Kabul
The Last Men
Why Are We Still Backing Hamid Karzai?
Why Pakistan and the United States Are on a Collision Course
My 18 Year Odyssey on the Trail of Osama bin Laden
I have covered the story of violent jihadism for the past 18 years, and, more than anything else, it has been a slow process of discovery. Looking back, it seems clear to me that, at any given moment in the story, there was always so much we didn’t know. READ MORE >>
The Secret Alliance
Afghanistan Dispatch: When Compassion Is a Luxury
Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan—The petitioners arrive at dawn and climb the dirt path in silence. Men with arms missing. Veiled women with artificial limbs. Children with faces drawn and prematurely old solemnly leading blind relatives by the hand. Their grim procession staggers toward the provincial office of the Ministry of the Disabled and Martyrs to solicit an annual disability stipend of $120. READ MORE >>