Defense Department Halts Evacuation of Afghan Visa Applicants Amid Terror Threat
The directive applies to Special Immigrant Visa applicants, a group that includes interpreters and others who helped the U.S.
National Security
The 9/11 Wars
For Two Decades, Americans Told One Lie After Another About What They Were Doing in Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan was nasty and brutish, marked by the same imperial arrogance that doomed U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
Seven Months In, Avril Haines Shows No Appetite for Investigating CIA War Crimes
Haines is the same official who allowed the agency to evade responsibility for spying on Senate staffers.
Rep. Ilhan Omar Calls on Biden to Pardon Daniel Hale for Drone Leak
“The legal question of Mr. Hale’s guilt is settled, but the moral question remains open,” Omar wrote in a letter to the president.
The International Response to the Taliban’s Ascent Will Shape Afghans’ Fate
Experts warn that cutting off international aid to Afghanistan would have dire consequences for ordinary people.
U.S. Media Organizations Scramble to Get Hundreds of Afghan Colleagues to Safety
The process to resettle Afghans who worked with U.S. media is riddled with red tape, and confusing guidelines are leaving some journalists behind.
The Taliban Have Seized U.S. Military Biometrics Devices
Biometric collection and identification devices were seized last week during the Taliban’s offensive.
The 9/11 Wars
Who Lost Afghanistan?
Twenty years of lying and confusion by U.S. leaders ends in a predictable and bloody farce.
Ghosts of Guantánamo
“They Believed Anything but the Truth” — 14 Years in Guantánamo
Captured at the age of 18, Mansoor Adayfi describes coming of age at Guantánamo in his memoir, “Don't Forget Us Here.”
$10,000 Invested in Defense Stocks When Afghanistan War Began Now Worth Almost $100,000
Was the Afghanistan War a failure? Not for the top five defense contractors and their shareholders.