Afghanistan

Pro-Indian views clash with sympathy for fellow Muslims.

The Islamic State-Khorasan offers a powerful case study of the militant group’s ability to create autonomous affiliates that flourish and endure.

Zabulon Simentov has seen it all, and now, like all Afghans, he must embrace a future filled with uncertainty and violence.

Even when the country wants a deal, at least four largely psychological impediments get in the way.

In Bamiyan, an all-female demining team provides jobs and hope.

A generation of Afghans came of age amid relentless violence. Saturday’s election offers little hope for help.

No matter the outcome, this weekend’s presidential election will likely set back the peace process with the Taliban.

Many Afghans say the threat of violence is too great to risk coming out to the polls.

How one family’s story illustrates the meaninglessness of Saturday’s election in the face of an endless civil war.

Netanyahu is going after the West Bank ahead of Tuesday’s election, Bolton is out as U.S. national security advisor, and the unraveling of Taliban peace talks.

Ordinary Afghans felt excluded from the talks and feared an empowered Taliban.

An abrupt end to a possible deal with the Taliban sticks the United States deeper in the quagmire.

After 18 years of war, thousands of lives lost, and hundreds of billions of dollars squandered, the United States accomplished precisely nothing.

Even as it paints itself as an ally in Afghanistan, the Kremlin is busy undercutting Washington.

Today’s university freshmen were born after the Twin Towers fell. In the Trump era, lack of historical perspective makes young people susceptible to alarmism and more likely to misread threats.

The slaying of a local elder foretells the end of peace talks and the renewal of violence in Afghanistan.