List of Afghanistan articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Crisis Manager’s Cheat Sheet for 2017
It’s time to start setting priorities for the coming year of war and conflict.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: China’s Aircraft Carrier Making Taiwan Nervous; Russia Hits Obama, Looks Forward to Trump
General Says Two Years Before Mosul and Raqqa Cleared; Afghan Peace Process; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Mike Flynn’s Pakistan Problem
The incoming national security advisor allegedly shared classified intel with Pakistan’s notoriously compromised security services. What does that mean for Trump's "AfPak" policy?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When Corruption Can’t Be Fixed
In countries like Afghanistan, there is no government without patronage. It’s time for Washington to face up to this reality.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Americans Killed in Kunduz; Baghdadi Emerges, Urges More Attacks
Russian Official Threatens Finland With Nukes; al Qaeda Operative Down; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Exclusive: International Criminal Court Poised to Open Investigation into War Crimes in Afghanistan
The investigation could expose U.S. personnel to international justice inquiry for the first time.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Americans Killed by Afghan Army Gunman in Kabul
The attack is the first of its kind in over a year, but comes amid a Taliban offensive.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The 2016 Epidemic of Afghan War Amnesia
There are reasons Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump aren’t talking about U.S. failures in Afghanistan. They're just not good reasons.
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about Iraq in the Brady Briefing room of the White House on June 19, 2014 in Washington, DC. Obama spoke about the deteriorating situation as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants move toward Baghdad after taking control over northern Iraqi cities. *** Local Caption *** Barack Obama The Mess Obama Left Behind in Iraq
Is it right to blame the president for the rise of the Islamic State? Well, it’s not wrong.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kunduz Déjà Vu
One year after the U.S. attack on the MSF hospital in Kunduz, I returned to the site of the massacre. The facility is still in ruins, and the Taliban are closing in on the city. Again.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to handle Pakistan? 5 pointers
I have been reading Peter Tomsen’s "The Wars of Afghanistan."
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 From the Taliban Frying Pan to the Islamic State Fire
In Afghanistan, survivors from Islamic State-controlled regions speak of a cruel new regime that makes the Taliban look permissive by comparison.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Final Front in the Afghan War
FP’s Dan De Luce talks to Sune Rasmussen and Andrew Quilty about reporting from Helmand Province, where the fighting has worsened and the Taliban is gaining ground.
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First Helmand, Then Afghanistan
A trip through the country’s beleaguered south reveals demoralized soldiers, corrupt local officials, and sweeping Taliban gains in previously peaceful towns. How did Obama’s “good war” go so wrong?
