Afghanistan

As Blinken heads to New Delhi, he could find some surprising common ground on Afghanistan.

Intelligence assets who worked for the CIA now face deadly reprisals.

In some Afghan towns, women are fleeing ahead of insurgent takeovers.

Bamiyan, home to the Taliban-wrecked Buddhas, might be the start of Afghanistan’s pushback against the insurgents.

Beijing has its eyes set on using Afghanistan as a strategic corridor once U.S. troops are out of the way.

Meth is even more profitable than heroin—and is turbocharging the insurgency.

Since the war began, America has had one lens for Central Asia. What happens now?

Beijing would have preferred U.S. troops to stay.

The European allies that fought alongside the United States will face the fallout as thousands of refugees flee the Taliban, giving fodder to far-right parties.

After decades of supporting the Afghan government, New Delhi is planning for its potential fall.

Afghanistan’s foreign minister on what may await his country after the U.S. withdrawal.

The president said this withdrawal will be nothing like what happened in 1975, but there are some striking parallels.

How to make sense of Washington’s longest war ever.

Afghanistan will get an injection of contractor support and planes for its beleaguered Air Force.

The United States vowed to destroy the Taliban. Today, they are stronger than ever. But will that last?

As Afghan forces melt away, local armed groups are left to hold the line against the Taliban.

The shift comes as the White House seeks to downgrade the threat of global terrorism after 20 years of “forever wars.”