The Smugglers’ Paradise of Afghanistan
ZARANJ, Afghanistan — The smuggler barreled down the narrow dirt road, bouncing…
The One Item They Had to Take When These 6 Afghans Fled
Neither Maliha Karimi nor most of her family members had ever been…
Taliban Free 2 Westerners Working for U.N., Days After Quiet Detention
ISTANBUL — The Taliban on Friday released two Western citizens and two…
Afghan Refugees Face Two-Tier System in Europe
Some of the Afghan women around the table in the neoclassical building…
On Patrol: 12 Days With a Taliban Police Unit in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan — A young Taliban fighter with a pair of handcuffs…
Threatened and Beaten, Afghan Women Defy Taliban With Protests
KABUL, Afghanistan — On a raw January morning, Khujasta Elham trudged through…
U.S. Military Focusing on ISIS Cell Behind Attack at Kabul Airport
In October, Colin H. Kahl, the under secretary of defense for policy,…
In 2021, We Were There: The Year’s 14 Most Popular Dispatches
As the world reopened cautiously in 2021, our correspondents seized the chance…
An Afghan Official Laments What Was Lost and Looks to What Lies Ahead
What most haunts Ahmad Nader Nadery about the last hours before the…
