Media elites are completely failing at their coverage of the U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal

By Eric Boehlert

In their eagerness for crisis ratings, American journalists aren’t realizing that the public just wants to get out of Afghanistan

U.S. forces reportedly left behind biometric data that could endanger former Afghan allies

By Margaret Hu

Abandoned biometric data could allow the Taliban to easily identify Afghans who helped American forces, was collecting it worth it?

The Afghanistan occupation did little for women and girls, despite what its supporters now say

By Julie Hollar

U.S.-occupied Afghanistan was ranked the world’s second-worst country for women’s rights

The Afghanistan quagmire was never going to end peacefully

By Mike Lofgren

Sold to the public as an incursion capture Osama bin Laden after 9/11, the Afghanistan war soon morphed into an occupation that was destined to fail

The U.S. Afghanistan experience teaches that democracy cannot be built at gunpoint

By Arie Perliger

Nation-building is not a military strategy

Will the collapse of the American-backed Afghanistan government impact the Middle East?

By Tony Walker

Afghan women fear loss of rights as negotiations with Taliban begin

By Mona Tajali and Homa Hoodfar

After years of progress in education and personal freedom, women in Afghanistan fear political return of Taliban