U.S. War in Afghanistan

If we’re never going to hold U.S. war criminals accountable, what moral credibility do we have when we condemn Russia and others?

Why the American war was destined for catastrophe and tragedy from the start.

From the very beginning, the problem with the US involvement in Afghanistan lay essentially in the deficits in American democracy.

The war in Afghanistan was nasty and brutish, marked by the same imperial arrogance that doomed U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

Officials who drove the decades-long war in Afghanistan look back on the strategic errors and misjudgments that led to a 20-year quagmire.

Half a world away, the citizens of two nations suffer at the hands of a familiar malefactor.

I spent 600 hours listening in on the people who now run Afghanistan. It wasn’t until the end of my tour that I understood what they were telling me.

The U.S. can’t win wars for countries.

Sarah Chayes describes her experiences in Afghanistan and who's to blame for the problems today.

The New Yorker staff writer Steve Coll on the humanitarian catastrophe that is now likely to engulf Afghan civilians, and how Joe Biden is shifting the blame.

For nearly two decades, US leaders have sounded a constant refrain: We're making progress in Afghanistan. They weren't, documents show, and they knew it.

Hundreds of Marines lost their lives in Helmand. Former Marine Christopher Jones returns to see what those losses achieved.

The way America is ending its War in Afghanistan is comparable to how it pulled out of the conflict in Vietnam.

The researchers compiling the U.S. Army’s accounts of Iraq and Afghanistan have an unprecedented volume of material to sort.

Universal Camouflage Pattern became a symbol of an unpopular war. Today, it’s being reappraised by those too young to remember the invasion of Iraq.

What obligation does the US have toward people who are uprooted by war?

Bringing to light the kinship among American wars—and, by extension, their true significance—requires situating them in a single historical framework.

Contractors are increasingly doing dangerous work helping our troops — without any of the recognition.

Relying on private contractors has always created problems for the U.S. military.

Historian Samuel Moyn contends that efforts to conduct war humanely have only perpetuated it. But the solution must lie in politics, not a sacrifice of human rights.