Tourists Are Trickling into Afghanistan and the Taliban Government Is Eager to Welcome Them By plane, motorbike, camper van and even on bicycles, tourists are beginning to discover Afghanistan, with solo travelers and...
The US Lifts Bounties on Senior Taliban Officials, Including Sirajuddin Haqqani, Says Kabul The Haqqani network grew into one of the deadliest arms of the Taliban after the U.S.-led 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.
Taliban Release an American Man Who Was Abducted While Traveling in Afghanistan An American man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released...
They Helped US Order Airstrikes Against Taliban. Now Trump's Moves Have Left Those Afghans in Limbo Many are now stranded in Albania, Pakistan and Qatar where they were awaiting transfer to the United States.
Our Next War in Afghanistan Is Already Looming. And It May Be Even Harder. The dangers that kept the U.S. in Afghanistan for so long are accumulating again, little more than a month after troops left...
Taliban Say 2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Were Freed in a Prisoner Exchange A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
Troops Will Miss Paychecks Next Week Without Action on the Government Shutdown The federal government shutdown is raising anxiety levels among service members and their families, because those in uniform...
