Thomas Joscelyn

The Islamic State’s Khorasan branch has claimed credit for a suicide bombing outside of the airport in Kabul earlier today. The group identifies the “martyr”...

Ghazni City, the capital of a southeastern Afghan province with the same name, is the tenth provincial capital to fall to the Taliban in one week. It is strategically important...

How 'The Longer Telegram' misunderstands the Chinese Communist Party's quest for power.