Afghanistan

Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan “Through the structure of a deeply engaging conversation …

Betraktade på avstånd verkar bergen nästan genomskinliga. De är som rök, kulisser av tunt tyg, genomlysta, med spetsiga konturer, hårda och vilda. Tomas Löfström besökte …

The Taliban remain one of the most elusive forces in modern history. A ragtag collection of clerics and madrasa students, this obscure movement emerged out of the rubble of the …

The Taliban, as they now called themselves - taliban is the plural of talib, literally ''one who seeks knowledge'' - had a simple mission statement: the disarmament of the …

KANDAK, from Patrick Hennessey, author of the TV Book Club pick, The Junior Officers' Reading Club, is 'a rich depiction of life and death, love and sorrow ... read this brilliant …

The basis of the provocative hit military documentary Fallen Angel Call Sign: Extortion 17. A Black Hawk Down of the war in Afghanistan, the deadliest day for the U.S. in 12 years …

Manuela utmanar alla föreställningar om hur en italiensk kvinna ska vara. I sina rebelliska tonår bestämmer hon sig för att bli soldat. Efter utbildning till befäl åker hon till …

"There wasn't a meeting when someone didn't mention Black Hawk Down ." - A senior Obama administration official, as quoted in The New York Times, 02/05/2011 From Mark Bowden, …

On Afghanistan’s Plains tells the story of four gruelling tours of duty during Operation Herrick, the codename under which British operations in Afghanistan were conducted from …

More than two million Americans have now served in Afghanistan or Iraq; more than 5,000 Americans have been killed; and more than 35,000 have been grievously wounded. The war in …