ماذا تريد فرنسا من أفغانستان؟
ليلى جبارةح.م بعد انتصارات طالبان وتمكنها من دخول العاصمة كابل بسلام من غير إراقة الدماء، أكد جو بايدن الرئيس الأمريكي أن قرار مغادرة أفغانستان كان الأفضل، بعدما أنهى مهمته التي لم تكن أبدا بناء أمة […]
Category: Afghanistan
As US Troops Withdraw, Afghans Need Reparations Instead of More Drones
BYKathy Kelly, The ProgressivePUBLISHEDJuly 17, 2021SHAREShare via FacebookShare via TwitterShare via Email Earlier this week, 100 Afghan families from Bamiyan, a rural province of central Afghanistan mainly populated by the Hazara ethnic minority, fled to Kabul […]
The UK to Speak to Afghanistan’s New Rulers, Raab Says
The British diplomat, however, said his country will not recognize the Taliban as a government. On Friday, British Foreign Affairs Minister Dominic Raab said it is necessary to keep a communication channel with the Taliban, especially to facilitate […]
Horizon scanning in Afghanistan
Mohamed El-Doufani* writes: The Taliban are back in control of Afghanistan and the United States and its satellite states are out, having invested trillions of tax dollars propping up a corrupt client regime (and domestic Western […]
The Lesson of Afghanistan is the Lesson of Vietnam We Forgot
BY DAVID SCHULTZ Photograph Source: Captain Brian Harris, U.S. Army – Public Domain Philosopher Georg Hegel declared the only lesson of history is that we do not learn from history. As the US prepares for the […]
After 20 Years and $2.26 Trillion, the US has Lost Its Longest War in Afghanistan
BY DAVE LINDORFF Photograph Source: Lance Cpl. James Clark – Public Domain Another lost war! Another denial! The US actually began its war on the people of Afghanistan back during the presidency of Jimmy Carter, who […]
Kabul airport terrorist attack latest tragedy in U.S.-initiated cycle of violence
Katie Miernicki Download PDF flyer Photo: U.S. troops at the Kabul International Airport On Thursday a devastating terrorist attack struck the area outside of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. ISIS’s branch in […]
An Afghanistan Apportionment
BY WINSLOW WHEELER Photograph Source: Matt Hrkac – CC BY 2.0 American media and other politicians, and the people they pay to say things, are locked up tight with the demise in Afghanistan. How could anyone let […]
In Praise of Joe Biden
BY STAN GOFF Never thought I’d put that in a title. I don’t like Joe Biden. I think his working class shtick is as phony as a street corner Rolex. He’s a liar. He’s a corporate […]
20 Years of U.S. Occupation Was Brutal in Afghanistan—And So Will Be the Exit
BY SONALI KOLHATKAR When a reporter in early July asked Joe Biden a question about the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. president sniped back, saying, “I want to talk about happy things, man.” Biden revealed, perhaps unintentionally, […]