DOJ avoids legal battle over secretive terrorism court
The United States has finally dusted off a dormant weapon from its 1996 arsenal, and the first target was Nazira Haji Zada.
By Sophie Naimi ·
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The CIA is not practicing transparency, but archaeology
On the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, CIA Director John Ratcliffe decided to gift the public a series of declassified presidential daily briefs.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
Trump uses 9/11 grief to fuel a new appetite for war
The image of 2,977 lights rising over New York Harbor—one for every soul lost on that Tuesday morning a quarter-century ago—was a rare moment of grace.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
The West’s aid mistake allows Taliban oppression in Afghanistan
The West has long treated Afghanistan like a charity case—a place requiring endless aid and soft-power guidance.
By Grant Colby ·
‘We are still here’: a day in the life of 12 Afghan women
The reports coming out of Afghanistan are less a story of hardship and more an audited record of systemic economic amputation.
By Ray Dombrowski ·