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Hamid Karzai
April 29, 2020
Dan Xin Huang
Afghanistan May Soon Have Peace. And the Cost Is Democracy.
A fledgling armistice endangers the country’s 20-year experiment in democratic state-building.
October 7, 2016
MagazineMay Jeong
Afghanistan Is an Infinite Quagmire
It began as the “good” war. Fifteen years on, it’s a disaster we can’t escape.
January 31, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
Interview: What Kind of Game is Hamid Karzai Playing?
October 29, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
An Absolutely Frightening Story in 'The New York Times'
July 11, 2013
Jeff Guo
The Men (and One Woman) Who Might Be Afghanistan's Next President
April 30, 2013
Kevin Mahnken
A Brief History of 'Bags of Cash'
The CIA's Afghanistan bribes join a long and storied genre
November 19, 2011
Fouad Ajami
Why Are We Still Backing Hamid Karzai?
May 20, 2011
Anna Badkhen
Afghanistan Dispatch: On Patrol
May 5, 2011
David Rieff
The Immediate Question
May 4, 2011
Peter Bergen
The Crossroads
March 31, 2011
Anna Badkhen
Afghanistan Dispatch: Permanent Recess
January 27, 2011
Nicholas Lemann
The Will to Believe
October 12, 2010
Michael A. Cohen
Only the U.S. Military Is Hopeful About Afghanistan
August 2, 2010
Anand Gopal
How the Wikileaks Are Changing Afghan Hearts and Minds
July 26, 2010
Anna Badkhen
Rescue the North
July 26, 2010
Ahmed Rashid
Save Whatever We Can
July 26, 2010
Steve Coll
Stop Blaming the Afghans
July 1, 2010
Todd Gitlin
Confessions of an Epistemological Skeptic
June 28, 2010
Reuel Marc Gerecht
A Guide to Avoiding Disaster in Afghanistan
June 23, 2010
E.J. Dionne Jr.
Split City

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