Taliban

Kabul's Unlikely New Ally

Has Pakistan decided it's finally time to embrace Afghanistan?

BY DANIEL SAGALYN | MAY 1, 2013

Why Sticks and Stones Will Beat Our Drones

The persistent dangers of low-tech warfare.

BY ROSA BROOKS | APRIL 4, 2013

Let Them Go

Why John Brennan should give a passport and $10K to every Gitmo prisoner.

BY ROSA BROOKS | MARCH 28, 2013

Welcome to Cocainebougou

Amid the drug palaces of northern Mali, it's easy to see why this war will be hard to win.

BY YOCHI DREAZEN | MARCH 27, 2013

Leaning Out

How the United States is abandoning Afghanistan's women.

BY AMIE FERRIS-ROTMAN | MARCH 20, 2013

Missing in Action

Extremists are destroying the fabric of Pakistani society. Where is the government?

BY MOSHARRAF ZAIDI | MARCH 4, 2013

The Inside Story of How the White House Let Diplomacy Fail in Afghanistan

"My time in the Obama administration turned out to be a deeply disillusioning experience."

BY VALI NASR | MARCH 4, 2013

What Went Right?

Critics of the war are missing the big picture: Afghanistan is much better off today.

BY PETER BERGEN | MARCH 4, 2013

Love Is a Battlefield

Are the Taliban using sex to fight America?

BY MUJIB MASHAL | FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Does the NRA Want to Turn America Into Afghanistan?

Because that's where we're headed.

BY JASON DEMPSEY | JANUARY 16, 2013

Exit, Minus Strategy

Barack Obama has clearly decided to cut his losses in Afghanistan. Will all hell break lose when he does?

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 11, 2013

Talking to the Taliban

With Obama and Karzai meeting in Washington, and peace negotiations back on the table in Afghanistan, here's what to watch out for when sitting down with Islamic fundamentalists.

BY MICHAEL SEMPLE | JANUARY 10, 2013

Killing the 'Good Taliban'

The death of Mullah Nazir exposes why Pakistan's love affair with jihadis is likely to end in tears.

BY ARIF RAFIQ | JANUARY 4, 2013

Stowaway

A reporter travels the treacherous Pakistan-Afghanistan border by truck.

BY MATTHIEU AIKINS | JANUARY 2, 2013

Is It Over Yet?

Haunting photos of a year in the life of the war America is still fighting.

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Extrication Negotiations

The United States is ready to start talking to the Taliban about a peace deal again. But nothing's going to happen without Pakistan.

BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The Cult of Massoud

How Afghanistan’s Che Guevara still haunts Hamid Karzai.

BY JAMES VERINI | NOVEMBER 23, 2012

We're Winning in Afghanistan

Why hasn't the media noticed?

BY STEWART UPTON | OCTOBER 24, 2012

An Army of One

How Malala can lead where America could not.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 15, 2012

We Are All Malala

Why can't Pakistanis condemn the Taliban for shooting a 14-year-old girl?

BY NADEEM F. PARACHA | OCTOBER 10, 2012

Talking Our Way Out Of Afghanistan

NATO needs to negotiate with the Taliban NOW, before all the troops -- and our leverage -- are gone.

BY MATT WALDMAN | OCTOBER 9, 2012

Pakistan's Bid for Tolerance

A tour of 35 towns throughout the country in an investigation of civil society's capacity to counter Talibanization.

BY WALEED ZIAD, MEHREEN FAROOQ | SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

What Happens When the Lights Go Out in Karachi?

Three scary questions that keep Pakistanis up at night.

BY SHAMILA N. CHAUDHARY | SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Talking to the Taliban

Negotiations are the only way forward in Afghanistan. But that doesn't mean they will be easy -- or that the more pragmatic wing of the Taliban will have the upper hand.

BY RICHARD BARRETT | AUGUST 20, 2012

The View From Kandahar

Photographer Louie Palu's portraits of the war down south.

BY LOUIE PALU | JUNE 13, 2012

The Patience Runs Out

The United States has put up with Pakistan's insidious double game for a decade now. Not anymore.

BY SHAMILA N. CHAUDHARY | JUNE 12, 2012

Kill the Kill List

The Obama administration is grossly misreading international law when it comes to targeting terrorists.

BY DAPHNE EVIATAR , GABOR RONA | MAY 31, 2012

Romney: Year One

What would happen if you took Mitt Romney's foreign-policy promises extremely literally?

BY DANIEL DREZNER | MAY 25, 2012

Sonnets for the Mujahideen

The militant movement has a little-examined sensitive side.

MAY 18, 2012

Terrorist Fishing in the Yemen

The Obama administration has doubled down on the use of drones to go after bad guys. How long until the blowback comes?

BY JAMES TRAUB | MAY 11, 2012