U.S. Military

Lawmakers raked Gen. Milley, Gen. McKenzie, and Defense Secretary Austin over the coals for the chaotic end to the war in Afghanistan.

The long-range weapon could strike South Korea, Japan, and U.S. bases in the region.

Withdrawal was always bound to be chaotic, but wishful thinking, poor planning, and glacial bureaucracies have made a difficult situation worse.

Veterans mobilize online to help Afghans fleeing the Taliban.

The main lesson from the failed intervention in Afghanistan is about the dangers of self-delusion. Will anyone learn it?

The parallels are easy to list.

Each has bipartisan support and could be taken in short order.

Withdrawing U.S. forces from South Korea is unlikely, but fresh thinking in Washington could lay the groundwork for a new security architecture on the peninsula.

Tehran’s Shiite regime has strategic, economic, ideological, and ecological reasons for backing Sunni extremists.

At minimum, Biden owed our allies in Afghanistan a plan.

American diplomats reckon with Afghanistan’s collapse.

The United States evacuates its embassy while diplomats and aid officials brace for a new humanitarian catastrophe.

If the U.S. military goes electric, it could be good for the planet—and bad for national security.

The U.S. Afghanistan pullout and other geopolitical shifts are aligning New Delhi with Tehran.

Relabeling U.S. soldiers as “noncombat” won’t spare them from militia attacks.

As Blinken heads to New Delhi, he could find some surprising common ground on Afghanistan.

Intelligence assets who worked for the CIA now face deadly reprisals.

Beijing has its eyes set on using Afghanistan as a strategic corridor once U.S. troops are out of the way.