Today, my colleague Steven Erlanger, who covers diplomacy, writes about whether the Iran war is the next Iraq or Afghanistan.

President Trump, who promised to “end wars,” not start them, may have fallen into a familiar presidential trap.

Pakistan says it targeted militant hideouts along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in response to militant attacks across Pakistan. Afghanistan condemned the strikes as acts of aggression.

Since late 2025, a volatile conflict has unfolded between nuclear-armed Pakistan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, escalating into what can only be described as an “open war.” Despite various attempts at ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan have entered their most dangerous military confrontation in years, with cross-border airstrikes, drone attacks and escalating violence raising fears of a wider conflict.

The collapse of Afghanistan in August 2021 is still widely interpreted as a military or political failure. That interpretation is incomplete.Afghanistan collapsed because it lost the cognitive war ...

Afghanistan border is fast becoming one of Asia’s most volatile flashpoints. Rising military action on both sides is fuelling fears of a broader regional conflict.

Afghanistan rarely generates headlines these days, as international focus remains on war in the Middle East. "The perception is that Afghanistan is not in a crisis because it is out of news," ...

Five years ago, the 20-year American war in Afghanistan came to an inglorious end. In April 2021, the United States had begun its final withdrawal, with the goal of pulling out the 2,500 U.S. troops ...