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After 20 years of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, most American troops have departed the country and Kabul has returned to Taliban control. We’re revisiting essays from the Foreign Affairs archives that trace the conflict over the last two decades, from the previous period of Taliban rule to the U.S. invasion in October 2001 to Washington’s years-long search for an exit strategy. All now free to read, they shed light on the expectations and the failures of U.S. involvement at each stage of the war.
America’s Slow-Motion Failure in Afghanistan
Richard Holbrooke and the Decline of American Power
Afghanistan, Graveyard of Empires
Defining Success in Afghanistan What Can the United States Accept? By Stephen Biddle, Fotini Christia, and J Alexander Thier (2010)
The Limits of Counterinsurgency Doctrine in Afghanistan
Don’t miss our latest coverage of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan:
“We All Lost Afghanistan” by P. Michael McKinley © 2021 Council on Foreign Relations | 58 East 68 Street, New York NY | 10065 Reset your password here. |
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