The axiom that the world's destiny is in the hands of bankers and industrialists is never more aptly demonstrated than in wartime. The lords of capital and the cannon merchants thrive on the menace of ...

Kabul is Saigon 1975. No, the Taliban are like the Khmer Rouge and we are in Phnom Penh (still 1975). No, it’s Iran 1979 all over again. Biden is the new Jimmy Carter. No, he is the new Lyndon Johnson ...

Former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute (Ret.) and author Craig Whitlock join The Post to discuss revelations from the new Washington Post book, “The Afghanistan ...

pt. 1. Introduction. -- The land -- The people -- pt. 2. The historical background. -- Prehistory and Bronze Age civilisations -- Iron Age and the Iranians -- Alexander and the establishment of Greek ...

And I want to bring in another voice now. Wazhmah Osman is an associate professor of globalization and development communication at Temple University. Thank you for being with us. WAZHMAH OSMAN: Thank ...

America’s schoolchildren don’t resist learning from history. Policymakers do. President Biden ended a war in Afghanistan that his three predecessors pursued (and rued) for 20 years. As a young man he ...

There's been no shortage of fact-based criticism aimed at the Biden administration's handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. But some of the criticism from former Trump administration ...

Recent history in Afghanistan and Iraq teaches that rebuilding in active conflict zones comes with its share of hazard and ...

Soldiers stand in the alley where Staff Sgt. Damian Remijio and Pfc. Zachary Fitch were wounded in a firefight in.