NOVANEWS By Walter Smolarek Taking a break from his Christmas vacation in Hawaii, President Obama gave a speech at a Marine base claiming that “Next week, we will be ending our combat mission in Afghanistan.” This […]
NOVANEWS US, Nato ceremonially end Afghan combat mission after 13 years. — AP/File KABUL: The Taliban responded scornfully Monday to the formal end of Nato’s war in Afghanistan, describing the US-led mission as a “fire […]
NOVANEWS THE NEXT GENERATION OF RADICAL MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALISTS IN AFGHANISTAN IS LEARNING HOW TO HATE THE UNITED STATES THROUGH TEXTBOOKS MADE BY THE UNITED STATES. This story of shortsighted, unintended consequences begins in the 1980s after […]
NOVANEWS KABUL: The Afghan Taliban have condemned a raid on a school in Peshawar that left 141 dead in the country’s bloodiest ever terror attack, saying killing innocent children was against Islam. Survivors said militants […]
NOVANEWS A drone can be seen firing a missile in this photo. — AFP/File KABUL: A US drone strike in eastern Afghanistan killed four Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants and seven other insurgents, a district official […]
NOVANEWS Public declaration that combat is ending belies Obama administration’s quiet expansion of war by: Sarah Lazare, staff writer The ISAF color guard marches during the ISAF Joint Command (IJC) and XVIII Airborne Corps colors casing […]
NOVANEWS America’s neocon-driven foreign policy is more about political one-ups-man-ship in Official Washington than the realities on the ground in countries like Afghanistan where the U.S. military is then expected to do more than is […]
NOVANEWS By Kathy Kelly News agencies reported Saturday morning that weeks ago President Obama signed an order, kept secret until now, to authorize continuation of the Afghan war for at least another year. The order […]
NOVANEWS By Patrick Martin Global Research President Barack Obama has authorized the US military to carry out far more widespread air and ground operations in Afghanistan in 2015, effectively reversing his order to end combat actions […]
NOVANEWS A US Predator drone At least 18 people have been killed in two separate US-led airstrikes in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar. Twelve people were killed after a vehicle was attacked in the […]