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  1. congress
    Congress Learns Pentagon Wasted $1 Trillion, Promptly Gives It Bigger BudgetHours after learning that the Pentagon lied to taxpayers while wasting their money in Afghanistan, Congress awards the DoD a $22 billion budget hike.
    By Eric Levitz
  2. the military industrial complex
    Here’s More Evidence the War in Afghanistan Was a $2 Trillion Mistake“If the American people knew the magnitude of this dysfunction … 2,400 lives lost,” wrote a top U.S. general. “Who will say this was in vain?”
    By Sarah Jones
  3. trump tweets
    The White House Scheduled Trump Tweets to Keep His Afghanistan Trip SecretIf Trump doesn’t tweet for 12 hours, people start asking questions.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  4. veterans
    The Next Fight for Cory Remsburg, the Wounded Veteran Obama Made FamousIn 2014, a White House speechwriter made a brain-injured soldier a symbol of resilience. Now he finds the story didn’t end so neatly.
    By Terence Szuplat
  5. world view
    Trump Tells the World He’s Desperate to Play DealmakerTrump is ready to move past his Taliban summit debacle, but it offered strategic lessons adversaries like Iran and North Korea won’t soon forget.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  6. war in afghanistan
    Trump’s Canceled Meeting With Taliban Was a Failed Attempt to Rush a Peace DealThe Camp David summit was reportedly a last-minute ploy to conclude negotiations and let Trump deliver a grand finale to the war in Afghanistan.
    By Chas Danner
  7. vision 2020
    Joe Biden’s Composite War Story That Never HappenedIt’s not within his usual gaffe territory, but Biden’s blurred account of a heroic soldier is still strange considering his reason for telling it.
    By Matt Stieb
  8. interesting times
    Andrew Sullivan: The Nature of SexThere are enormous dangers in trying to legislate away the differences between social constructs and biological realities on the question of gender.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  9. world view
    U.S.-Taliban May Have Breakthrough Deal — Now All Afghans Must Be HeardU.S. and Taliban officials may have a deal, but there won’t be lasting peace if women, minorities, and everyday Afghans are excluded from the process.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  10. william arkin
    A Former NBC News Military Analyst on Why Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Underrated“When Mr. Magoo walks across the girder from one skyscraper to another, we should at least recognize that he did it.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  11. u.s. military
    Trump Makes Surprise Trip to Iraq, One Spot Where He Isn’t Withdrawing TroopsAmid the uproar over his decision to pull troops from Afghanistan and Syria, President Trump made his first appearance in a combat zone.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. interesting times
    Andrew Sullivan: The Establishment Will Never Say No to a WarKeep that in mind when listening to the many defenders of the shadowy and unconstitutional occupation in Syria and the endless slog in Afghanistan.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  13. politics
    Read Defense Secretary Mattis’s Full Letter to Donald TrumpJames Mattis tendered his resignation today, and wrote a letter to the President explaining his reasons for doing so.
  14. global tech
    Afghanistan’s Real Internet Lives on Its StreetsOn the “Sneakernet,” files and media are sold, physically, by street vendors. It’s often more efficient than using 3G or a low-speed broadband.
    By Eileen Guo
  15. endless war
    Report: Trump Is Considering Erik Prince’s Plan to Privatize the Afghanistan WarThe Blackwater founder is pushing a plan to replace soldiers with contractors and Trump is warming to it.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  16. foreign policy
    White House Is Reportedly Pursuing Direct Talks With TalibanWith the push for Afghan-led talks stalled, the U.S. aims to jump-start the process by giving in on the Taliban’s demand for bilateral negotiations.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  17. awful things
    Twin Suicide Bombings in Afghanistan Kill 29, Including JournalistsThe second bomber targeted people rushing to cover the first blast. AFP’s chief photographer in Afghanistan was among the seven journalists killed.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  18. awful things
    Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 57 Afghans in Attack on Would-Be VotersThe attack was one of several targeting recent efforts to register voters in the country.
    By Chas Danner
  19. Suicide Attack in Kabul Kills DozensIt’s the second high-profile assault claimed by the Taliban in recent days.
    By Benjamin Hart
  20. Bowe Bergdahl Avoids Prison Time After Pleading Guilty to DesertionA judge sentenced Bergdahl to a dishonorable discharge but spared him time behind bars.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  21. Trump’s Statements Interfere With Bowe Bergdahl’s SentencingThe president commented on the case again last week.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  22. Bowe Bergdahl to Plead Guilty to Desertion Before the EnemyHe could spend the rest of his life in prison.
    By Benjamin Hart
  23. What the Trump Administration Means When It Says ‘On Notice’▶️ Is it more than an empty threat?
    By Brittany Stephanis
  24. Breitbart News Will Try to Force Trump to Be Trump, Whether He Likes It or NotYou can expect Breitbart News to intensify its efforts to get Trump to stay “populist”, even if it mean repudiating key family members and advisers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. Trump’s Bold New Afghanistan Strategy: Neither Bold, Nor New, Nor a StrategyTo the extent that it’s bold, it’s dangerous; to the extent it’s new, it’s vague; to the extent that it’s a strategy, it’s Obama’s.
    By Jonah Shepp
  26. foreign policy
    Trump Says New Afghanistan Strategy Is to Stop Announcing Afghanistan StrategyHe offered few details, saying, “America’s enemies must never know our plans or believe they can wait us out.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  27. international affairs
    Trump Compared Afghanistan Policy Review to 21 Club Renovation: ReportHe suggested replacing the top general, but experts say the issue is he hasn’t approved a new strategy.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  28. Trump’s New Afghanistan Strategy: Keep the Minerals!Struggling to find a reason to prolong America’s war in Afghanistan, the president’s thoughts turn to the nation’s reserves of iron ore.
    By Eric Levitz
  29. The Pentagon Is Preparing to Send 4,000 More U.S. Troops to AfghanistanThere are currently 8,400 U.S. troops in the country, along with 5,000 NATO soldiers.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  30. Top ISIS Leader in Afghanistan Killed in RaidAbdul Hasib died in an April 27 raid, along with dozens of ISIS fighters, in eastern Afghanistan. He had led the terror group for less than a year.
    By Jen Kirby
  31. international relations
    Secretary of Defense Mattis Makes Surprise Visit to AfghanistanThere was reportedly a Taliban bombing at a U.S. base the same day as his visit.
    By Jen Kirby
  32. ‘Mother of All Bombs’ Kills 36 ISIS Fighters in Afghanistan“It felt like the heavens were falling,” one local said.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  33. U.S. Drops ‘Mother of All Bombs,’ Biggest Non-Nuke Ever Used, in AfghanistanThe 22,000-pound bomb was dropped on ISIS tunnels in Afghanistan.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  34. ISIS Attackers Dressed As Doctors Kill Dozens at Afghan Military HospitalAt least 38 are dead with more than 50 injured.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  35. afghanistan
    4 Americans Killed in Suicide Attack on NATO Base in AfghanistanThe Taliban has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
    By Chas Danner
  36. The Taliban Was Disappointed in the First Presidential DebateNot enough talk about Afghanistan.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  37. scary things
    ISIS Behind Kabul Blasts That Kill at Least 80One of the deadliest attacks on Afghanistan’s Shia minority. 
    By Jen Kirby
  38. war in afghanistan
    Reports: Afghan Taliban Leader Killed in U.S. Air StrikeThe targeting of Mullah Mansour is the U.S. military’s most significant strike on Pakistani soil since the killing of Osama bin Laden in 2011.
    By Chas Danner
  39. awful things
    Military Personnel Punished for Hospital BombingNo criminal charges were filed.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  40. U.S. Soldier Killed, Two More Wounded, in Taliban FirefightAs of Tuesday morning, the rescue helicopter remains grounded.
    By Samuel Lieberman
  41. NYPD Detective Killed by Taliban Suicide Bomber in AfghanistanFive other American soldiers were killed by a motorcycle bomb on Monday.
    By Jaime Fuller
  42. awful things
    U.S. Troops Thought Taliban Was in MSF HospitalAccording to the AP, Green Berets on the ground requested an air strike because they thought it was under Taliban control.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  43. international affairs
    Report: U.S. Knew Bombed Afghan Site Was a HospitalSpecial-operations analysts suspected the location was used to coordinate Taliban activity.
    By Jonah Shepp
  44. fog of war
    Obama May Leave U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Through the End of His PresidencyAmerica’s longest war looks like it will extend its run.
    By Eric Levitz
  45. fog of war
    33 Still Unaccounted for in Wake of Kunduz Hospital Bombing“One of our doctors died on an improvised operating table — an office desk — while his colleagues tried to save his life.”
    By Nathan Pemberton
  46. U.S. Military Official Says Hospital Airstrike Was a MistakeGeneral John Campbell also told Congress on Tuesday that the plan to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by 2016 may be changed.
    By Jaime Fuller
  47. terrible things
    U.S. Air Strike Hits Hospital in AfghanistanA Doctors Without Borders medical facility in Kunduz was bombed early Saturday morning, killing at least 19 and injuring dozens.
    By Chas Danner
  48. war
    American Deserter: Why AWOL U.S. Soldiers Are Most at Risk in CanadaIt used to be the safest place for a war deserter to go. Now it’s just about the worst destination.
    By Wil S. Hylton
  49. war
    The Riskiest Place for AWOL U.S. Soldiers Is CanadaIt used to be the safest place for a war deserter to go. Now it’s just about the worst destination.
    By Wil S. Hylton
  50. international affairs
    The American War in Afghanistan Officially Ended Today We still have 10,800 troops over there, though.
    By Caroline Bankoff
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