List of Afghanistan articles
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indonesia afghanistan refugees Will Afghan Refugees Stranded in Southeast Asia Be Resettled?
After the fall of Kabul, some countries are opening their doors. Afghans who have been stuck in Malaysia and Indonesia for years are hoping that they will not be forgotten.
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Afghan laborers work at a stone mine. Afghanistan Is No Treasure Trove for China
The country’s mineral wealth remains largely theoretical.
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Central Command chief Kenneth McKenzie Pentagon Leaders Contradict Biden Over Troops in Afghanistan
Lawmakers raked Gen. Milley, Gen. McKenzie, and Defense Secretary Austin over the coals for the chaotic end to the war in Afghanistan.
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A boy walks through buildings damaged from fighting. America Isn’t Ready to Fight the Islamic State in Afghanistan
The jihadi group’s continued rise has left the United States with only bad options.
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Afghan resistance and anti-Taliban fighters stand guard in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province on Aug. 23. Afghan Resistance Mulls Formation of Government in Exile
Fighters, politicians, and generals will try to ape the Taliban’s playbook while the extremists sleepwalk into civil war.
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference. NATO Chief on Afghan Legacy: ‘Have To Ask Some Difficult Questions’
Jens Stoltenberg weighs in on AUKUS, Zapad, and the fate of Afghanistan after 20 years of bitter toil.
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Taliban leaders walk toward a Moscow press conference. The Taliban Want a Seat at the U.N.
A Taliban letter to the secretary-general sets the stage for a diplomatic showdown.
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Taliban fighters pass a billboard in Kabul. The Myth of Moderate Jihadis
The unspoken pact between Washington and anti-Islamic State jihadi groups is a short-sighted move that will reward extremists.
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Police officers patrol by the wreckage of a car at the scene of suicide car bomb attack that targeted the city's police commissioner in Mogadishu, on July 10. Could Somalia Be the Next Afghanistan?
A similar rapid collapse of state institutions awaits if Somali elites and Western governments don’t alter their approach.
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Taliban fighters in Afghanistan Why the Taliban Won’t Quit al Qaeda
Don’t expect the Taliban to compromise their terrorist allies.
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Afghan refugees arrive at Dulles International Airport Throw a Lifeline to the Afghans Left Behind
This week’s U.N. General Assembly provides an opportunity to assist the minorities, activists, women, and girls still in Afghanistan.
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A man dressed in a blue tunic and pants gazes out over a view of the city through peaked arches atop a high building. How Not to Lose the Peace in Afghanistan
A U.N. peacekeeping mission could help avert civil war.
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Members of the Taliban The Taliban Don’t Need the West
Afghanistan’s new rulers have shown themselves to be skilled—and ruthless—diplomats.
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Pakistan International Airlines plane takes off from Kabul China and Pakistan See Eye to Eye on the Taliban—Almost
They share economic and geopolitical interests in Afghanistan, but counterterrorism could be a wrench.
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Soldiers of the German Wehrmacht stand with their hands up How America Forgot It Needed to Understand The Enemy
Social scientists helped win World War II by judging enemy morale. But in Afghanistan, the U.S. kept getting it wrong.
