The Year Kabul Fell Again

FP's Year in Review: the news, people, and power moves that shaped 2021.

Kabul's fall left the world with many questions but one thing was clear: Two decades of U.S. nation-building had failed, and the same militant group that the United States was determined to root out in 2001 was once again taking the helm of a country Washington had poured more than $2 trillion into over the course of the war. In the days and months that followed, we published more than 100 articles, from dispatches by journalists on the ground to long reads by academics on the region's history to essays by Afghans on the human toll of U.S. abandonment. Below, we've highlighted FP's top stories on Afghanistan this year. We hope you'll spend some time reading (or revisiting) our coverage, which sought to make sense of what happened, why it happened, and what the United States—and the world—could learn from it. This email is part of FP's Year in Review series. Inbox too crowded? Click here to opt out of these communications.       The Falling Man of Kabul   Zaki Anwari represented what a free Afghanistan could achieve. His gruesome death is a vivid reminder of the human toll of U.S. abandonment.   Read More ›       As Taliban Expand Control, Concerns About Forced Marriage and Sex Slavery Rise   In some Afghan towns, women are fleeing ahead of insurgent takeovers.   Read More ›       How the U.S. Got 9/11 Wrong   The lone superpower inadvertently taught the rest of the world how to fight it—and win.   Read More ›       Post-American Afghanistan and India's Geopolitics   The fall of Kabul accelerates a fundamental realignment that was already underway.   Read More ›       To Understand Afghanistan's Future, Reckon With the Region's Colonial Past   From Kabul to Kolkata, South Asian heirs of partition can draw inspiration from their history to chart a sustainable future.   Read More ›     MORE FROM THE YEAR IN REVIEW     Get unlimited access to our award-winning journalism. Subscribe now for 35% off with code HOLIDAY21.                © 2021 Foreign Policy All rights reserved. 1750 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 200 https://foreignpolicy.com/ | Unsubscribe

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