From “Multiple Suicide Bombs” to “Possible Facilitator” How the Murder of Zemari Ahmadi Typifies Drone Warfare Failings
PICTURED: From top left to bottom right, the victims of the latest drone strike in Kabul. Farzah Ahmadi, age…
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Afghanistan Update: Pentagon Changes Story on Drone Bombed Family While Investigative Report Reveals Failed Drone War
Story at a glance… Following a drone bombing of 10 civilians, remaining family members demand answers. Justification for the…
Witnesses Say U.S. Forces Have Killed Civilians in Several Ways Following Suicide Bomber
PICTURED: A U.S. Air Force Airman guides qualified evacuees aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III in support…
Afghanistan Update: Taliban Retake Provinces and Coordinate with U.S. Over Airport Crisis
PICTURED: A U.S. Air Force Airman guides qualified evacuees aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III in support…
Afghanistan Four Days Later: Girls Return to School and First Official Presser
PICTURED: Taliban official spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid gives a press conference in Kabul. PC: Reuters. Fair Use. Story at a…
World Governments Hash Out Positions on New Taliban Government and Evacuation Crisis
PICTURED: Taliban fighters take pictures with their weapons in the vacant presidential office in Kabul. PC: Taliban (disputed), retrieved…
Afghan War Wraps Up: Kabul Falls: New President Named: Country Holds its Breath
PICTURED: Taliban fighters take pictures with their weapons in the vacant presidential office in Kabul. PC: Taliban (disputed), retrieved…
Setting New Precedent, Judge Throws Out 9 Years for 45 Months in Drone Papers Whistleblower Trial
Story at a glance… The analyst who blew the whistle on Obama’s drone assassination program has received a 3-year…
Moon Commits to Peace Efforts as Koreas Restore Communications After Year of Radio Silence
PICTURED: President Moon Jae-in and DPRK Leader Kim Jong Un meet to shake hands across the border in the…
Russia U.S. Schedule Arms Control Talks In the Nick of Time as Missiles Continue to be Deployed
MOSCOW, Russia. July 20th, 2021. Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Tuesday that Kremlin and White House officials have scheduled…
Taliban Gaining Control of the Country and the Conversation
MOSCOW, Russia. May 28th, 2019: PICTURED: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, third from left, arrives with other members of the…
U.S. Military Endure 4 Days of Continuous Rocket Fire in Iraq as Militias “Get the Message” and Retaliate
PICTURED: Protestors gather outside the Baghdad Embassy Compound, Iraq. Story at a glance… 4 days have passed of rocket…
Bagram Air Base “Symbol of Afghan Occupation” Abandoned in the Middle of the Night
PICTURED: The air traffic control tower in Bagram Air Base, Parwan Province, Afghanistan. Story at a glance… The U.S.…
Germany, Italy, Poland, UK: More than 5,000 NATO Troops Leave Afghanistan—U.S. Nearly Finished
KABUL, Afghanistan. June 30th, 2021. Despite efforts to try and keep the Afghan occupation going by right wing hawks,…
With Bombs Biden “Sends Message” to Iran: One Child Killed, U.S. Personnel Shelled
ANBAR, Iraq. June 28th, 2021. President Biden ordered the second bombing of Iraqi military forces along the Syrian border…
Following Taliban Battlefield Gains, Hawks Try to Circle the Wagons in Afghanistan
Story at a glance… Amid massive battlefield gains by the Taliban, Republican senators meet with Afghan President Ghani. With…
Who is Ebrahim Raisi? Iran’s New President Cheered by Hawks on Both Sides
The recent Iranian presidential election has seen the Head of the Judiciary, Ebrahim Raisi, elected with 60% of the…
Eating Hearts and Chopping Heads: How Did an al-Qaeda Barbarian End Up on PBS Television?
“His name is Abu Mohammad al-Jolani. As a former al-Qaeda leader, the US has a $10 million reward for…
As Afghan Retreat Passes Halfway Point DoD Vague on Question of Air Strikes
KABUL, Afghanistan. June 7th, 2021. A recent statement from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) estimated the U.S. retreat from Afghanistan…
America’s Iraqi Allies from 2004 to 2007, Shi’ite Militias Agree to Kill Americans Until We Leave
PICTURED: Members of Iraq’s Kataeb Hezbollah militia. Photo credit: AFP. Fair Use. An unofficial ceasefire in Iraq has just…