Afghanistan

Cogs of War

By Anatoly Chernyaev,

From the December 30, 1979, entry in his diary, which was released in May by the George Washington University National Security Archive. Chernyaev, a member of the Central Committee of…

Without a Trace

By Matthew Wolfe,

In December 2015, a twenty-two-year-old man named Masood Hotak left his home in Kabul, Afghanistan, and set out for Europe. For several weeks, he made his way through the mountains…

Without a Trace

By Harper’s Magazine, on January 17, 2019

The story of one man’s search for his brother speaks to the pain of hundreds of thousands of missing migrants’ families Read More

Mobbed Up

By Andrew Cockburn,

Lance Bunch has had an impressive year. In July 2017, he gained a coveted star, having been promoted to brigadier general while serving as the principal military assistant to James…

From a transcript of radio transmissions and cockpit conversations that took place during a drone strike in Afghanistan in 2010. The strike killed twenty-three civilians. At Nevada headquarters, Pilot is…

The Mothers

By Kiana Hayeri,

There is no exact translation in Pashto or Dari for “single mother,” yet after four decades of conflict — from the Soviet invasion to the war on terror — millions of women…

Inside the February Issue

By James Marcus, on January 18, 2017

May Jeong on the peace process in Afghanistan, Anthony Heilbut on black America’s civil war over gay rights, Alice Gregory on the world of miniatures, a story by John Edgar…

It Takes a Villa

From testimony given in January at a Senate subcommittee hearing to examine spending within the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations, a division of the Department of Defense that…

Death of a General

By Sune Engel Rasmussen,

A Special Relationship

By Andrew Cockburn,

One morning early in 1988, Ed McWilliams, a foreign-service officer posted to the American Embassy in Kabul, heard the thump of a massive explosion from somewhere on the other side…

Love Crimes

By Jennifer Percy,

Gul Raham, the hymen doctor of Kabul, sat behind a wide desk in an office filled with purple plastic flowers. A bouquet of them drooped over a filing cabinet stuffed…

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Cogs of War

Without a Trace

Without a Trace

Mobbed Up

Baby Boomers

The Mothers

Inside the February Issue

It Takes a Villa

Death of a General

A Special Relationship

Love Crimes

January 2015