5 News Stories That Made a Splash
From the war in Ukraine to Sudan’s implosion, Foreign Policy’s reporters were on the case.
December 29, 2023 — The Taliban Have ‘Infiltrated’ U.N. Deliveries of Aid
Lynne O’Donnell, July 24
Ever since the Trump administration (with an obliging assist from the Biden administration) handed Afghanistan over to the Taliban after 20 fruitless years of war, one big question has loomed: How can the international community hurt the bad guys and help the good ones? Turns out, it can’t. This story detailed the degree to which the Taliban have turned international efforts at assistance into yet another revenue stream for their back-to-the-Middle Ages agenda, with dire consequences for all involved. — Keith Johnson, a deputy news editor at Foreign Policy.
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