What went wrong with the war in Afghanistan? It's a question that scholars, policymakers, service members, veterans and everyday Americans have debated over the course of the 20-year conflict, a ...

A column of U.S. Marines advance to a security position after seizing a Taliban forward-operating base in an unspecified location in Afghanistan on Nov. 25, 2001. U.S. Marine photo by Sgt. Joseph ...

U.S. veterans of the war in Afghanistan are telling a commission reviewing decisions on the 20-year conflict that their experience was not only hell, but also confounding, demoralizing and at times ...

Rashid, Ahmed, Descent Into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia (United Kingdom: Penguin Publishing Group, 2008). Salt, Alexander, ...

Tuesday marked the second anniversary of the Taliban’s capture of Kabul, an event as painful to Afghanistan veterans as the fall of Saigon was to Americans who fought during the Vietnam War. By the ...

An interview with Paul D. Miller about his upcoming book “Choosing Defeat: The Twenty-Year Saga of How America Lost Afghanistan.” In an upcoming book, slated for release in October 2025, Paul D.

There's been no shortage of fact-based criticism aimed at the Biden administration's handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. But some of the criticism from former Trump administration ...

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Welcome to The Azadi Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that unpacks the key issues in Afghanistan. To subscribe, click here. I'm Abubakar Siddique, a senior correspondent at RFE/RL's Radio Azadi. Here's ...

Trump met with Pakistan's prime minister at the White House on Monday. President Donald Trump claimed on Monday he could win the war in Afghanistan in a week, but doesn't want to "kill 10 million ...

Thomas J. Abercrombie's exploration of Afghanistan delivered a story of incredible beauty and tragedy lurking around the corner. With transportive writing and unforgettable photographs, it remains one ...