List of Afghanistan articles
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An Afghan Pashtun tribal elder speaks to an interpreter. Why Afghanistan’s Tribes Beat the United States
Tightly bound kinship networks aren’t vestiges of the past. They’re a modern—and effective—form of political organization.
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U.S. President Joe Biden How Biden Was Right About Afghanistan—and Disastrously Wrong
The president is taking flak from all sides, but the timing of the Taliban takeover could minimize the political damage.
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Displaced Afghans at a makeshift camp in the Shahr-e-Naw park in northwestern Kabul on Aug. 12. Many Afghans Fear for Their Lives as Taliban Fighters Take Kabul
In a new chapter for Afghanistan, women are particularly vulnerable.
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Displaced Afghans from the northern provinces are evacuated from a makeshift camp in Shahr-e-Naw to various mosques and schools in Kabul on Aug. 12. Afghan Government Collapses as Ghani Flees the Country
The United States evacuates its embassy while diplomats and aid officials brace for a new humanitarian catastrophe.
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A young Afghan Kyrgyz girl reads. China Is Protecting Its Thin Corridor to the Afghan Heartland
The Wakhan Corridor is a fiercely contested imperial hangover.
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Afghan children at an IDP camp The Coming Afghan Refugee Crisis Is Only a Preview
More desperate migrants will head West in coming years—and the West’s migration policies must change in response.
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Afghan security personnel and Afghan militia fighting against the Taliban stand guard in the Enjil district of Herat province, Afghanistan, on July 30. How Did Things Go So Bad So Fast in Afghanistan?
The State Department weighs evacuating the U.S. embassy in Kabul as more cities fall.
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U.S. soldiers fight the Taliban. Afghans Need a Humanitarian Intervention Right Now
The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan should continue. But a new military engagement should begin.
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Newly graduated Afghan National Army cadets march during their graduation ceremony at the Kabul Military Training Center in Kabul on Dec. 30, 2014. What Went Wrong With Afghanistan’s Defense Forces?
Ten provincial capitals have fallen in a week, and Kabul is teetering.
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Men walk in Zaranj, Afghanistan. More Provinces, Atrocities for Rampaging Taliban
Six more Afghan provinces fell over the weekend, and Kabul fears the “country will fall apart.”
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U.N. Afghanistan envoy Deborah Lyons attends a meeting in Kabul. U.N. Afghanistan Envoy Issues Desperate Plea to Avert Catastrophe
Deborah Lyons cites Syria and Sarajevo in her warnings of what could come as the Taliban turn their guns toward Afghanistan’s cities.
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People walk toward a border crossing point in Pakistan. How Pakistan Could Become Biden’s Worst Enemy
The United States is banking on Islamabad to broker successful peace talks with the Taliban. That’s not likely to happen.
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A militia member rests in Afghanistan. With Militias in Herat, ‘We Are Caught Between Bad and Worse’
Killings by militiamen in Herat underscore the risks of relying on armed civilians to fight off the Taliban.
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Storay Karimi gives directions. Taliban Rampage Puts Afghan Journalists in Crosshairs
The last 20 years saw a renaissance in the Afghan media landscape. Now, it’s crumbling.
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Ebrahim Raisi Ebrahim Raisi and India’s Bet on Iran
The U.S. Afghanistan pullout and other geopolitical shifts are aligning New Delhi with Tehran.
