The handover

How the Taliban wins over Afghans without firing a shot

By addressing social injustices — like the price of marriage — the Taliban has no trouble winning hearts and minds.

How the Taliban wins over Afghans without firing a shot

Afghanistan's post-NATO era takes shape

Afghanistan's post-NATO era takes shape

Welcome to Kabul: Here are some brass knuckles

Welcome to Kabul: Here are some brass knuckles

Afghanistan: It's worse in the winter

Afghanistan: It's worse in the winter

2012 was a tough year for Afghanistan. 2013 will be tougher

2012 was a tough year for Afghanistan. 2013 will be tougher

Afghanistan: For ex-Taliban, it's peace or death

Former members of the Taliban are desperate for peace. Their lives may depend on it.

Afghanistan: For ex-Taliban, it's peace or death

Afghanistan's thriving civil society is getting worried

Building a strong civil society is among the greatest US successes since the occupation began. Can it last when the US leaves?

Afghanistan's thriving civil society is getting worried

Afghanistan: Missing George W. Bush

US relations with Afghanistan have deteriorated under Obama.

Afghanistan: Missing George W. Bush

Afghanistan: Taliban fear grips once peaceful Parwan province

Not far from the largest US military base in Afghanistan, the Taliban is making major inroads.

Afghanistan: Taliban fear grips once peaceful Parwan province

Afghanistan: A former US ally says a new conflict looms

With the Taliban insurgency raging across much of Afghanistan, the Northern Alliance says old divisions are threatening to plunge the nation deeper into the mire.

Afghanistan: A former US ally says a new conflict looms

Losing Afghanistan: Clerics now openly support the Taliban

The occupation, they say, has actively encouraged a litany of personal and political ills in an effort to weaken the bedrock of society: Islam.

Losing Afghanistan: Clerics now openly support the Taliban

Afghan surge: Obama’s great gamble comes to an end

With time running out and Washington having played its strongest card, optimism in Afghanistan is hard to find.

Afghan surge: Obama’s great gamble comes to an end

North Waziristan: The problem no one wants to talk about

A peaceful Afghanistan appears inextricably linked to a peaceful North Waziristan.

North Waziristan: The problem no one wants to talk about

Afghans fear conflict will escalate long after it ends for America

The doubts that always clouded the NATO mission in Afghanistan have assumed a grim finality for many Afghans.

Afghans fear conflict will escalate long after it ends for America

In Afghanistan, fears that a NATO withdrawal will lead to another civil war

NATO members talk withdrawal in Chicago. Afghans talk civil war.

In Afghanistan, fears that a NATO withdrawal will lead to another civil war