Afghans who lived near America’s vast bases say the U.S. military's lack of even minimal environmental protections polluted their land, poisoned their water, and sickened their children.
Renae Chapman holds her 2-year-old daughter, Amanda, during the funeral service for her husband, Army Sgt. 1st Class Nathan R. Chapman, in Fort Lewis, Washington, in January 2002. He was the first US soldier to be killed by enemy fire during the war in Afghanistan. Russ Carmack/AFP/Ge...
Does that make Afghanistan an American war? President Obama's plans to send 30,000 more US troops led some foreign-policy experts to conclude just that. Not only is this Mr. Obama's war, they say, but it is now firmly America's war as well. But Secretary of State Hillary Rodham ...
After American forces toppled the Taliban leadership in 2001 and forced its al Qaeda allies underground in Afghanistan, officials in Washington didn't know their war was just beginning. Several years later, to Western minds, the war was winding down. In October 2004, President Karzai wonthe fir...
How else would trucks packed with drugs get across the border into Pakistan and Central Asia? The United States has inadvertently become one of the world’s leading drug dealers. This is one of the most shameful legacies of the Afghan War. But just one. Watching the world’s greatest power...
The U.S. may have finally and officially withdrawn from Afghanistan after a two-decade futile adventure, but it has just opened a can of worms in a new war with the hapless country. Apparently, the superpower has a few more in its bag of tricks to achieve what it failed militarily in...
5.Others honored reporting about the American-led war that followed in Afghanistan.其他的奖项则颁给了袭击事件后美国对阿富汗战争的报道。 6.The victory of Afghan War, to certain extent, encouraged arrogance of America.阿富汗战争的胜利一定程度上助长了美国的气焰。
The Afghanistan War has somehow escaped most of America’s attention. People just assumed that since Obama is a decent guy with a sharper mind than Bush’s, he must know what he’s doing in Afghanistan, and his intentions can’t be bad — so why bother paying...
With that moment, the history books say that the War in Afghanistan started. However, in reality, the war had already been going on for more than one year.[TO BE CONTINUED]Here is how I escaped from jail in Afghanistan. My Escape from Jail in Afghanistan . ...
HKS Alumnus Sean Carberry, recently-returned Kabul Bureau Chief for NPR, discusses covering America's longest war with Anand Gopal, author of "No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban and the War Through Afghan Eyes," in conversation with Future of Diplomacy Project Executive Director...