List of Afghanistan articles
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The flag of the Islamic Emirate is painted on the wall outside the former U.S. Embassy in Kabul Life Under the Taliban
A few weeks after militants took over Kabul and the country, Afghanistan has gone back to a past it didn’t miss.
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Relatives of a man killed in the Kabul airport bombing bury his body. Islamic State-Khorasan’s Reach Extends Far Beyond Afghanistan
The extremist group seeks to destabilize South and Central Asia.
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Taliban fighters stand on an armored vehicle. In Afghanistan, It’s Back to the Future—of Taliban Tyranny
A government of mullahs and terrorists snuffs out freedoms despite talk of inclusion and human rights.
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Pfc. William Berczik stands on top of a Stryker vehicle in the desert near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2014. The Strategic Logic of a Forever War
The United States should have ignored sunk costs in Afghanistan and maintained a light military footprint.
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Two U.S. soldiers walk past a concrete block with a painted-on Iraqi flag as they patrol a neighborhood in Baghdad on Jan. 18, 2008. 20 Years After 9/11, U.S. Global Authority Is Weaker Than Ever
A crisis within Islam spawned al Qaeda. It also put an end to a U.S.-led unipolar world.
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Taliban fighter in Kabul Biden Is Running a Hostage Negotiation With the Taliban
Making concessions now will only encourage terrorism.
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911-changed-america-chasm-alex-nabaum-illustration Did 9/11 Change the United States?
We asked seven of our contributors what’s different after 20 years.
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U.S. Army 3rd Division Bradley fighting vehicles take up their position. How the U.S. Got 9/11 Wrong
The lone superpower inadvertently taught the rest of the world how to fight it—and win.
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Afghan women protest near the Pakistan embassy in Kabul, a day after the Taliban claimed to have crushed the last outpost of resistance, Sept. 7. Afghans Protest After Taliban Claim to Have Crushed Panjshir Resistance
Chants of “Freedom” and “Death to Taliban” rang out in Kabul and other Afghan cities.
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Afghan money-changers count Pakistani rupees at the money exchange market in Kabul. Afghanistan’s Money Exchangers Are the Economy’s Last Best Hope
As many banks are forced to close, an informal network of money exchangers provides an indispensable service.
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A Hazara woman holds her child as she attends an event on International Women’s Day. Afghanistan’s Hazaras Get Mixed Messages From the Taliban
The Islamic State-Khorasan has come to represent a greater threat to the persecuted minority.
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Afghan security officers stand in front of a U.N. vehicle. U.N. Return to Afghanistan: ‘This Is Completely Insane’
A month ago, the United Nations was pulling its staff out of Afghanistan. Now, it’s headed back in to avert a major humanitarian crisis.
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An Afghan who says he worked as a CIA operative The CIA Secretly Evacuated Most of Its Spies From Afghanistan
The agency has a long history of extracting people from danger zones.
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An Afghan child walks near abandoned military uniforms in Kabul. Now America Must Help the Millions of Afghans It Left Behind
Engaging with a Taliban government will be painful. Washington will have to do it anyway.
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French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Masoud Barzani in Erbil. Macron Uses Biden’s Afghan Retreat to Push ‘Strategic Autonomy’
But doubts remain whether he can cut his own path in the Middle East.
