Afghan War
The Taliban Captured Lots of Very Expensive Aircraft in Kabul. None of Them Work.
“If anything captured at Kabul ever flies again I’d be truly shocked,” a former special forces soldier who fought in Afghanistan told VICE World News.
The Taliban Made Sure Afghans Were Too Terrified to Vote on Election Day
“The Taliban told people you’ll be killed or have your fingers cut off”
It’s been another horrific month for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan
“The U.S. and allies are desperate for a deal, and nothing good happens when you are desperate.”
The Taliban massacred 150 people in Kabul. Now they're calling for peace.
“Our preference is to solve the Afghan issue through peaceful dialogue.”
Trump just contradicted his own Afghanistan strategy
The Pentagon referred all questions to the White House when asked for comment
‘Canada's Badass Defence Minister’ a Little Less Badass Now After Apology
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has apologized for taking credit for Operation Medusa, one of Canada’s biggest military operations in the Afghan war.
The Taliban Is Running Amok and Killing Policemen in Afghanistan's Opium Heartland
The insurgents, who largely control the Afghan drug trade, are flush with cash and new recruits after the lucrative poppy harvest in Helmand province.
Millions of US Dollars May Have Gone to 'Ghost Schools' in Afghanistan
A new report calls into question $769 million that the US has spent on Afghanistan’s education sector, including claims that the money went to schools that don’t actually exist.
What We're Leaving Behind
VICE News correspondent Ben Anderson speaks with both patients and doctors at NGO Emergency's hospital in Lashkar Gah, and gauges their expectations of an Afghanistan free from international intervention.
Finding Bergdahl - Part 4
This is the fourth installment of Robert Young Pelton's account of his involvement with the 2009 search for Private Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan.