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Rodric Braithwaite, Jonathan Steele and Artemy Kalinovsky analyze the forgotten history of Afghan communism and the Soviet occupation.

Why did the senior State Department representative resign from his Afghanistan post? The full interview.

Our war has radicalized Pakistanis, turning many against the West and their own government.

Obama has conducted two major reviews of Afghan policy; Karzai's new intractability calls for a third.

Who, exactly, are the Taliban? It's clear Afghan insurgents are far from monolithic.

If the corruption of Karzai's government is Afghanistan's new cancer,
then the Taliban are increasingly seen as chemotherapy: an unpleasant
but necessary remedy.

If the corruption of Karzai's government is Afghanistan's new cancer,
then the Taliban are increasingly seen as chemotherapy: an unpleasant
but necessary remedy.

An analysis of the BBC's documentary on Al Qaeda and Islamic terrorism.

Extremist forces are making a comeback as American attention turns to Iraq.

Afghan women are free of the Taliban, but liberation is still a distant dream.