The new Afghanistan military strategy was unveiled by the Trump administration this week. Historian Max Boot talks to Scott Simon about how different this will be from previous strategies.
President Trump said, "We are not nation building again. We are killing terrorists." Ex-intelligence officers say expect a more intense CIA role on both the Afghan and Pakistani sides of the border.
NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid about President Trump's address Monday night on the path forward in Afghanistan and the broader region.
President Trump went against what he called his own instincts when he agreed to extend the war in Afghanistan. NPR takes a look at what will actually be different on the ground in the region following the president's speech.
A day after President Trump outlined his strategy for the war in Afghanistan, his secretary of state took questions about the potential for diplomacy. Rex Tillerson has downgraded the office dealing with the conflict.
NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Alyssa Ayres of the Council on Foreign Relations about why President Trump urged India to take a greater role in the regional approach to the conflict in Afghanistan.
President Trump spoke of winning in Afghanistan without defining what victory there would look like. The enemy is a hard-to-define collection of competing extremist groups.
In the Dari language, there's no word to describe these single mothers, who are pushed to the fringes of Afghan society. Photographer Kiana Hayeri captures their daily struggles.
The president addressed the nation about U.S. engagement and "the path forward" in Afghanistan and South Asia. He criticized Pakistan for offering "safe haven to agents of chaos, violence and terror."