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Afghanistan
July 6, 2016
Clio Chang
America’s longest war just got longer.
May 23, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Afghanistan has truly become the forever war.
March 4, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Can Donald Trump Beat the Con-Man Rap?
As Thursday night's debate showed, it all depends.
February 16, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
A War: Afghanistan Through a Danish Lens
Denmark’s nominee for Best Foreign Film confronts hard decisions, at home and on the battlefield.
December 29, 2015
Ryan Kearney
The U.S. war on terror is a game of whack-a-mole.
October 6, 2015
Mikaela Lefrak
This Is What a Modern Bride in Afghanistan Looks Like
March 27, 2015
Chris Walsh
Bowe Bergdahl Wasn't a "Coward"
February 3, 2015
Casey Michel
The Obama Administration Is Gifting War Machines to a Murderous Dictator
December 29, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
The Forever War Was Supposed to End in 2014. Instead, Obama Doubled Down.
December 1, 2014
Paul D. Miller
America, Don't Give Up on Afghanistan
This war is still winnable
November 15, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
The American Government Is Funding Human Trafficking
The ugly business of how military contractors find their workers
October 30, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
Want to Know How the U.S. Taxpayer-Funded Afghan Army Is Performing? That's Classified.
October 24, 2014
Sean McFate
The Blackwater Verdict Signals America's Growing Dependence on Wall Street to Wage War
October 14, 2014
The New Republic Staff
Scenes from Afghanistan's Only Female-Run Militia
October 14, 2014
Jennifer Percy
My Terrifying Night With Afghanistan's Only Female Warlord
June 25, 2014
Aki Peritz
The Jihadis Who've Flocked to Syria Really Might be in Madrid or Milwaukee Before Long
The frightening logic of "bleedout"
June 18, 2014
Sune Engel Rasmussen
Don't Look Now, But Afghanistan is Spiraling Towards Crisis Right Along with Iraq
Kabul in crisis amid allegations of election fraud
June 9, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
Obama Promised to Close Gitmo. The Troop Withdrawal May Finally Force Him to Do So.
June 5, 2014
Brian Beutler
The GOP Will Regret Overreaching on Bergdahl
It's unseemly. It's hypocritical. And it's going to backfire.
June 4, 2014
Elliot Ackerman
I Was a Marine in Afghanistan
Bowe Bergdahl haunted us all

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