“We hope this well lead into cease-fire and intra-Afghan talks.” A temporary US– Afghan Taliban peace agreement has come to fruition after months of negotiation. The deal, which takes effect Friday, includes a weeklong “reduction ...
Any responsible government Americans elect in 2020 must learn from the well-documented failure and catastrophic human cost of U.S. regime change efforts in Afghanistan. The trove of U.S. “Lessons Learned” documents on Afghanistan published by the Washington Post portrays, ...
Lies are an integral part of national security operations. They seek credibility for government policy. They mislead adversaries, cover up mistakes and failures. (By Gordon Adams, The Conversation) The Washington Post has, after more than ...
The recently divulged Afghanistan Papers confirm a harsh truth that many already suspected: no gains were made in the 18 years since the war in Afghanistan began. Noam Chomsky recently celebrated his 91st birthday. As ...
The attack on the city of Kunduz was condemned by the UN assistance mission which said civilian officials were deliberately targeted. (Peoples Dispatch) As many as 10 children were reportedly killed along with three civilians ...
A new article from Consortium News sheds light on the connection between the Afghanistan opium trade and the Taliban’s cyclical surges of violence. A record poppy harvest is likely to mean a well-funded Taliban in ...
A 2010 U.S. Geological Survey estimated $1 trillion in mineral deposits sit underground in Afghanistan. Will Trump prolong the U.S. Afghanistan War? Trump is reportedly considering prolonging the U.S. Afghanistan War in order to secure ...
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