Taliban

Young, educated Afghans are working to reclaim the country—and they need help now, more than ever, even as the U.S. debates its Afghanistan strategy

The massive bombing in Kabul underscores how far the country has fallen as security has collapsed and foreign aid evaporated

I was there in the lead up to Medusa, and witnessed the fallout. It was a flawed operation and Harjit Sajjan’s role was a problem.

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has a blood-soaked past. But he might be the only person who can blunt the Taliban’s alarming recent success.

Absent U.S. leadership, a large swath of the globe is now a lawless power-vacuum that NATO countries can no longer ignore

Former ambassador Chris Alexander on the devotion of Nepali Gurkha guards, after 14 are killed in Afghanistan

Efforts to fix Afghanistan have been a colossal disappointment. 2016 will be its make-or-break year.

An interview with Barnett Rubin, the leading U.S. expert on Afghanistan

Barack Obama vowed to withdraw from America’s ‘longest war.’ Now, he’s having to face the reality that Afghanistan is unfixable.

Lasting peace in Afghanistan won’t just need talks with the Taliban. It will also require rescuing a shattered Pashtun culture