Afghanistan
This Young Woman Was Imprisoned For 27 Days For Protesting The Taliban’s Policies Against Women’s Rights
“I believe that any struggle has a price and this could be detention, torture, and even murder,” 22-year-old Parwana Ibrahimkhel said. “But I was determined to struggle.”
Syed Zabiullah Langari
The Taliban Have Started Searching People's Homes In Afghanistan
“The world is preoccupied with the Ukraine crisis," one activist said. "We have been relegated to the back-burner.”
Syed Zabiullah Langari
You Don't Care About These Photos From Afghanistan, But Some People Died For Them
"There were more than 50 media workers and journalists killed in Afghanistan, most of them Afghans. So we're really paying homage to them, to what was going on and what was given up."
Kate Bubacz
The US Remembered The 20th Anniversary Of 9/11 Weeks After The Chaotic End To The War In Afghanistan
The annual rituals remembering the attack on the US in 2001 are underway across the country.
Tom Namako
Joe Biden Defended His Decision To Not Push The Afghanistan Withdrawal Into A “Forever Exit”
But drone strikes against terrorist targets are likely to continue, Biden said in a speech the day after the withdrawal ended.
Nidhi Prakash
He Got Out Of Afghanistan Just In Time. His Family Didn’t.
When Farhad Wajdi left Afghanistan for the US, he assumed he could help his parents get out too. But then everything changed.
Megha Rajagopalan
The US Military Has Left Afghanistan After 20 Years
The evacuation itself was increasingly dicey, first with concerns over Taliban forces allowing people to freely access Hamid Karzai International Airport, where American evacuation flights were departing.
Nidhi Prakash
These Photos Show Life In Afghanistan As The Last US Soldiers Leave
Afghans are mourning and preparing to move on as they near the end of an era.
Kirsten Chilstrom
Working Women In Afghanistan Are Beginning To Navigate Life Under Taliban Rule
At a hospital in Kabul, terrified patients fled their beds, a new policy bars interactions between men and women, and nurses and doctors must check in with the Taliban daily.
Nishita Jha
Foreign UN Staffers Are Evacuating Afghanistan. Local Staffers Say They Have Been Left Behind.
Afghan nationals who work for the UN take on far greater risks for less pay than their international colleagues, and their work leaves them exposed to Taliban reprisals.
Megha Rajagopalan
America’s Far-Right Extremists Are Drawing Inspiration From The Taliban’s Victory In Afghanistan
Experts warn that the failed 20-year war will likely be used by domestic extremists to recruit and organize.
Christopher Miller
The Taliban Is Taking Back Control Of Afghanistan
It comes almost 20 years since the US launched its war on terror in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Claudia Koerner
These Images From The War In Afghanistan Raise A Lot Of Questions About What's Next
"I think this is in many ways the worst possible outcome."
Kate Bubacz
ICE Deported The Husband Of A Soldier Killed In Afghanistan, Then Quickly Reversed Its Decision
Jose Gonzalez Carranza doesn’t know why ICE moved to deport him after his case had been closed, or why he was suddenly allowed back in.
Salvador Hernandez
Three US Service Members Were Killed By A Roadside Bomb In Afghanistan
Thirteen US service members have been killed in combat in Afghanistan this year.
Salvador Hernandez
Trump Once Again Showed A Lack Of Concern For Security When He Canceled Pelosi's Military Flight To Afghanistan
“The one thing that kind of enables these trips to go forward is that they are done as a surprise visit.”
Emily Tamkin
He Was Born In Grand Rapids And Fought In Afghanistan, But The Local Sheriff’s Office Still Turned Him Over To ICE
“This is what immigration enforcement has come to in this country.”
Hamed Aleaziz
Three US Soldiers Were Killed In Afghanistan Today In The Deadliest Attack This Year
The roadside bomb also wounded three other US service members as well as an American contractor.
Vera Bergengruen
An Afghan Pilot Wrote A Beautiful Letter To The Wife Of A Utah Mayor Killed While Serving In Afghanistan
"You husband taught me to be a better father, to be a better husband, and to be a better man."
Tasneem Nashrulla
This Is What The First Days Of The War In Afghanistan Looked Like
On Oct. 7, 2001 — 17 years ago today — the US carried out strikes on Taliban forces in Afghanistan in retaliation for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. These pictures show the events that unfolded in the first year of a war that continues to this day.
Gabriel H. Sanchez
17 Years And Counting, It’s Still Not Clear What Success In Afghanistan Looks Like
The outgoing US commander in Afghanistan gave what was likely his final press briefing on Wednesday, facing a barrage of questions about how the US military can claim both progress and a stalemate.
Vera Bergengruen
This Student Is Being Called A Hero For Preventing A Man’s Deportation To Afghanistan
"The man will most likely be killed in Afghanistan. I have to do what I can."
Rachael Krishna
The US Still Isn't Doing Great In Afghanistan Or Iraq, These Numbers Show
The numbers in two recent reports show a slow backslide in Iraq and Afghanistan despite almost two decades of US involvement.
Vera Bergengruen
How To Deal With Bad News From Afghanistan: Just Keep It Secret
The agency that Congress created to track progress on the war in Afghanistan accused the Pentagon Tuesday of blocking the release of metrics it's published in previous years.
Vera Bergengruen
Private War: Erik Prince Has His Eye On Afghanistan's Rare Metals
BuzzFeed News is publishing the slide presentation by the founder of Blackwater to privatize the Afghan war and mine Afghanistan's valuable minerals. He pitched the proposal to the Trump administration. Prince told BuzzFeed News, "You're a fucking hack."
Aram Roston
Afghanistan’s Hipsters Have Found Themselves A Pocket Of Calm
Obscured by car bombs and a resurgent Taliban, a surprisingly resilient hipster scene has emerged in Kabul.
Borzou Daragahi
21 Incredibly Beautiful Photos Of Afghanistan In The Mid-20th Century
A look back at the history of Afghanistan.
Gabriel H. Sanchez
My Son Was Born Into The Afghanistan War, And He May Die In It
Serving in Afghanistan taught me there is no military solution to the country's problem — and there's no end in sight to the 16-year-old war.
Danny Sjursen
This Is How We Got To Trump's Decision On Afghanistan
The decision to add several thousand more US troops to the fight comes after eight months of deliberation and nearly 16 years of war.
Hayes Brown
Trump Did Not Say How Much He'd Increase Troop Levels In Afghanistan In His National Speech
Defense Secretary James Mattis reportedly received authorization in June to send as many as 3,900 troops to Afghanistan.
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