Afghanistan

Terror Strategy to create Conflicts between Talibans and Iranians The massacre in the Kunduz Mosque on Friday 8 October 2021 by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio Versione in Italiano As it was easy to imagine, the rise to power of the Taliban in the new Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is causing an increase in the level of tension that risks further exacerbating the already difficult relationship between Sunni Muslims and Shiites within the country afterwards. the retreat of American troops. If you are not an expert in geopolitics and military intelligence, it becomes absolutely easy to blame ISIS-K (the Islamic State of the province of Khorason, an Afghan stronghold of extremist cutthroats) for the latest brutal attack in Kandahar, in the heart of the movement of students...

Posted by: Sammi Ibrahem The summary departure of US troops from Afghanistan and collapse of the mercenary Afghan army further seriously weakens US dominance in the Middle East, widens cracks in the warmongering imperialist coalition and usefully undermines the prestige of capitalist class rule over the home populations of the imperialist heartlands. The entire country of Afghanistan is now in the hands of the Taliban resistance fighters, either through military occupation or through separate peace deals aimed at sparing needless bloodshed. The mercenary Afghan army is everywhere in retreat or fleeing into Tajikistan or Pakistan, no longer prepared to risk their lives in defence of a government imposed upon them by occupying foreign powers and lacking any popular support. Th...

Afghan evacuees at the Bechtel Enka camp near a U.S. military base in Kosovo released videos on September 28, 2021, of a protest that occurred over the weekend. The evacuees say they worked alongside the U.S. and its coalition allies in Afghanistan but fear being forcibly relocated to different countries or being turned over to the United Nations as refugees. BYMike Ludwig, Truthout Adil Khan has lived as a refugee for much his life. Khan’s family fled Afghanistan in 1980 as the Soviet Union invaded and sparked a bloody war, and he grew up in Pakistan before finally returning to his home country in 2016. Khan studied law and politics at a university in Kabul, but his education was cut short as the Taliban overran the city in August. A member of an organization that opposes tradition...

An Army crew chief aboard a CH-47F Chinook helicopter observes a test of threat countermeasures during a training flight in Afghanistan on March 14, 2018. BYAndrea Germanos, Common Dreams AMonday announcement from the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor saying his office is seeking approval to resume its investigation into potential war crimes in Afghanistan committed by the Taliban and the Islamic State — but excluding alleged atrocities committed by U.S. forces — sparked a flurry of outrage from human rights defenders. “It seems there is no end to the betrayal of Afghans — now so many victims of torture and other abuses by U.S. and former Afghan government forces have been told there is no justice for you,” Patricia Gossman, associate Asia director for Human Ri...

A drone flies over the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 31, 2021. BYMarjorie Cohn, Truthout PART OF THE SERIES Human Rights and Global Wrongs Three weeks after his administration launched a drone attack that killed 10 civilians in Kabul, Afghanistan, President Joe Biden addressed the United Nations General Assembly. He proudly declared, “I stand here today, for the first time in 20 years, with the United States not at war.” The day before, his administration had launched a drone strike in Syria, and three weeks earlier, the U.S. had conducted an air strike in Somalia. The commander-in-chief also apparently forgot that U.S. forces are still fighting in at least six different countries, including Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Somalia and Niger. And he promise...