Afghanistan withdrawal

Middle East

Will Trump stop America’s funding of the Taliban?

People in Afghanistan and many in exile are clutching at a limpid hope that the president will come to the rescue

Lynne O’Donnell

The peril of ignoring the Taliban

While imprisoning a nation of 40 million people, they are giving free rein to thousands of international Islamist terrorists

David Loyn

‘Kind of funny’: former House staffer rejects Foreign Affairs Committee’s defense of Afghanistan investigation

‘I understand all too well how Capitol Hill works,’ Jerry Dunleavy said

Amber Duke

Joe Biden will not be remembered as a hero

Unless the Democrats can somehow turn this election around, the president’s one term must go down as an extraordinary failure

Freddy Gray

Book Review

A superbly written and insightful account of the contemporary American military

General McKenzie’s fine memoir is a rich and powerful testament to the qualities that our best military commanders bring to their service to the nation

David J. Garrow