleash terror on US or region
There have been zero attacks against American-linked targets at home or abroad in the four years since the withdrawal
August 28, 2025
Asia-Pacific
Left behind, Afghanistan is now an environmental hellhole
What did we think nearly 50 years of war and neglect was going to do to that country?
April 21, 2025
Middle East
Trump's refugee ban is endangering US Afghan allies
The legal situation is unclear but veterans say the freeze on resettlement ops has already caused life threatening delays
February 26, 2025
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