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The End of Human Rights

March 24, 2026

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National Security

Trump Casually Denigrates NATO’s War Dead

Isaac Stanley-Becker

January 22, 2026

The coffins of two Danish soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan are draped in Danish flags and carried out of a military transport plane in Denmark by men in military uniforms.

National Security

The Sacrifice of the Danes

Isaac Stanley-Becker

January 15, 2026

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Condemning Millions for One Man’s Crime

December 3, 2025

Parents walk with their young children through an airport

A Tragic Shooting in D.C.

November 26, 2025

Law enforcement in Washington, D.C.

Iran Has a Mass-Deportation Policy Too

July 17, 2025

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National Security

What Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Understand About Soldiers

August 2025 Issue

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No One Can Offer Any Hope

June 4, 2025

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‘What About Six Years of Friendship and Fighting Together?’

March 17, 2025

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Let Them Eat Art?

Laura Barrón-López

February 28, 2025

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Afghan Women Have Been Brought Back in Time

Bushra Seddique

October 16, 2024

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Inside the Virginia Newsroom Trying to Save Afghanistan From Tyranny

Cora Engelbrecht

August 18, 2024

Nazia Hashimyar on set at Amu TV

The Lesson I Wish I Never Had to Learn About Motherhood

Bushra Seddique

May 14, 2023

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The Atlantic Daily

Thanksgiving After Fleeing the Taliban

November 23, 2022

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What Afghans Want the Rest of the World to Know

Bushra Seddique

October 9, 2022

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I Smuggled My Laptop Past the Taliban So I Could Write This Story

Bushra Seddique

September 2022 Issue

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The Taliban Is Just as Bad as It Always Was

October 16, 2021

A member of the Taliban stands guard in front of a building with a Taliban flag.

The Women Burning Their Degree Certificates

September 3, 2021

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The Two Blows America Is Dealing to the Taliban

August 27, 2021

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What Does ISIS Want Now?

August 27, 2021

A Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of the August 26 twin suicide bombs

Americans Never Understood Afghanistan Like the Taliban Did

August 23, 2021

Boy selling balloons in Kabul in the early 1990's.

The Taliban’s Biggest Threat Isn’t an Armed Group

August 20, 2021

Young Afghan men and women listen to a concert in Kabul.

What I Learned While Eavesdropping on the Taliban

August 19, 2021

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This Is Not the Taliban 2.0

August 18, 2021

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid addresses a news conference in Kabul.

The Plywood Army

Elliot Ackerman

August 17, 2021

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The Taliban’s Return Is Catastrophic for Women

August 16, 2021

A woman in a burka puts her hand up to a car window, looking in at a passenger.

Our Complacent Commander in Chief

July 3, 2020

The U.S. Once Wanted Peace in Afghanistan

February 29, 2020

A U.S. soldier stands at a post in Nangarhar province alongside an Afghan civilian.

‘We Shouldn’t Be Buying the Taliban’s Excuse’

October 1, 2019

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A Terrific Deal—For the Taliban

September 11, 2019

President Donald Trump stands in front of an American flag with clasped hands.

What Really Prompted Trump to Call Off Afghan Peace Talks

Uri Friedman and Kathy Gilsinan

September 9, 2019

U.S. soldiers lift car wreckage with a crane in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The Atlantic Daily: The ‘American Taliban’ is Leaving Prison. Now What?

Saahil Desai and Shan Wang

May 22, 2019