National Security

After a year in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, one family gets an unexpected chance to leave.

Adel Al Manthari was injured in a 2018 drone strike — and now he’s releasing his medical bills. Will it finally shame the U.S. government into helping?

An Afghan refugee finds new purpose teaching fellow migrants Italian.

As a desperate family tries to flee Afghanistan, a father disappears. His cousin sets off in search of answers.

The U.S. apparently had no plan in place to stop the Taliban from seizing Afghan Air Force planes and pilots if the republic collapsed.

Two Afghans try to flee Kabul after the Taliban takeover. Only one makes it out.

Over four episodes, three Afghan exiles describe their experiences and those of others who tried to leave when the U.S. military pulled out of Afghanistan a year ago.

Ukraine is on track to become the largest recipient of U.S military assistance in the last century. But questions surround the policy.

U.S. involvement in the 2017 attack, which killed more than 160 civilians at a displaced persons’ camp in Nigeria, was first reported by The Intercept.

Bill Clinton promised to close the base in 1996. But plans for more construction and a heightened focus on the Pacific put the islands and their unique biodiversity at risk indefinitely.