When NATO Leaves Afghanistan

NOVANEWS by Giuliano Battiston Local Afghan elder standing near US traffic checkpoint in Afghanistan. (via The Atlantic)JALALABAD, Afghanistan – Afghanistan’s 30 million people are deeply divided over whether President Hamid Karzai should sign the Bilateral Security […]

Block the US-Afghan Security Agreement!

NOVANEWS Hamid Karzai is right: it compromises Afghan sovereignty and ensures ten more years of US occupation. by Bob Dreyfuss (Reuters/Denis Sinyakov)Despite strong objections from President Hamid Karzai, the United States insists thatAfghanistan must sign, as written, […]