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Afghan War

Death of a General

by Sune Engel Rasmussen,

The American military’s failure to prevent an insider attack

First-Person Shooters

by Sam Sacks,

What’s missing in contemporary war fiction

What Went Wrong

by David Bromwich,

Assessing Obama’s legacy

Love Crimes

by Jennifer Percy,

What liberation looks like for Afghan women

Flying Blind

by Andrew Cockburn,

The U.S. air-power lobby, botched bombing missions, and bootless combat.

Kandahar’s Mystery Executions

by Anand Gopal,

Are the Afghan police using torture to achieve peace?

Tunnel Vision

by Andrew Cockburn,

Will the Air Force kill its most effective weapon?

Warthogs and All

by Andrew Cockburn,

The U.S. Air Force’s foolish plan to scrap its most effective plane

The Pious Spy

by Mujib Mashal,

A Taliban intelligence chief’s death and resurrection

Polite Brigade

by Noorullah Dawari,

From A Brochure for Comprehending the Cultures of the Coalition Forces, a twenty-eight-page pamphlet published by the Afghan Ministry of Defense and distributed to Afghan troops. Translated from the Dari…

Kabubble

by Matthieu Aikins,

Counting down to economic collapse in the Afghan capital

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