March 28, 2024
Don’t Betray the Women of Afghanistan
Normalizing Relations With the Taliban Normalizes Female Suffering
Explore Foreign Affairs’ coverage of the Taliban, the extremist Islamist group currently ruling Afghanistan after returning to power in 2021, including the rise of the movement in the 1990s, the history of the U.S. war in Afghanistan and the Taliban insurgency, the group’s ideology and record on human and women’s rights, and the movement’s influence on regional politics.
March 14, 2024
Why Regional Powers Are Reopening Ties With Afghanistan
January 9, 2024
How Islamabad’s Expulsions of Afghans Could Backfire—and Help the Taliban
August 31, 2023
Work Around Them, Instead
August 11, 2023
How to Help Afghanistan Without Normalizing Relations
August 18, 2023
Deepening Ties Won’t Moderate Afghanistan’s Brutal Rulers