List of Afghanistan articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Madness of Crowds
The Americans who’ve suffered at the hands of Wall Street, and two long, ineffectual wars, are angry, and they’re going to make those responsible pay for it — by voting for Donald Trump.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A grunt’s thoughts on the loss of Kunduz: I used to tell my squad that it was worth it
As I’m scrolling through my Facebook feed during my Monday morning commute I almost overlook a post from my old Company Commander: “Taliban Fighters Overrun Kunduz City as Afghan Forces Retreat.”
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Situation Report: Obama Slows Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Clinton email probe is finished; Trump's long affair with Saddam; Cage, Connery, and the Iraq War; and a bit more.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Slows Withdrawal From a War He Pledged to End
With the Taliban on the move, the president opts to keep more U.S. troops in Afghanistan, extending America’s longest war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: More Airstrikes, More Dead Civilians; Syria Train and Equip Numbers
Fragile States Index; Aussies Allegedly Pushing Around Neighbors; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Tom, to answer your corruption question: Here’s the best study you’ll never see
The most difficult problem with studying corruption is effectively measuring it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: NATO In On Afghanistan; Chinese, Russian Ships Peep U.S. Ops
U.S. Warplanes in Philippines; U.A.E. Done in Yemen;; and lots more
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ethnic Minorities Are Fueling the Taliban’s Expansion in Afghanistan
The Taliban is gaining dangerous leverage by recruiting Tajiks, Turkmen, and Uzbeks.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Blood Lapis: How Mining Funds Afghanistan’s Violence
A Global Witness report details how lapis has become a conflict mineral in Afghanistan.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Slain NPR Photojournalist Saved Emotion for ‘Absolutely Beautiful’ Pictures
NPR war photog David Gilkey and an interpreter were killed by an RPG in Afghanistan’s Helmand province.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Millions Left Behind in Afghanistan
With war intensifying as U.S. and NATO troops head home, promises made to help the millions of internally displaced are woefully unfulfilled.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ex-Gitmo Prosecutor-Turned-Critic Settles Free Speech Case for $100,000
The former Gitmo prosecutor wrote op-eds critical of the prison, and was then fired from the Library of Congress.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Where Rumors Can Kill
For refugees, access to information is a matter of life and death. Here’s what one organization is doing to help.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Was Mullah Mansour Doing in Iran?
In the wake of the Taliban leader’s death, we’re only now coming to understand just how ties between Tehran and the Taliban are evolving.
