Afghans who lost family members in a massive earthquake examine the ruins in the Spera district of Khost on June 30, 2022. (Photo: Sardar Shafaq/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images). “We should be doing everything in our […]
BY: Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Amassive 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Afghanistan early Wednesday has killed more than 1,000 people, according to local officials, though the death toll is expected to rise. The earthquake comes as […]
By: VT Nazar Mohammad Mutmaeen Political Analysts & Writer Note: This article is my personal opinion and has nothing to do with any political party or the policy of the Afghan government. An important article […]
Severely malnourished Afghan children fill the therapeutic feeding wards at the Indira Ghandi Institute of Child Health, a state hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, on January 18, 2022. (Photo: Scott Peterson/Getty Images). “The seizure of funds […]
BY EVE OTTENBERG Photograph Source: Afghanistan Matters – CC BY 2.0 When the United States stole $7 billion from Afghanistan on February 11, that was no mere crime of robbery. It was a war crime and a […]
“Frozen assets belonging to the Afghan people should be released and used to restore the country’s economy,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. ANDREA GERMANOS Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden […]
Giving them back half of the money that is rightfully theirs in the form of “aid”—instead of returning it to the banking system—is not only a band-aid that doesn’t solve the country’s liquidity problem—it’s nearly […]
BY VIJAY PRASHAD Photograph Source: DVIDSHUB – CC BY 2.0 On February 8, 2022, UNICEF (the United Nations Children’s Fund) Afghanistan sent out a bleak set of tweets. One of the tweets, which included a photograph of a child […]
With some 23 million people in extreme hunger and a million children under age five in immediate danger of starvation, the U.S. should unfreeze all of Afghanistan’s Central Bank assets. KATHY KELLY During visits to […]
“The real owners of these reserves are people of Afghanistan,” the bank declared in response to the seizure of over $7 billion by the U.S. government. JON QUEALLY The central bank of Afghanistan pushed back firmly […]