Why did the US fight a war in Afghanistan and why did it last so long? Back in 2001, the US was responding to the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, in which nearly 3,000 people were killed.

The Twitter equivalent of a bickering married couple, Times newspaper columnist David Aaronovitch and Huffington Post Political Editor Mehdi Hasan, recently alighted on a point of agreement during one ...

Taliban fighters in Balkh and elsewhere have made a rapid advance in recent weeks The Taliban fighters we meet are stationed just 30 minutes from one of ... or spoils of war they're showing ...

Students may use this knowledge to postulate about what a war would mean for the Afghan people, short- and long-term. Afghanistan is under the microscope in the wake of the terrorist attacks on ...

Women in Afghanistan have suffered a catastrophic assault on their human rights during more than twenty years of war and under the repressive rule of the Taliban. Now, as women face further peril ...