The U.S. should unfreeze Afghan government assets and lift sanctions hindering the recovery of the Afghan economy and humanitarian relief efforts. We must end the U.S. economic war on Afghanistan. JEAN ATHEY I have a […]
“I can’t think of a worse betrayal of the people of Afghanistan than to freeze their assets and give it to 9/11 families,” said one person whose brother was killed on Sept. 11, 2001. JON […]
“President Biden has the opportunity to make amends right now! He can unfreeze the funds belonging to the Afghan people,” said one 9/11 widow. BRETT WILKINS As U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar on Friday led condemnation of […]
BYBrett Wilkins, Common Dreams As U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar on Friday led condemnation of a reported Biden administration plan to permanently seize $7 billion of currently frozen Afghan assets and distribute half to relatives of 9/11 victims, advocates pointed to […]
BYJake Batinga, Truthout One million Afghan children may die from starvation over the next several months, according to the United Nations. Nearly 23 million Afghans are facing “crisis levels of hunger” and 8.7 million are on the “brink of […]
By: antonyloewenstein.com My latest investigation is a joint piece for Declassified Australia and Declassified UK on the rush to exploit Afghan resources (mostly since 9/11): The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August last year has caused the country to […]
Posted by: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr As part of the Twenty Years project, a journalistic and artistic initiative with Afghans in Australia and around the world to assess the legacy of the US-led war in Afghanistan, we commissioned young, […]
BY ANDREW BACEVICH Cam Ranh Bay in 1969. Photograph Source: Sknowlton2 – CC BY-SA 4.0 In the long and storied history of the United States Army, many young officers have served in many war zones. Few, I […]
BY VIJAY PRASHAD Photograph Source: Gustavo Montes de Oca – CC BY 2.0 On January 11, 2022, the United Nations (UN) Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths appealed to the international community to help raise $4.4 billion for […]
BY PATRICK COCKBURN Photograph Source: Todd Huffman – CC BY 2.0 On 26 August last year a former engineering student named Abdul Rahman al-Logari, wearing a vest containing 25lb of explosives, was about to be searched by […]