List of Afghanistan articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Exclusive: Iran Teams With Taliban to Fight Islamic State in Afghanistan
Tehran and the Taliban have been at each other's throats for decades, but the Islamic State's rise has the two historical enemies teaming up like never before.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Long War Gets Longer, Special Ops Leaders Brace For It
Raqqa not yet in crosshairs; Vietnam being careful about the way ahead; and lots more
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Meet the Taliban’s New Mullah, Same as the Taliban’s Old Mullah
The rise of Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada shows that the Taliban’s old guard is still holding the reins of power -- and deciding the future of the Afghan war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Magical Thinking of Killing Mullah Mansour
Why does anyone still think that bombing terrorist leaders still works?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: What’s Next in Afghanistan?; New Chinese Base in South China Sea
Obama’s troubles in Asia; Fallujah, Iran, and Shiite militias; Special Ops conference; and lots more
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Don’t Cry for the Taliban
Mullah Mansour's death may be a win for the endless U.S. war on the Taliban. But for the insurgency, it means more chaos -- which is exactly what they want.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Rolls the Dice With Killing of Taliban Chief
The drone strike in Pakistan shows the United States is betting on weakening the insurgency on the battlefield — not at the negotiating table.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Afghanistan: Taliban Chief Killed in U.S. Strike
Mansour’s death comes as the Taliban expand attacks in Key Afghan districts
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Mercenaries Are the Silent Majority of Obama’s Military
The president’s "light footprint" approach to war has relied on thousands of Americans paid to fight — and die — in the shadows.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 For Afghan Women, One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
As the West packs up and heads home, women in Afghanistan are struggling for rights.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Now Who’s Being Rude? British Leaders Snub the Countries They Once Ruled
Did Prime Minister David Cameron and Queen Elizabeth II realize that the three countries they offended in recent comments were each exploited by the British empire?
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Korengal_Valley_2003[1] But Will It Scale in Kabul?
As troops draw down in Afghanistan, a handful of ambitious U.S. veterans are launching start-ups in the country where they once went to war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Taliban’s Newest Public Enemy: Traffic Scofflaws
A Taliban-affiliated website warns followers to stop speeding or face a jihad.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Accused Navy Spy “Ambushed” by Feds, Taliban and AQ Together Again
New Chinese naval exercises; American ally in Turkey quits; and lots more
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Confessions of a NATO Speechwriter
Speechwriting at NATO is a self-defeating, creatively stifling exercise -- one that threatens the hallowed institution's very existence. An insider account of how to fix it.
