The Life and Death of Wasil, the Taliban-Hunting Child Warrior
When his father was murdered, Wasil Ahmad vowed revenge. He was 8 years old.
Afghanistan
Doctors With Enemies
Did Afghan forces target the M.S.F. hospital?
Searching for Ground Truth in the Kunduz Hospital Bombing
Who authorized the bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan, and why?
Marcus Luttrell's Savior, Mohammad Gulab, Claims 'Lone Survivor' Got It Wrong
What happened to the Afghan timber worker after a 2005 battle was made into a book and feature film.
Mount Impossible: How a Disabled Veteran Conquered Kilimanjaro
Summiting one of the world’s toughest peaks gave Julian Torres something an IED blast in Afghanistan had taken away.
The Disappearing Soldier
An army vet vanishes in upstate New York.
A Deadly Deployment, a Navy SEAL’s Despair
The final days of the last Navy SEAL to die in Afghanistan.
Landays: Cries of the Pashtun Women
On the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, women express themselves through fierce short poems.
The Lost Buddhas of Bamiyan
Picking up the pieces in Afghanistan.
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Boys in Zinc
Testimonies about the Soviet war in Afghanistan, reported by the 2015 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The Fortune-Teller of Kabul
Afghans have long visited falbin to have their futures foretold. Fundamentalist Muslim clerics hope to stop that.
The Pious Spy
A Taliban intelligence chief’s death and resurrection.
Exile On Charles Street
Hamid Karzai’s older brother owns a restaurant in Baltimore.
A Thin Line of Defense Against Honor Killings
A women’s shelter in Afghanistan protects its inhabitants from their own families.
Afghanistan's Team of Rivals
After an election deadlock that held the country hostage for months, two former rivals confront Afghanistan’s patronage and corruption.
Better Call Ajmal
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.
The Making of a Narco State
Following the money and the opium in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: The Making of a Narco State
After 13 years of war, the United States has helped create a nation ruled by drug lords.
My Terrifying Night With Afghanistan's Only Female Warlord
Inside the stronghold of Commander Pigeon, “collector of lost and exiled men.”
The Afghan Girls Who Live as Boys
Posing for family survival in a society that values boys over girls.
Last Tango in Kabul
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.
After Karzai
A profile of Afghanistan’s outgoing president.
Boys and Girls
On the attempt to rehabilitate Afghanistan’s child jihadis.
The Wizard Of Kabul
How a Peace Corps volunteer turned a high school basketball squad into Afghanistan’s national team.
The Call of Battle
After two tours in Iraq, the writer returns to a volatile region of Afghanistan as an embedded journalist.
