Kabul (Afghanistan)

The U.S. Needs to Return to Afghanistan

Since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Washington has isolated the Taliban, a tactic that backfired the last time the group was in power.

General Mark Milley’s Term Had It All

His four years as the senior military adviser to two presidents spanned an unusually chaotic period.

They Shot at Her. They Forced Her From Her Home. She Won’t Stop Fighting for Girls.

Khalida Popal helped save Afghan female soccer players from the Taliban. Now she is demanding that world soccer officials let them play for their country again.

The Taliban Won but These Afghans Fought On

But the Afghan resistance movement is no match for the Taliban’s military might.

Afghanistan Has Ousted Americans, but Cultural Influences Remain

While the Taliban have erased most obvious vestiges of the U.S. nation-building effort in Afghanistan, the cultural legacy of two decades of American occupation has been harder to stamp out.