Kabul Airport Explosion Hits Crowd Amid Afghan Evacuations  —  At least three U.S. troops injured in blast that follows warnings from Western governments of possible attack  —  An explosion ripped through a crowd of Afghans trying to enter Kabul airport, where the U.S. military is attempting …

Let's Not Pretend That the Way We Withdrew From Afghanistan Was the Problem  —  In 2005, my colleagues at The American Prospect, Sam Rosenfeld and Matt Yglesias, wrote an essay I think about often.  It was called “The Incompetence Dodge,” and it argued that American policymakers …

Live Afghanistan Updates: Some Evacuations Halt After Alerts Over Kabul Airport  —  Some European nations have halted evacuations from Kabul after the U.S., British and Australian governments warned their citizens to stay away from the airport.  Australian officials described “an ongoing and very high threat of terrorist attack.”

Twelve U.S. troops killed in ISIS attacks on Kabul airport  —  A dozen U.S. troops were killed and 15 were injured on Thursday when ISIS militants set off two bombs outside Kabul's main airport, the Pentagon said, where thousands of people have been gathering in recent days amid a massive evacuation effort by the U.S. and NATO allies.

Mike Pompeo takes his own arrows over the Afghanistan collapse  —  While the chaotic drawdown of the war in Afghanistan has taken a toll on President Joe Biden's standing back home, it's also complicated political matters for one prominent Republican with eyes seemingly on the White House.

Live updates: U.S. service members killed in Kabul airport blasts, along with civilian casualties, Pentagon says  —  The Biden administration previously warned that the Islamic State poses a threat to the evacuation mission.

The Real Winner of the Afghan War?  It's Not Who You Think.  —  Pakistan, nominally a U.S. partner in the war, was the Afghan Taliban's main patron, and sees the Taliban's victory as its own.  But now what does it do with its prize?  —  Just days after the Taliban took Kabul …

Exclusive: Police Lieutenant Who Killed January 6 Capitol Rioter Ashli Babbitt Finally Identified  —  For more than seven months, the U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt, an unarmed protester climbing through a broken window in a hallway of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, has remained anonymous.