Press Release: CONTACT: Rights Activists Sonali Kolhatkar (626-676-7884), Prachi Patankar (917-415-0659), or Natalie Reyes (562) 319-3046) NATIONWIDE – March 17 – The United States has denied a travel visa to Malalai Joya,…

Gates has made it clear that the presence of U.S. troops will continue for years, if not forever. By Kenneth J. Theisen U.S. Secretary of War Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan on…

US bluster, and some clumsy efforts to forge records that would purport to show Davis had diplomatic immunity–all widely exposed in the Pakistani media–have only served to further stoke public outrage. By…

By Margaret Kimberley   “The lies began at the very top, with the president’s own words.” The President of the United States went before the American people – and the world – lied…

By Jason Ditz   Already facing public outrage over the killing of 65 civilians in an offensive, NATO is once again in the hot seat in the Kunar Province, with provincial police reporting…

Pakistani and Indian Papers Say US Contractor is a "Terrorist" By Dave Lindorff Pakistani and Indian newspapers are reporting that Raymond Davis, the CIA contractor in jail in Lahore facing murder charges…

By Kevin Gosztola The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has published an article on NATO, US, and the Red Cross and the Bala Baluk massacre on May 4, 2009. The article features a cable…

By Jason Ditz A four day NATO offensive in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province has left at least 64 innocent civilians dead and several others wounded, according to both the provincial governor and the…

…at least 607 people were killed in 2010, which would mean that a single year has accounted for nearly half of the number of deaths since 2004, when the program began. By…

By Jason Ditz    At least 15 people were killed today in a new flurry of US drone strikes against Pakistani tribal areas. The first strike killed seven people in South Waziristan,…