Can this warlord save Afghanistan?
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has a blood-soaked past. But he might be the only person who can blunt the Taliban’s alarming recent success.
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Adnan R. Khan
Adnan R. Khan has been on the ground for Maclean’s in some of the world’s most unfriendly places, from Pakistan to Iraq, writing about conflict, politics, society, and the occasional vacationing tips in Afghanistan. He claims to be based in a small cabin somewhere on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast though no one can definitively prove it.
The death of democracy in Turkey
Adnan R. Khan reports from Turkey on the disputed referendum and the dangerous rise of the cult of President Erdogan
After the MOAB, Afghanistan reverberates still
The U.S. says its massive bomb was the right tool for the right target, but Afghan officials argue Islamic State was already on the retreat
Why Malala’s struggle has only begun
She successfully faced down the Taliban, but in Pakistan ISIS and fundamentalism are on the rise, threatening to undermine her victories
The Canadian medics embedded in the fight against ISIS
Why a group of Canadian volunteers, led by former anti-Islamic State fighters, is rushing into the thick of the war in Mosul
How Trump’s new travel ban still targets Iraq
Sunni refugees who lived under ISIS rule face fear and suspicion in Iraq, Turkey—and now the United States
What went wrong in Mosul
Iraqi forces were losing the battle. Then the airstrikes began, turning the tide—but at a horrible cost. Inside the terrifying fight for Mosul.
Love in the time of ISIS
Mustafa and Rosul planned to marry, until ISIS came and tragedy tore them apart. They feared they’d never see each other again.
Donald Trump is destabilizing Iraq
The travel ban from several Muslim nations is dismantling any goodwill the U.S. has built up, and boosting Iranian influence
He’s a hero to U.S. soldiers. Will the U.S. let him return home?
Visiting Kirkuk on a trip, military interpreter Alan Adil Abdullah isn’t sure what will happen when he tries to return to his kids and home in Seattle