This Jake Tapper piece today is typical of what I’m reading and hearing: Blame for Afghanistan falls on Bush the elder, and his secretary of defense, Dick Cheney, for not concentrating enough on ...

A general view of Mes Aynak valley is seen some 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Afghanistan sits atop vast lithium reserves and faces a pivotal ...

Engaging with Kabul could improve America’s position against its rivals, primarily China. A U.S.-sympathetic Afghanistan will encourage China to bolster its defenses in the areas bordering Afghanistan ...

Mistaken beliefs in foreign affairs, including ones that are widely held and drive major policies, can persist for a long time. Contrary events sometimes force a re-evaluation of such beliefs, of ...

This was mentioned in the Morning News, but the Reuters article we linked to sort of buried the news. The headline on the cover of today’s NYT (changed slightly online) puts it more clearly: “Allies ...

Neelab Noori was 13 years old when the Taliban walked into Kabul. The first thing she noticed was the silence where her school used to be. “Soon after the takeover, the first thing they did was close ...

The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021 through the use of surveillance and censorship and by punishing media workers for perceived criticism. As the ...

Afghanistan has largely disappeared from the news, but it remains at the center of one of the world’s most persistent, severe, and complex humanitarian crises. Almost three years after the Taliban ...