But the downsizing of the Afghan mission was probably inevitable. Indeed, it may soon be time for the United States to get out of the country altogether. . ... I have reviewed Kilcullen’s Accidental Guerilla, which explains much of the Afghan war. ..…

One of the beleaguered community’s own political entities, the Hazara Democratic Party, has won two seats in the house (though the winner of one of these seats has been barred from taking oath as a legislator unless he can prove that he is a bona fide Pakistani citizen and not an Afghan refugee). ...…

The Afghan war in particular could become a key campaign issue in the upcoming presidential cycle after a decade on the sidelines, and liberal Democrats in the House may have more leeway to raise objections to U.S. military involvement under Democratic leadership. ...…

This is dark spot in otherwise of the legislation's success, made worse so by Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction  report finding program that spent $100 million on Afghan was flop with no evidenced results and most of the money going to security contractors.. ..…

The boy’s father, a 39-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, was among those charged in the attack. ..…

Mashal reports that the abuses by CIA are pushing people toward Taliban and the strike forces are increasingly the way that number of Afghans experience American presence.. ..…

The boy's father, a 39-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, was among those charged in the attack. ..…

In all the conflicts considered for this study, forcibly displaced populations have been targeted by traffickers: from settlements of Syrian and Iraqi refugees, to Afghans and Rohingya fleeing conflict and persecution. ..…

People in the United States oppose war for a whole host of reasons: from racist xenophobia (not a drop of U.S. blood is worth a hundred Syrian/Iranian/Afghan lives) to cynical political realism (let’s focus on soft power and drone wars in the Middle East and North Africa so we can pivot militarily..…