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• Anand Gopal:

  Some people will talk about how Afghanistan has improved, but they're really just talking about the

• Anand Gopal:

  After the Soviet withdrawal, many Afghan Communists had rebranded themselves as Islamists and joine

• Anand Gopal:

  The central thesis of the American failure in Afghanistan - the one you'll hear from politicians an

• Anand Gopal:

  A military base in a country like Afghanistan is also a web of relationships, a hub for the local e

• Anand Gopal:

  Unlike other Taliban groups, the Haqqanis' approach to mayhem was worldly and sophisticated: they r

• Anand Gopal:

  In the summer of 2004, Malem Jan was sitting with Sirajuddin Haqqani, the second son of Jalaluddin,

• Anand Gopal:

  In 2012, I received a phone call from the family of Arsala Rahmani, the Afghan senator with whom I'

• Anand Gopal:

  Night raids are only the first step in the American detention process in Afghanistan. Suspects are

• Anand Gopal:

  Afghan human rights campaigners worry that U.S. forces may be using secret detention sites like the

• Anand Gopal:

  Seen through the eyes of a U.S. soldier, Afghanistan is a scary place.