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Afghanistan

Explore Foreign Affairs’ coverage of Afghanistan, including analysis of what the Taliban’s resurgence means for everyday life, women’s rights, regional politics, and more.

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Afghanistan’s Women Are on Their Own

How the International Community Turned Its Back

Shaharzad Akbar

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The World Has No Choice But to Work With the Taliban

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Why the Press Failed on Iraq

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The Unwinnable War

Time to Get Tough on the Taliban

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Is Afghanistan’s Long Civil War Really Over?

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Afghanistan’s Women Are on Their Own

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What the Taliban Really Fear

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Can the Taliban Be Contained?

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India’s Gamble in Afghanistan

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How to Build Putin a Gilded Bridge Out of Ukraine

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Pakistan Reaps What It Sowed

The Taliban Have Not Moderated

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Putin’s Afghanistan

The West Still Doesn’t Understand the Taliban

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The Ledger: Accounting for Failure in Afghanistan

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Lost Innocents

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Afghanistan’s Most Dangerous Threat

The Search for Stability in Afghanistan

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When Terrorists Govern

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Afghanistan’s Looming Catastrophe

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New Afghanistan, Same Old Taliban

The ICC’s Flawed Afghan Investigation

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The Future of America’s Drone Campaign

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Why Afghanistan Fell

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How Pakistan Sees Afghanistan

Private Eyes in the Sky

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How America Should Deal With the Taliban

American Power After Afghanistan

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Al Qaeda Versus ISIS

China’s Afghanistan Dilemma

Seth G. Jones, Jude Blanchette

Beyond Forever War

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America’s Perennial Pakistan Problem

Afghanistan’s Corruption Was Made in America

American Credibility After Afghanistan

Joshua D. Kertzer

The Right Lessons From Afghanistan

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Afghanistan Was Lost Long Ago

The Real Saigon Analogy

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Why America Can’t Build Allied Armies

The Roads Not Taken in Afghanistan

Two Books on the U.S. War in Afghanistan

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How Will the Taliban Rule?

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A Post-American Central Asia

Alexander Cooley

Failure in Afghanistan Won’t Weaken America’s Alliances

Will Afghanistan Become a Terrorist Safe Haven Again?

Why the Taliban Won

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We All Lost Afghanistan

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Bin Laden’s Catastrophic Success

Pakistan’s Pyrrhic Victory in Afghanistan

A Taliban Victory Is Not Inevitable

Is Washington Right to Leave Afghanistan?

Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold

America Still Needs Counterinsurgency

America’s Longest War

Defending or Abandoning Afghan Women Is a False Choice

Afghanistan’s Moment of Risk and Opportunity

Biden Made the Right Decision on Afghanistan

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The Taliban Are Ready to Exploit America’s Exit

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In or Out of Afghanistan Is Not a Political Choice

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The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider’s Guide to Changing the World

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Why Are Al Qaeda Leaders in Iran?

The Myth of a Responsible Withdrawal From Afghanistan

There Is Only One Way Out of Afghanistan

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Defense In Depth

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U.S. Foreign Policy Never Recovered From the War on Terror

Al Qaeda’s Franchise Reboot

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What Iran Wants in Afghanistan

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Can America Trust the Taliban to Prevent Another 9/11?

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Peace Hasn’t Broken Out in Afghanistan

The Real Test in Afghanistan Is Still to Come

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The Taliban at War, 2001–2018

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The Price of Primacy

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How the Good War Went Bad

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How Iran Found Its Feet in Afghanistan

What a Withdrawal From Afghanistan Would Look Like

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A Deal With the Taliban Is Only the First Step Toward Peace

Diplomacy Can’t Solve All of Afghanistan’s Problems

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Lessons From Vietnam on Leaving Afghanistan

George C. Herring

Helmand’s Flower That Threatens Us All

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Negotiations Are the Best Way to End the War in Afghanistan

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Is the Taliban Making a Pledge It Cannot Keep?

Building the Nation: Missed Opportunities in Iraq and Afghanistan

The Taliban’s Battle Plan

Is the Taliban Prepared to Make Peace?

Is Afghanistan Ready for Peace?

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Why Peace Talks Are Washington's Best Bet in Afghanistan

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