The U.S. spent billions trying to suppress Afghanistan’s illicit opium and heroin trade. It didn’t work.

Many refugees are eligible for special visas to live in the U.S.

“You can’t just think of these people as refugees. In a lot of cases, you’ve got to think of them as returning war veterans.”

The Biden administration has expanded the Special Immigrant Visa program to allow more Afghans who assisted the U.S. during the war to resettle here.

“This is going to be more difficult than the evacuation of Saigon,” said Matt Zeller, co-founder of a nonprofit helping with the evacuation effort.

Ajmal Ahmady, whose dramatic exit from the country was described in viral tweets, says inflation and poverty will likely rise.

The U.S. has already frozen Afghan assets in this country.

The last time the fundamentalists were in power, they banned education for girls and women.

With the Taliban in control, the business picture there could look foggy to the rest of the world, especially when it comes to how much money the government will actually have.

The hardline government might need the groups to provide basic social services. But it’s also likely to fear their human rights advocacy.