by Stephen Lendman In all US war theaters, troops commit unspeakable atrocities. Trained to dehumanize enemies, their mission involves killing, destruction, and much more. Local treasures are looted. Women are raped. Civilians…
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
Find out more about covert drone warfare and the unjust, immoral occupation of Afghanistan:
Afghans For Peace Respond to US Soldier Massacre in Kandahar
Issued by Afghans for Peace, March 12, 2012: It is a quiet night in the village of Panjwai, Kandahar. Children are sleeping next to their mothers in simple mud homes. The quiet…
Interview: Malalai Joya, author of A Woman Among Warlords on Afghanistan Today
From KBOO – Portland, March 8, 2012 Malalai Joya is a courageous voice in one of the most difficult places to live in the world. The youngest person to ever be elected to…
American Morlocks: Another Civilian Massacre and the Savagery of U.S. Soldiers
by Nima Shirazi "Great shapes like big machines rose out of the dimness, and cast grotesque black shadows, in which dim spectral Morlocks sheltered from the glare…there was an altogether new…
Kathy Kelly on Afghan Humanitarian Crisis, Civilian Casualties and Drone Warfare
Democracy Now, March 12, 2012: The anger provoked by the U.S. soldier’s attack on 16 Afghan civilians comes amidst outrage over civilian deaths from U.S. drone strikes and a growing humanitarian crisis…
This is What Liberation Looks Like: U.S. Massacre in Afghanistan
by Dennis Loo Reporting on its website tonight, The New York Times stated: “Stalking from home to home, a United States Army sergeant methodically killed at least 16 civilians, 9 of them…
U.S. Out Of Afghanistan. And Stay Out Of Iran
by Emma Kaplan Today when I went to read my email, I saw on my front home page "U.S. Soldier held in shooting rampage that killed 16 Afghans, officials say. I feel…
Pentagon Reveals US Special Forces in Five Asian Countries, Including India
by Kevin Gosztola A Pentagon commander announced a few days ago that the US has special forces teams in Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka and, more significantly, India. BBC News reports there…
Afghanistan: The Ghost and the Machine
Kathy Kelly | March 2, 2012 March 1st, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — Fazillah, age 25, lives in Maidan Shar, the central city of Afghanistan’s Wardak province. She married about six years…
Cold, Cold Heart
by Kathy Kelly Valentine’s Day in Afghanistan It’sValentine’s Day, and opening the little cartoon on the Google page brings up a sentimental animation with Tony Bennett singing “why can’t I free your…