Afghanistan and Tajikistan share a 1,400-kilometer border. Recently, a war of words has erupted between Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon and the Taliban government in Kabul. Rahmon censures the Taliban for the destabilization of Central Asia ...
On September 25, 2021, Afghanistan’s Economy Minister Qari Din Mohammad Hanif said that his government does not want “help and cooperation from the world like the previous government. The old system was supported by the international community ...
On Monday, August 30, at 3:29 p.m. Eastern Time, a C-17 transport plane took off from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, signaling the end of America’s longest war. It was a war that took the ...
It is a sign of hope that Biden and Blinken are turning to legitimate, multilateral diplomacy in the case of Afghanistan, even if only because, after 20 years of war, they finally see diplomacy as a last ...
Lawmakers are outraged over a recent story alleging that Vladimir Putin may be paying off Taliban soldiers to kill U.S. troops. But why are those troops still in Afghanistan? The New York Times in late ...
Abby Martin’s new documentary, “Afghanistan War Exposed: An Imperial Conspiracy,” is a tour de force, a must watch for every American seeking a holistic understanding of American’s longest-running war. (Mintpress News) The perpetual occupation of ...
“When the ICC’s chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, made public her plans to bring a case to the court last year, the US revoked her visa as punishment.” The International Criminal Court is set to begin ...
“The bottom line is that the Taliban (and Pakistan, which mentors it) would see that the political ascendance of the Taliban in Kabul, whenever it is due, happens with international legitimacy.” In an extraordinary statement ...
America’s relationship with the Taliban has always been determined by how useful they are at advancing US interests in the region and the Trump administration’s recent efforts to make “peace” with the group are no ...
“We may, therefore, expect a smaller U.S. footprint in Afghanistan with beefed-up intelligence capabilities, but quite obviously, the Trump administration still doesn’t plan on a full withdrawal. Pakistan and the Taliban are apparently quite amenable ...
“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 ...
“Who are we bombing? Why? What will it yield but more war?” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) The U.S. military dropped a record-breaking number of bombs on Afghanistan in 2019, the Air Force announced Tuesday, ...
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 ...
A study of the first ten months of the Washington Post’s opinion columns in 2009 found that pro-war columns outnumbered antiwar columns by more than 10 to 1. (By FAIR) The Washington Post’s publication of ...
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 ...
While the War in Afghanistan has been a catastrophe for most, it has been tremendously profitable for multinational corporations that do business with the U.S. military. U.S. Government officials systematically deceived the American public about ...
No soldier should be above the law. Nor should those who sent the soldiers into battle. U.S. President Donald Trump sacked his Navy secretary on Twitter. The main reason is that the Navy secretary did ...
As corrosive as neoliberalism has been to working people in the U.S., it has been far more destructive wherever the U.S. and its allies have tried to impose it by military force. This season could ...
“My son and his friends were killed by the Americans. How could they do this to us?” A U.S. drone strike killed 30 farmers and workers in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province who were resting after harvesting ...
Whether John Bolton was fired or he resigned is unclear, but one thing is for sure, Trump’s hawkish advisor is out. President Trump fired his hawkish National Security Advisor John Bolton on Tuesday, tweeting, “I ...
“We have lost too many of our men and women, and the poor Afghan people have lost even more.” A Taliban attack near a school in Kabul on Monday killed at least 39 people and ...
“This is a serious development and raises legitimate concerns over freedom of the press and proper public scrutiny of national security and defense matters. The ABC stands by its journalists, will protect its sources and ...
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 ...
Soldiers also engaged in cover-ups by disguising civilians as militants to make operations appear legitimate. The Middle East Eye report revealed how junior officers in the British army were taught to specifically shoot such civilians ...
“The American threats against international judges clearly show the new political climate. It is shocking. I had never heard such a threat.” A senior judge at the United Nation’s International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) has resigned ...
Anyone can determine from collective news sites that the “counter” insurgency Afghanistan war is not going well. It is a complex problem that many think is unsolvable. I offer my experience and knowledge purely as ...
Blackwater founder Erik Prince is pushing a plan to privatize the war in Afghanistan. Prince, a former Navy SEAL officer, wants President Trump to cut down on U.S. troops presently in Afghanistan and replace the ...
Evolution Of Blockchain The Geon Network works similar to existing cryptocurrencies on the blockchain, allowing users to transfer value between one another using secure protocols. However, Geon is unique in that recipients provide proof-of-location, and ...
The conduct of our military and CIA has become more than questionable. They have become a law unto themselves with no regard for the Constitutional restrictions that have been placed upon them. I am not ...
In brief, you will find that the illogical direction in which the Pentagon and Department of State have directed this nation’s foreign affairs and military has its roots in the defeat of the United States ...
A video posted online in late 2017 of a U.S. green beret who fired into the driver side window of a passenger truck in Afghanistan sparked an internal Army investigation which found a toxic environment ...
In Afghanistan, the funerals have begun for the 10 journalists killed on Monday—the deadliest day for journalists since the Afghan War began in 2001. Nine journalists died in a double suicide bombing attack in Kabul, ...
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 ...
CHECK IT OUT! TRUMP’S WAR AND OUR RESISTANCE PODCAST! Listen⇒KVoice of Resistance 8/8/17 We are happy to say, Monsanto is having a bad week! We look behind the curtain at the 700 pages worth of ...
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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