Afghanistan

The war is not yet over and its outcome is not yet certain.

Michael Waltz, Congress’s first Green Beret, talks about the new Space Force and America’s budding commercial launch industry.

The endless conflicts in Afghanistan and the Middle East are ritual, not strategy.

Thousands of women have set off on their own for Turkey, but harassment from Afghan men often follows them to their new country.

Officials say it's time to shift diplomatic resources to countering China and Russia.

Beijing may be safeguarding its interests with the Taliban.

Negotiations involving a broad group that represents all of Afghanistan—not just its senior politicians—are the only way to achieve a lasting settlement.

There’s no substance behind arguments that the U.S. president is using his unpredictability to the country’s advantage.

A U.S. withdrawal has opened the door to a possible political settlement, but success will depend on regional powers and the country’s neighbors.

For Kabul, India is a vital counterbalance to an aggressive neighbor.

Why the United States keeps getting South Asia wrong.

As the United States contemplates leaving, New Delhi quietly reaches out to the Taliban.

In an interview, Afghanistan’s first female ambassador to Washington sets a hard line for Taliban peace talks.

On the podcast: Former Pakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani on America’s endgame in Afghanistan.

U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan would leave a power vacuum filled by terrorists.

Successive U.S. administrations failed to heed the lessons of a forgotten counterinsurgency success story from Vietnam.

In their zeal to oppose any policy associated with Trump, the Democratic Party’s leaders in Congress are starting to sound like warmongers.

Afghanistan’s jihadi insurgents are ready to give America what it wants: defeat without humiliation.

By holding its own peace talks, Moscow is laying the groundwork to play kingmaker.

The lifelong booster of American power is caught between Trump’s withdrawal plans and the Taliban threat.