Kusum Pandey

From Counterterrorism to Nation-Building: The United States in Afghanistan, 2001–2021

This article examines why the Taliban returned to Kabul in 2021, twenty years after the United States removed them from power in a matter of weeks. It argues that the collapse of the Afghan Republic cannot be understood separately from the way the Taliban regime was overthrown in 2001. The decision to invade followed t...