Afghanistan

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.

Another national security advisor departs the White House after losing a series of policy battles.

Veteran diplomat Ryan Crocker talks about the “catastrophic” plans for a Taliban summit and scant hopes for any enduring peace deal.

A translation of spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid’s warning for the United States.

Bolton’s pushback and Pentagon concerns over a potential deal with the Afghan insurgents helped convince the U.S. president to cancel the contentious summit.