A Botched Drone Strike in Kabul Started With the Wrong Car

An errant strike that killed 10 civilians has called into question the reliability of the intelligence that will be used to conduct future U.S. operations in Afghanistan.

A ‘Righteous Strike’

Inside the Times investigation that forced the U.S. military to acknowledge that a drone attack in Afghanistan was a deadly error.

Military Analysis Raises Questions About Deadly Drone Strike in Kabul

A preliminary analysis said that it was “possible to probable” that explosives were in the car and that drone operators took only a cursory scan of the courtyard before launching an attack.

In Afghan Withdrawal, a Biden Doctrine Surfaces

The messy ending to the war has underscored President Biden’s discomfort with prolonged military engagements, even as the United States faces complex new threats.

Taliban Fighters Crush a Women’s Protest Amid Flickers of Resistance

The women were assaulted with rifle butts, tear gas and metal clubs, while anti-Taliban rebels in the north vowed to repel an assault by the Islamist group.