Despite the bloody headlines, a slow-motion alignment of interests could mean peace in Afghanistan — if the Trump administration cooperates.
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If Trump wants a successful South Asia policy, he'd best start by mending fences with Pakistan.
Military leaders want more troops to help prop up an unaccountable Afghan government — one that even Afghans aren't interested in dying for.
Despite President Obama's promises of a drawdown in Afghanistan, the United States is settling in for the long haul.
Pakistan cracks down on its militants to control, not extinguish, their movements.
The U.S. conducts drone strikes worldwide with relative impunity. But when the first strike hits the United States, the real blowback will begin.
It's not too late for the United States to help get Afghanistan back on its feet.
From suicide bombers in the Middle East to drone operators in the United States, youth-on-youth violence has become epidemic.
American military technology transformed remote, landlocked Afghanistan into the world’s first true narco-state.
If the Taliban were allowed to assume command of the Afghan ship of state, it might ameliorate its harsh ways.