Diana Preston, The Dark Defile: Britain’s Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838–1842 (New York: Walker & Company, 2012), 320 pp., $28.00. FOR MANY foreigners, the history of Afghanistan reads ...

UK Armed Forces have ended their combat operations in Helmand Province, paving the way for the final transfer of the security portfolio to Afghan National Security Forces after 13 years of their stay, ...