Also see: 25 Tons of Bombs Wipe Afghan Town Off Map By Shah Noori and Gareth Porter* KABUL/WASHINGTON, Feb 18, 2011 (IPS) – The commander of U.S.-NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, Maj….
Category: Afghanistan & Pakistan
For More Than Ten Years the Richest Country in the World Has Been “At War” With the Poorest Country in the World
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Justice Remains Elusive for Many at U.S. Prison in Afghanistan
By Daphne Eviatar In the summer of 2008, the United States military captured a 16-year-old Pakistani boy and imprisoned him at the Bagram air base in Afghanistan. According to his lawyers, for…
Shattering the Myth of Taliban / Al Qaeda Ties
By Gareth Porter The central justification of the U.S.-NATO war against the Afghan Taliban – that the Taliban would allow al Qaeda to return to Afghanistan – has been challenged by new…
25 Tons of Bombs Wipe Afghan Town Off Map
By Spencer Ackerman An American-led military unit pulverized an Afghan village in Kandahar’s Arghandab River Valley in October, after it became overrun with Taliban insurgents. It’s hard to understand how turning an…
Afghanistan: Not a Place for Life
Faiz Mohammed’s daughter photo: Mike Ferner By Mike Ferner The NGO’s offices were sparse and well worn, but they bustled with a palpable sense of purpose. Our host’s hospitality was unerring. For…
‘US drones making world more dangerous’
The world is becoming a more dangerous place because of Washington’s use of drones. That’s according to Debra Sweet, the Director of The World Can’t Wait who says "everything the U.S….
America’s Moral Vacuum: Dead Afghans
By Glen Ford On the day that the federal government set aside to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the great man of peace, the New York Times featured…
Vets for Peace Rep: “U.S. Needs to Get out of Afghanistan Immediately”
From India Vision The war in Afghanistan is immoral and illegal, says a member of the Veterans for Peace, adding "it is just making more enemies of the United States." "The…
Hellfire on Earth
By Chris Floyd Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold…
The U.S. & Karzai: What Kind of “Partnership”?
By Larry Everest On December 14, 2009, a routine meeting took place in Kabul, Afghanistan between Afghan President Hamid Karzai, U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, and other U.S. officials. A December 16,…