The reality in Afghanistan and the region provides a lot for peacemakers to work with -- if we can look past gloomy predictions. 40 years ago, the Soviet Union eliminated a communist rival from ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken finally appeared before Congress on Wednesday to address the botched U.S. withdrawal from ...

Humanitarian Invasion is the first book of its kind: a ground-level inside account of what development and humanitarianism meant for Afghanistan, a country touched by international aid like no other.

Khalil Haqqani, Taliban acting minister of refugees, was killed in a blast Wednesday at the ministry's headquarters in Kabul.

The US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 contributed to a boom in the private security business. In recent years, the presence of contractors has decreased, mirroring the withdrawal of foreign ...

The Taliban took control of Kabul just weeks before the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the event that led to the US invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001 and the Taliban’s fall. It was hoped this ...

Angela Merkel was chancellor when Germany pulled the Bundeswehr out of Afghanistan and the Taliban conquered Kabul in 2021. She was the last witness to testify before a Bundestag committee of inquiry ...

That prompted the 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan that drove the Taliban from power. “It is insane for the US to think the Taliban can be a reliable counterterrorism partner, given the Taliban ...