The Afghan National Army should have the upper hand in terms of numbers, funding, and arms but the battle-hardened Taliban have defeated them easily.

The Taliban are claiming they defeated the United States, Afghanistan's president says. It's hard to argue with the Taliban's conclusion.

An interview with Paul D. Miller about his upcoming book “Choosing Defeat: The Twenty-Year Saga of How America Lost ...

In the absence of U.S. troops, holding the line against the Taliban requires a combination of Afghan Army troops and civilian fighters known locally as "uprising militias," who have taken up arms.

The Afghan military remains heavily dependent on U.S. equipment, training and money. It's far from clear how effective this U.S. assistance will be once American troops are gone.

During the US-led war against the Taliban, Afghan Air Force pilots played a key role alongside American counterparts. The pilots who CNN spoke to did not want to reveal their identities.

The United States tried to develop a credible Afghan defense establishment on the fly, even as it was fighting the Taliban, attempting to widen the political foundations of the government in Kabul ...

Twenty years later, the United States is withdrawing — visions of victory long vanished and an ascendant Taliban arguably within reach of restoring their rule.

The United States tried to develop a credible Afghan defense establishment on the fly, even as it was fighting the Taliban, attempting to widen the political foundations of the government in Kabul ...

U.S. airstrikes against the Taliban surged in August, rising to levels not seen in nearly a year as part of the final, failed attempt to prevent the Afghan army’s collapse as militants rapidly ...

The US Embassy in Kabul has warned that the Taliban may be executing Afghan troops who surrender — as insurgents continued their blitz on Thursday, capturing Afghanistan’s third-largest city.