Biometric Update

Afghanistan hands out 10 million digital IDs in four years

The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) says the digital ID distribution has been happening through easy ...

Afghanistan needs $129 million for quake recovery, UN says, as donor support falls

A UN-led assessment says Afghanistan requires $128.8 million to restore housing, schools and key services in its quake-hit ...
Smithsonian Magazine

After a Tragedy in 2002, Special Forces Soldiers Learned That Armed Drones Are a Combat Necessity

The Battle of Takur Ghar began three days into Operation Anaconda—an attempt by thousands of U.S. and allied troops to ...

Part of the U.S. strategy in 20 years of war in Afghanistan? Weakening poppies

In an exclusive Washington Post story, reporter Warren Strobel describes a CIA operation in Afghanistan over the course of about a decade. The goal was to degrade the country's opium crop.