Al Qaeda
Here’s Why It’s Called the “Mother of All Bombs”
America’s MOAB is considered to be the largest non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal.
The Afghanistan Withdrawal Three Years Later
Today marks the third anniversary of the last day of U.S. presence in Afghanistan, August 30, 2021, and no matter how much the White House and the media shy away...
The War on Terror Is Back
Within the Beltway, February and March tend to be busy months, when high-ranking military commanders and senior intelligence officials descend on Capitol Hill to update lawmakers on the assorted threats...
Good Riddance to the War on Terror
The occasion did not get much attention, but December 31 marked the end of what came to be called the “war on terrorism” (or alternatively, the “war on terror,” the...
This Time Is Different: A New Hope for Kashmir
As the Red Army prepared to march the last of its troops out of Afghanistan in February 1989, a new frontier awaited the now triumphant mujahideen. Confidence was high; in...
Zawahiri’s Assassination Proves the War in Afghanistan Is Far From Over
A little more than a month ago, in the early morning of July 31, Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by a U.S. Reaper drone over Kabul. At the...
Could America Have Avoided Tragedy in Afghanistan?
Much has changed in Afghanistan since the Biden administration withdrew U.S. forces a year ago. A Human Rights Watch report calls the situation there a “human rights nightmare.” The group...
Hostages Freed After Al-Shabaab Hotel Attack Kills 20
Twenty-one Somali citizens were killed and an additional 117 wounded by Somalia’s Al-Shabaab terror group during a weekend attack on a hotel in Mogadishu, according to Somali health minister Ali...
Back to a Backwater: Why Afghanistan Matters Little to the West
Editor’s note: In August, The National Interest organized a symposium on Afghanistan one year after the U.S. withdrawal and the Taliban takeover of Kabul. We asked a variety of experts...
Biden Has Only Bad Options in Afghanistan
Editor’s note: In August, The National Interest organized a symposium on Afghanistan one year after the U.S. withdrawal and the Taliban takeover of Kabul. We asked a variety of experts...
Afghanistan’s Terrorist Threats to America Are Growing
One year after the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Biden administration faces a complex counterterrorism challenge. The successful U.S. strike in July 2022 that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman...
The Taliban Don’t Want Another 9/11
Editor’s note: In August, The National Interest organized a symposium on Afghanistan one year after the U.S. withdrawal and the Taliban takeover of Kabul. We asked a variety of experts...