Justin Trudeau vs. Stephen Harper
Trudeau’s UN speech was about Canada’s example. Harper’s 10 years ago was about Canada in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Q&A: On ’selfless’ Gurkha guards, after 14 were killed in Kabul
Former ambassador Chris Alexander on the devotion of Nepali Gurkha guards, after 14 are killed in Afghanistan
Fighting the Taliban, one stroke at a time
The mesmerizing true story of Afghan squash champion Maria Toorpakai
Trevor Greene: ’I am still alive. This is my thank-you letter.’
’The right people happened to be at exactly the right place at exactly the right times’
The new faces of Afghan women
How a once-invisible generation, born under Taliban rule, is yanking Afghanistan into the 21st century
’The test was survival’: Afghan President Ghani on his first 18 months
Efforts to fix Afghanistan have been a colossal disappointment. 2016 will be its make-or-break year.
Negotiating with the Taliban might just work
An interview with Barnett Rubin, the leading U.S. expert on Afghanistan
The Interview: Gulwali Passarlay on his escape from Afghanistan
Passarlay survived human trafficking and a Mediterranean crossing. And he plans to go back home.
Our editorial: The price of Western retreat is instability
The Taliban’s resurgence reminds us that the fight isn’t over in Afghanistan
Barack Obama’s doomed new war against drugs
With the DEA and the CIA often working at cross-purposes, observers say it’s a war that can’t be won