Why the Afghan government collapsed after the US withdrawal
A new report finds that Afghanistan’s military was set up to fail once the Americans pulled out.
A new report finds that Afghanistan’s military was set up to fail once the Americans pulled out.
A new book puts together documents uncovered at Osama bin Laden’s hideout and finds the roots of a 20-year threat inflation.
The attacks, which killed more than 45 people this weekend, were in retaliation for a spring offensive by the TPP, a Taliban ally.
The Taliban takeover pummeled the country’s economic sector; how can the international community help the Afghan people survive?
The US Treasury waiver will allow commercial transactions and cross-border trade previously prohibited under anti-Taliban sanctions.
Two big ones — nearly 50 years apart — marked the biggest US foreign policy disasters in recent memory.
New data shows stunning plunge in coverage, just as the humanitarian crisis — much of it caused by Washington sanctions — peaks.
PM Khan is allowing radicalism to fester, giving militants more of a say in foreign policy. This is putting a strain on US relations, too.
The decision to freeze nearly $10 billion in government assets has put an already impoverished country on the brink of state collapse.
The former Afghan envoy popped up at a conference of U.S. war policy critics. He agrees with them, and perhaps that’s all that matters.
The only “winners” in the two-decade war are the members of America’s military-industrial-congressional complex.
In his first interview post-Afghanistan withdrawal, the longtime US diplomat is sometimes selective, other times brutally honest.
A veteran war correspondent recalls the ignorance, poor judgement, exceptionalism, and hubris in all of our interventions.
At first sight, the insurgents’ return to power is good news for Pakistan, but this could prove to be a Pyrrhic victory.
The prospect of new extremist threats pouring into or igniting within these states or just over the border is a real security issue.
Iran and the Taliban have mutual interests that will favor cooperation despite their long-standing rivalry.
Humanitarian assistance cannot depend on whether the insurgent group forms a government or what it looks like.
The Taliban’s security problems are likely to be domestic and regional rather than hail from transnational jihadist groups.
Tehran has a long history with the Pashtuns across the border so their optimism is a bit tempered these days.
The Taliban may be talked out of poppy production if the price is right.
If China has learned anything from its recent experiences in Pakistan, it will proceed cautiously with a small footprint in Afghanistan.