Ibrahim’s parents fled political turmoil in China for Afghanistan more than 50 years ago. At that time, Mao Zedong had unleashed the Cultural Revolution, and life was upended for many […]
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Back to news homeHow Afghanistan Changed China’s Taiwan Calculus
The U.S. policy toward Taiwan is “strategic ambiguity” — there is no explicit promise to defend it from Chinese attack. In this tense environment, U.S. policymakers and experts are feverishly […]
Clarissa Ward of CNN Looks Back on the Afghanistan War
Clarissa Ward had four days to catch up on sleep and see her two sons, ages 1 and 3, at her parents’ home in France. Then she was off again, […]
Why the Taliban Desperately Need Cash to Run Afghanistan
The system functions on the premise that people want to send equivalent amounts of money between two locations. Loans and transfers are recorded on ledgers, but money doesn’t have to […]
How Mexico Helped The Times Get Its Journalists Out of Afghanistan
A group of Afghans who worked for The New York Times, along with their families, touched down safely early Wednesday — not in New York or Washington, but at Benito […]
U.S. and I.M.F. Apply a Financial Squeeze on the Taliban
Despite the chaotic end to its presence in Afghanistan, the United States still has control over billions of dollars belonging to the Afghan central bank, money that Washington is making […]
Gold Star Families Accuse Major Banks of Aiding Terrorists
Anne Smedinghoff, a Foreign Service officer at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, was escorting Afghan journalists on an outing when a roadside bomb killed her in 2013. The bomb’s design […]
China Criticized the Afghan War. Now It Worries About the Withdrawal.
The Chinese government rarely passes up a chance to accuse the United States of military adventurism and hegemony. In the case of Afghanistan, though, it has changed its tone, warning […]