Behind closed doors, President Biden strongly believes that he made the right decisions on the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal that led in part to the deaths of 13 American soldiers, according to an ...

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan, April 29 (UNHCR) - As a law student, Abdol Hamid Ansari likes to play by the book - literally. The 25-year-old has started a library and mobile book fair in his northern ...

Gabfest Reads is a monthly series from the hosts of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast. Recently, John Dickerson spoke with author David E. Sanger about his new book, New Cold Wars. They discussed ...

KABUL, Afghanistan – Meena Sadat rises each day at 6 a.m., puts on a long, figure-obscuring dark dress and hijab, steels herself for the angry eyes of Taliban officials, and fearfully but calmly walks ...

There they were, two 21-year-old newlyweds and recent college graduates from the Midwest, staring out the windows as the chartered plane that carried them and 75 other Peace Corps volunteers into ...

In its latest restriction on religious freedom, the Taliban's Ministry of Higher Education has ordered all private universities in Afghanistan to remove religious books that do not conform to the ...

President Biden had an explosive reaction when he was told the president of Afghanistan had fled Kabul ahead of the Taliban's takeover of the city in 2021, according to a new book. On Friday, Aug. 12, ...

SAN DIEGO — The Latin motto of the U.S. Marines, “Semper Fidelis,” translates into English as “Always Faithful.” Ask Maj. Tom Schueman and Afghan interpreter Zainullah Zaki about it and they will tell ...

The conflict in Afghanistan dominates headlines, but many people seek a deeper understanding of the country and the war the U.S. is fighting there. In the first of a series of suggestions for an ...

When President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, he inherited former President Donald Trump's plan for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. The two men agree on little. Yet, Biden honored ...

In Fredrik Logevall’s review of two books on Afghanistan (Sept. 5), he notes that “both authors paint a picture of an American war effort that, after breathtaking early success, lost its way, never to ...