When the Taliban Took Kabul, an Afghan Pilot Had to Choose Between His Family and His Country
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.
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RIP Madeleine Albright and Her Awful, Awful Career
From setting the stage for the Iraq War to acting as a brand ambassador for a pyramid scheme, Clinton's secretary of state did it all.
Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Seemingly Acknowledges That Israel Has Nuclear Weapons
Gilad Erdan, also the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, quietly liked a tweet referring to “Israel's nuclear deterrent.”
1987-88: Iran-Contra Investigations
Joe Biden denounced the covert arms-for-hostages programs involved with Iran-Contra, but in the end, he defended Reagan’s role.
As the Taliban Seize Cities, Desperate Afghans Are Trapped in an American-Made Fiasco
Since 2001, urban Afghans have enjoyed a return of ordinary freedoms. Now they have the most to lose.
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.
Israel May Have Destroyed Iranian Centrifuges Simply by Cutting Power
The details of the blackout at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility are scattered — but intriguing.
"It's Not Sustainable": ISIS Prison Battle Shows Dangers of Indefinite Detention
Tens of thousands of people from dozens of countries have been detained in northeast Syria since the fall of the Islamic State three years ago.
A Photographer Watched Syria’s Children While Their Government Bombed Them
In his book “Witnesses to War,” photographer Bassam Khabieh confronts the world with life and death in Syria's 10-year civil war.
No Way Home, Episode One: Life and Death
Two Afghans try to flee Kabul after the Taliban takeover. Only one makes it out.