Anand Gopal

Many civilian deaths by U.S.-led airstrikes in the war against ISIS in Iraq are not officially recognized by the United States.

Anand Gopal explains how the United States came close to victory in Afghanistan and what led to the resurgence of the Taliban.

Two U.S. navy sailors went missing on friday when they were driving in a Taliban-held area in Eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban claims they kidnapped both of them and killed one. They are offering to exchange the body of the dead sailor with one of the prisoners being held by the U.S. It was also reported that the United States braodcast an offer of $20,000 for information leading to the return of the soldiers. Anand Gopal, reporter for the Christian Science Monitor, has more from Afghanistan.

Anand Gopal discusses America's secret prisons in Afghanistan. His article "America's Secret Afghan Prisons" was published collaboratively by TomDispatch.com and The Nation, and supported by the Fund for Investigative Journalism. Anand Gopal has reported in Afghanistan for the Christian Science Monitor and the Wall Street Journal. His dispatches ...

Last week's suicide bombing in Afghanistan that claimed the lives of 7 CIA employees got a lot more complicated yesterday when it was revealed that the bomber was, in fact, a double a...

The Taliban claimed responsibility for an Afghan officer who blew himself up on a US military base in Afghanistan killing eight Americans. We get an update from Anand Gopal, reporter ...

Hamid Karzai has been sworn in today as the president of Afghanistan for a second five-year term.  After an optimistic first presidential election in 2004, this second election was, i...

A chilling video was released last weekend of the first U.S. soldier, Army Private Bowe R. Bergdahl, to be captured by the Taliban since the war started in Afghanistan. The 23-year-ol...