Taliban

The architects of 9/11 are profiting from gold and gem mines in the Taliban-led country.

Afghanistan’s government doesn’t recognize a 130-year-old border—and its local affiliates are causing havoc in the Pakistani borderlands.

Bashir Noorzai was once serving a life sentence in the United States. Now he’s the key conduit for growing ties between China and the Taliban.

From the war in Ukraine to Sudan’s implosion, FP’s reporters were on the case.

A summit of opposition leaders was meant to produce a plan to fix Afghanistan’s trajectory. It generated more infighting and factionalism.

As relations between Islamabad and the Taliban have soured, ordinary Afghans have become political pawns.

Terror groups compete for funds and thrive on attention. That makes the world a much more dangerous place after Oct. 7.

After cornering the market on heroin, they’ve pivoted to a quicker and more profitable alternative.

Formal recognition of the Taliban is not the answer.

Two years after the fall of Kabul, the Taliban continue to raise hell. Here are the tales of the people who have been through it.

Things have been bad for decades, but the Taliban threaten to make them worse.

An as-yet-unpublished U.S. government report highlights the importance of aid diversion to Taliban finances.

Terrorists are shopping for left-behind American weapons—and turning them against Washington’s friends around the world.

Efforts to punish the government are hurting ordinary Afghans instead.

Waiting for change in Afghanistan is like waiting for Godot.