List of Afghanistan articles
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Chaos at Kabul airport in Afghanistan I’m a Democrat Who Opposed the Withdrawal. This Catastrophe Is Why.
At minimum, Biden owed our allies in Afghanistan a plan.
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A U.S. Chinook military helicopter in Afghanistan Departure of Private Contractors Was a Turning Point in Afghan Military’s Collapse
For two decades, contractors provided key maintenance and military support.
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People climb atop a plane at Kabul airport ‘I’m Furious. I Feel Helpless.’
American diplomats reckon with Afghanistan’s collapse.
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Taliban fighters stand guard. Pakistan and the United States Have Betrayed the Afghan People
Washington ignored Islamabad funding and supplying the Taliban. Now Afghans are paying the price.
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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.
