What Is ISIS‑K, the Islamic State Khorasan?

Found­ed in 2015, the Afghan splin­ter group from ISIS counts as its foes U.S. forces and the Taliban.



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Amid Afghan Chaos, a C.I.A. Mission That Will Persist for Years

The spy agency had plans to de-empha­­size coun­tert­er­ror­ism oper­a­tions to focus on ris­ing glob­al pow­ers. His­to­ry got in the way. Tags: design TT Mod­ell­bahn TT H0 N schal­ten mod­elleisen­bahn bahn spiele­max preise  Ein Reichs­marschall von Adolf […]



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After Decades of War in Afghanistan, ISIS and Al Qaeda Can Still Wreak Havoc

The U.S. and its allies waged war for 20 years to try to defeat ter­ror­ists in Afghanistan. A dou­ble-sui­­cide bomb­ing demon­strat­ed that they remain a threat.

Israel’s Spy Agency Snubbed the U.S. Can Trust Be Restored?

Israel’s new prime min­is­ter, Naf­tali Ben­nett, heads to Wash­ing­ton promis­ing bet­ter rela­tions and seek­ing sup­port for covert attacks on Iran’s nuclear program.

The Real Winner of the Afghan War? It’s Not Who You Think.

Pak­istan, nom­i­nal­ly a U.S. part­ner in the war, was the Afghan Taliban’s main patron, and sees the Taliban’s vic­to­ry as its own. But now what does it do with its prize?

Did the War in Afghanistan Have to Happen?

In 2001, when the Tal­iban were weak and ready to sur­ren­der, the U.S. passed on a deal. Near­ly 20 years lat­er, the Tal­iban hold all the cards.

Biden’s Inaccurate Claims in Defending Afghanistan Withdrawal

The pres­i­dent made mis­lead­ing or false claims about the reac­tion of allies to the with­draw­al, the pres­ence of Al Qae­da and con­di­tions for Amer­i­cans trav­el­ing to the Kab­ul airport.

Gold Star Families Accuse Major Banks of Aiding Terrorists

A new law­suit says the banks, includ­ing Deutsche Bank and Stan­dard Char­tered, ignored warn­ings that their cus­tomers were help­ing to finance attack­ers tar­get­ing Amer­i­cans in Afghanistan.

Biden Sends Dueling Messages on Afghanistan

The admin­is­tra­tion has sought to reas­sure Amer­i­cans that it is end­ing “for­ev­er wars” while sig­nal­ing to Afghans that the U.S. is not aban­don­ing the belea­guered country.

Biden Says Afghans Must ‘Decide Their Future’ as U.S. Troops Withdraw

Mr. Biden told Pres­i­dent Ashraf Ghani that the Unit­ed States would still offer secu­ri­ty assis­tance, as well as diplo­mat­ic and human­i­tar­i­an aid.

C.I.A. Scrambles for New Approach in Afghanistan

The rapid with­draw­al of U.S. troops has left the agency seek­ing ways to main­tain its intel­li­­gence-gath­­er­ing, war-fight­­ing and coun­tert­er­ror­ism oper­a­tions in the country.