Withdrawing even some of the U.S. troops, planes, drones and bombers from Afghanistan will reduce the killing.
Regions / Afghanistan
Trump has sent more new troops to the Middle East than he’s bringing home from Afghanistan.
Hard data shows ending our wars would be smart politics — and the first step toward repairing a moral calamity.
America's drone wars have gotten deadlier under Trump, but the Trump-first news cycle makes highlighting the human cost extremely difficult.
Like racist mass murders at home, drone attacks killing dozens of civilians at a time are only possible because of a culture of dehumanization.
Glorifying serial killer-type behavior most service members would find appalling is a strange way to honor them.
New reports show an escalation in civilian casualties from U.S. operations in Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia — and a pattern of U.S. denial about the scale of the problem.
He's failed to deliver his promised withdrawals from Afghanistan and Syria, vetoed an order to get out of Yemen, and expanded the U.S. bombing of Somalia, all while eyeing Iran.
Sixteen years after the Iraq War, the Army's official history of the war reads like a string of empty platitudes.
The staging of professional sports events is deeply political. It’s only when someone breaks character that we notice it.