Afghanistan

"While it’s certainly convenient to depict the shock and miscalculation U.S. officials claim over Afghanistan’s tragic, rapid fall to the Taliban as an intelligence failure,…

An expert analysis of the international law of recognition of governments, and four diplomatic options states have in addressing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

As the UN Security Council hosts an emergency meeting, world leaders must understand what the abandonment of the Afghan people involves.

As the US scrambles to evacuate its allies, sending them to third countries risks leaving them in limbo without needed resources.

Existing US refugee and SIV programs are insufficient for Afghan refugee crisis. The US must massively expand programs to bring Afghans to safety.

The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley by Wesley Morgan and Zero-Sum Victory: What We’re Getting Wrong About War by Christopher Kolenda…

An Afghan interpreter shares the terror of being targeted by the Taliban, and urges swift evacuations.

Walking in the Trump administration’s footsteps, the Biden team is making several miscalculations about the Taliban, which will undermine the U.S. ability to protect its counterterrorism…

The U.S. government must take an important step and announce the creation of an Inter-Agency Task Force to manage the Afghan refugee crisis.

Less present in media representations of what's happening in Afghanistan is the story of who remains behind and what we continue to believe is possible for Afghanistan.

Afghan women entrepreneurs continue to launch businesses even in the face of dire security and economic conditions.

It is time for the U.N. Human Rights Council to establish an independent international investigation into human rights atrocities in Afghanistan.