List of Taliban articles
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Taliban delegation in Moscow Chinese Recognition of the Taliban Is All but Inevitable
The geostrategic and economic benefits of closer relations are too great for Beijing to ignore.
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Medical and hospital staff bring an injured man on a stretcher for treatment after two powerful explosions outside the airport in Kabul on Aug. 26. Is Islamic Terrorism Coming to the U.S. Again?
After the deadly Kabul attack, the CIA pins its hopes on an unconventional counterterrorism strategy.
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Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid arrives at the first press conference in Kabul following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan on Aug. 18. Facebook’s Taliban Ban Will Prove Costly for Afghans
Why the tech giant is on the wrong side of history yet again.
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A full flight of 265 people are evacuated out of Kabul. Afghanistan Braces for a Brain Drain
The Taliban are intent on driving out the very people they need to make the country governable.
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The Bala Hissar historical compound in Kabul A Taliban Challenge: To Learn the Lessons of History
What an ancient citadel can teach us about Afghanistan’s past—and its potential future.
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U.S. Marines raise an American flag Afghanistan Hasn’t Damaged U.S. Credibility
The withdrawal has been tragic—but it hasn’t been a strategic disaster.
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U.S. President Joe Biden Lessons From Biden’s Very Bad Week
The U.S. president’s refusal to acknowledge error has dismayed supporters and European allies.
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A female TV presenter from southern Afghanistan The Tragic Fate of Afghanistan’s Journalists
Many are fleeing or in hiding. Women, some locked out of their outlets, are in particular danger.
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Afghan Taliban fighters at Bakwah in the western province of Farah on Nov. 3, 2015. The Taliban Can—and Can’t—Be Trusted
There’s good news on international terrorism—and bad news on plenty else.
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Head of the Taliban delegation Abdul Salam Hanafi, accompanied by Taliban officials Amir Khan Muttaqi, Shahabuddin Delawar and Abdul Latin Mansour, walks down a hotel lobby during the talks in Qatar's capital Doha on Aug. 12. Two Talibans Are Competing for Afghanistan
The gap between the group’s international leadership and its rank-and-file fighters has never been wider.
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A Russian soldier Post-American Afghanistan and India’s Geopolitics
The fall of Kabul accelerates a fundamental realignment that was already underway.
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A U.S. soldier points his gun toward an Afghan passenger Biden’s Democracy Agenda Just Died an Ugly Death in Kabul
The fall of Afghanistan reveals hard truths about U.S. human rights talks.
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Chinese foreign minister meets with Taliban leader China Won’t Repeat America’s Mistakes in Afghanistan
Beijing wants stability. That could serve some U.S. ends.
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U.S. President Joe Biden How Biden Was Right About Afghanistan—and Disastrously Wrong
The president is taking flak from all sides, but the timing of the Taliban takeover could minimize the political damage.
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Ismail Khan, the leader of Herat's militia, gives orders to his forces during a clash with the Taliban inside Herat city, Afghanistan, on Aug. 2. ‘The Taliban Have Not and Will Not Ever Change’
Ismail Khan, fabled warlord and former governor, is back again on the front lines to fend off the Taliban advance.
