Afghanistan
The G7, the UN, and Afghanistan’s Future
When G7 leaders convene this week to discuss Afghanistan, they should be clear about the core goals: extricate their nationals and Afghan partners, and...
The Taliban have retaken Afghanistan – this time, how will they...
The group’s hardline beliefs are unchanged, but coalition partners and regional powers may be moderating influences
By Antonio Giustozzi
Aug. 16, 2021
The Taliban agreed on Saturday...
The Taliban May Pretend to Show Moderation, But the Murderous Reality...
by Patrick Cockburn *
August 24, 2021
Photograph Source: Michael Evans – Public Domain
In 2001 the Taliban blew up the giant 1,500-year-old Buddhist statues in Bamiyan,...
The coming collapse of the Taliban
Aug. 24, 2021
The Taliban should savor its triumph while it can, for it is unlikely to survive much beyond this fleeting moment of victory....
Veteran says end of war in Afghanistan was ‘inevitable from the...
Aug. 24, 2021
U.S. Marine veteran Lucas Kunce, who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan, says he “wasn’t surprised at all” at the quick...
British imperialists: Eternal Liars
Afghanistan: Who originally supported Trump's deal with the Taliban?
Aug. 20, 2021
The deal - secured by Donald Trump and signed in Doha, Qatar, in February...
Biden under attack from the US Far Right and corporate Mass...
Biden: Afghanistan evacuations would always have been ‘hard and painful’
President defends US exit but makes changes to airlift effort at Kabul airport after criticism...
Media propaganda and the Afghan debacle
By Joseph Kishore
17 August 2021
In the wake of the collapse of the US puppet government in Afghanistan over the weekend, the media and political...
‘Stop returns and let every Afghan enter’
Protesters call on PM to open the doors to refugees as Kabul death count grows
By Ben Chacko
August 22, 2021
PRESSURE mounted on the Prime Minister to...
Moscow Says NATO Destroyed All Cooperation Formats With Russia, Including on...
Aug. 22, 2021
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - NATO has destroyed all possible formats of cooperation with Russia, including on Afghanistan, and will most likely only increase...