Directorate S: the C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Blind into battle, September 2001-December 2001. "Something has happened to Khalid"

Judgment day

Friends like these

Risk management

Catastrophic success

Losing the peace, 2002-2006. Small change

Taliban for Karzai

The enigma

"His rules were different than our rules"

Mr. Big

Ambassador vs. ambassador

Digging a hole in the ocean

Radicals

The best intentions, 2006-2009. Suicide detectives

Plan Afghanistan

Murder and the deep state

Hard data

Tough love

Terror and the deep state

The new big dogs

Losing Karzai

A war to give people a chance

The end of illusion, 2010-2014. The one-man C.I.A.

The conflict resolution cell

Kayani 2.0

Lives and limbs

Kayani 3.0

Hostages

Dragon's breath

Martyrs day

Fight and talk

The Afghan hand

Homicide division

Self-inflicted wounds

Coups d'état

Epilogue: victim impact statements.