Afghanistan

Biden’s withdrawal announcement is meant to end a 20-year war, but Washington has been dragged back into conflicts before.

The United States hadn’t accomplished its goals in 20 years. The next few weren’t going to make much of a difference.

As the United States leaves Afghanistan, the question of troops in the Middle East to support the Afghan mission looms large.

Pulling out all U.S. troops is the administration’s risky plan to pressure Kabul and the Taliban to make peace.

With troops to depart on Sept. 11, the next five months are critical for any chance of peace.

The move will finally end the United States’ longest war.

Unless it changes tack, the administration is about to make bad situations even worse.

Decentralizing power can be key to long-term peace.

Wesley Morgan’s “The Hardest Place” is embedded reporting at its finest.

Washington promised to bring liberal democracy to Kabul. It created a bloated and ineffective sector of artificial NGOs instead.

A middle path, with a greater role for India, is still possible—and preferable to either extreme.

Two decades of progress are threatened by the Taliban return—and a hasty U.S. exit.

Long sidelined by Islamabad, Moscow, and Beijing, New Delhi is finally taking a seat at the table.

There are no good choices, but staying on is the worst.

The U.S. defense secretary, in a surprise visit to Afghanistan, warned that Taliban violence remains “pretty high” as Biden weighs withdrawal.

The United States and Pakistan must work together to secure the country’s future.

Washington’s latest idea of a transitional government would be worse than the dysfunctional status quo.