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Inside the Siege of Kunduz
The northern Afghan city is holding on by a thread as district after district falls to the Taliban
The U.S. Is Leaving Afghanistan, the Taliban Is Growing in Power, and Education for Girls and Women Is Already at Risk
It was one of the key success stories of the U.S.-led intervention. Can it survive the withdrawal?
U.S. Pulls Out of Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield in the Middle of the Night—Without Telling the New Commander
The U.S. left Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base's new Afghan commander
Top U.S. General Foresees Afghan Civil War as Security Worsens
“A civil war is certainly a path that can be visualized,” says Gen. Austin S. Miller, the U.S.'s top general in Afghanistan
Afghanistan Running Out of Oxygen as COVID-19 Surge Worsens
Afghanistan's is racing to ramp up supplies of oxygen
Afghanistan Cease-Fire Ends Amid Calls for Fresh Peace Talks
The U.S. has been pressing for accelerated talks as it withdraws the last of its 2,500-3,500 soldiers
With Afghanistan Drawdown Underway, Pentagon Prepares for Attacks From Taliban
“We have to assume that this drawdown will be opposed,” a Pentagon spokesman said
Biden’s Afghanistan Plan: 4 Tough Questions That Need Answers
"I hope what we've learned over two decades is that the presence of U.S. troops in a conflict very often makes a sustainable peace harder to achieve, not easier."
Biden to Pledge September 11th Withdrawal of U.S. Troops From Afghanistan
The president intends to announce his decision on Wednesday
At a Pivotal Moment in Afghanistan, Journalists Are Being Killed in Record Numbers
As peace talks are underway and President Biden is contemplating whether to finally pull out of America's longest war, droves of seasoned Afghan reporters are being targeted and driven into hiding
How a Rising Female Minister Is Fighting to Dismantle Afghanistan’s Patriarchy
Afghanistan’s newly-appointed deputy women’s minister Hosna Jalil is only 28, but she has made huge progress
Highway to Hell: A Trip Down Afghanistan’s Deadliest Road
The $300 million Kabul-Kandahar road was meant to be a symbol of the new Afghanistan. Today it reveals everything that has gone wrong in America’s longest war