After 23 years of constant warfare, the much-awaited loya jirga will start forming Afghanistan-s permanent government next week; if the loya jirga can get off the ground. Some of the 1400 delegates ...

Almost nine million people have registered to vote in the October 20 parliamentary election, which is more than three years late and only the third since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. This is ...

"Miracle begets yawn" has been the American reaction to the inauguration of Hamid Karzai as president of Afghanistan. Before our astonishing success in Afghanistan goes completely down the memory hole ...

After 25 years of civil war, Soviet occupation and rule by the fundamentalist Taliban, Afghanistan-s various ethnic groups have agreed on a Constitution. Though it looks good on paper, even supporters ...

Afghanistan, so much in the news after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, has been a low news priority ever since the Taliban's stranglehold was broken and Osama bin Laden was ...

Afghanistan has rejected President Trump’s calls for the United States to retake control of Bagram Air Base. President Trump made the comments on Thursday during a press conference with British Prime ...

The conventional explanations for America’s failure to stabilize Afghanistan provide little help for future policymaking. The American memory of Afghanistan is receding in the rearview mirror.

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