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U.S. officials constantly said they were making progress during the war in Afghanistan. They were not, and they knew it.
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U.S. officials constantly said they were making progress during the war in Afghanistan. They were not, and they knew it.
Craig Whitlock Washington Post Dec 2019 30min Permalink
An oral history of the war in Afghanistan.
Fahim Abed, Fatima Faizi New York Times Magazine Oct 2019 30min Permalink
A 4-year-old girl was the sole survivor of a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan. Then she disappeared.
May Jeong The Intercept Jan 2018 40min Permalink
How two veterans with PTSD turned a Canadian military town into a medical-marijuana hub.
Chelsea Murray The Deep Aug 2017 30min Permalink
When his father was murdered, Wasil Ahmad vowed revenge. He was 8 years old.
Joshua Hammer GQ Dec 2016 20min Permalink
Did Afghan forces target the M.S.F. hospital?
Who authorized the bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan, and why?
May Jeong The Intercept Apr 2016 25min Permalink
What happened to the Afghan timber worker after a 2005 battle was made into a book and feature film.
R.M. Schneiderman Newsweek May 2016 Permalink
Summiting one of the world’s toughest peaks gave Julian Torres something an IED blast in Afghanistan had taken away.
Davy Rothbart GQ Apr 2016 20min Permalink
An army vet vanishes in upstate New York.
Kathryn Joyce Pacific Standard Mar 2016 30min Permalink
The final days of the last Navy SEAL to die in Afghanistan.
On the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, women express themselves through fierce short poems.
Eliza Griswold Outside Apr 2014 15min Permalink
Picking up the pieces in Afghanistan.
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Matthew Power Harper's Mar 2005 35min Permalink
Testimonies about the Soviet war in Afghanistan, reported by the 2015 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Svetlana Alexievich Granta Oct 2015 25min Permalink
Afghans have long visited falbin to have their futures foretold. Fundamentalist Muslim clerics hope to stop that.
May Jeong The Guardian Sep 2015 20min Permalink
A Taliban intelligence chief’s death and resurrection.
Mujib Mashal Harper's Jan 2014 25min Permalink
Hamid Karzai’s older brother owns a restaurant in Baltimore.
Baynard Woods Baltimore City Paper Mar 2015 35min Permalink
A women’s shelter in Afghanistan protects its inhabitants from their own families.
Alissa J. Rubin New York Times Mar 2015 15min Permalink
After an election deadlock that held the country hostage for months, two former rivals confront Afghanistan’s patronage and corruption.
Mujib Mashal Al Jazeera Feb 2015 Permalink
Critics call it “the radio of pimps and vagina-sellers.” But a popular new call-in show is helping a generation of Afghans navigate a battlefield full of strife and confusion and fear: modern love.
Mujib Mashal Matter Feb 2015 15min Permalink
Following the money and the opium in Afghanistan.
Matthieu Aikins Rolling Stone Dec 2014 25min Permalink
After 13 years of war, the United States has helped create a nation ruled by drug lords.
Matthieu Aikins Rolling Stone Dec 2014 25min Permalink
Inside the stronghold of Commander Pigeon, “collector of lost and exiled men.”
Jen Percy The New Republic Oct 2014 20min Permalink
Posing for family survival in a society that values boys over girls.
Jenny Nordberg The Atlantic Sep 2014 15min Permalink
While war raged across Afghanistan, expats lived in a bubble of good times and easy money. But as the U.S. withdraws, life has taken a deadly turn.
Matthieu Aikins Rolling Stone Aug 2014 20min Permalink