What went wrong with the war in Afghanistan? It's a question that scholars, policymakers, service members, veterans and everyday Americans have debated over the course of the 20-year conflict, a ...

The 9/11 terrorist attacks claimed the lives of thousands of innocent people in the United States. They also left an indelible mark on the history of Afghanistan, reshaping countless lives, including ...

Rashid, Ahmed, Descent Into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia (United Kingdom: Penguin Publishing Group, 2008). Salt, Alexander, ...

82nd Airborne soldiers prepare to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2021. (Senior Airman Taylor Crul/Air Force) The ...

THAT'S ALL THE TIME THAT STOOD BETWEEN THE HORRIFIC EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001, AND THE FIRST AMERICANS SETTING FOOT IN AFGHANISTAN ON OCTOBER 19th. 7,255 DAYS LATER THE LAST AMERICAN MILITARY ...

Well, it’s Friday. This is a special edition of the Pentagon Rundown in which we will look at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s promise that the latest Defense Department review of the U.S. military’s ...

U.S. veterans of the war in Afghanistan are telling a commission reviewing decisions on the 20-year conflict that their experience was not only hell, but also confounding, demoralizing and at times ...

An interview with Paul D. Miller about his upcoming book “Choosing Defeat: The Twenty-Year Saga of How America Lost Afghanistan.” In an upcoming book, slated for release in October 2025, Paul D.

There's been no shortage of fact-based criticism aimed at the Biden administration's handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. But some of the criticism from former Trump administration ...

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