Via Agence France-Presse US Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the United States will not withdraw its troops from Afghanistan completely in 2014 if Afghans did not want his country to…
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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War, Kill, Lie — It’s the American Way
By libbyliberal Wouldn’t it be lovely if a new year’s resolution for 2011 for the U.S. would be to end war? FAT CHANCE. Sometimes I am startled by the reflection in the…
Obama Escalates War in Afghanistan
By Kenneth J. Theisen According to a story in the Wall Street Journal on January 6, 2011, President Obama is planning on a further escalation of the U.S. war of terror in…
U.S. Raids: High Tech Terror in Afghanistan
By Larry Everest February 6, 2009: U.S.-led NATO forces strike two houses in a "night raid" in a village near Shar-e-Safa in Zabul province, Afghanistan. Six are killed and two arrested. The…
‘We can see everything’: USAF launches ‘airborne surveillance system’
Agence France-Presse: WASHINGTON — The US military plans to deploy a new intelligence drone in Afghanistan, which military experts say will allow US troops to monitor much larger operational theaters than before,…
Afghanistan – The People’s December Review
By Kathy Kelly In the first-person voice of Abdulai, a 15-year-old Afghan boy, whose father was killed by the Taliban: "The place where I live is the worst place on earth…
US Military Pushes for ‘Routine’ Ground Raids into Pakistan
By Jason Ditz Though officials were quick to point out that it had not yet been formally approved, top US commanders are pressing the Obama Administration to allow the massive escalation of…
Obama Claims “Significant Progress” Regarding Afghanistan War: Progress in Whose Interest?
By Kenneth J. Theisen President Barack Obama unveiled his administration’s Afghanistan strategic review on Thursday, December 16th. The summary made available to the public claimed “progress” for the U.S. in pursuit of…
White House Spokesman: Obama ‘Pleased’ With Afghan War
By Jason Ditz Reiterating comments from yesterday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs insisted that no policy changes will be announced on Thursday and that the public version of the Afghan War…
Petraeus to Bombers: Don’t Worry About Civilian Deaths
By Jason Ditz Following angry rebukes of President Hamid Karzai’s call to make the war less disruptive to civilians, the Obama Administration is said to be further escalating its air war in…