Ukrainian Counteroffensive—Afghanistan Teaches that “Steady Progress” is Code for Losing
For a week now, the long-publicized Ukrainian counteroffensive has been raging, and US officials have gone on record saying…
Tag: Afghanistan
US Senators Introduce Bill to Sanction Afghan Government as Country Struggles with Famine Conditions
ITALY, June 2nd, 2023. After 20 years of attempting and failing to unilaterally bend Afghanistan to America’s will, a…
Conservative Estimate Suggests 4.5 Million, Mostly Children, Were Killed in America’s Post-9/11 Wars
The common refrain is that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust during World War II. In the nations…
Slowly But Steadily, the Executive Branch is Bringing Back Widespread Drone Warfare
Not at any other time in the 21st century has the average American kept up less with the Global…
9/11 Victim Families Urge Biden to Give Afghanistan Back the $7 Billion He Took in Their Name
PICUTRED: The nine-eleven attacks aftermath. PC: Michael Foran. CC 2.0. NEW YORK CITY. August 16th, 2022. In a letter…
Conservationists Call on Governments Across Conflict Zones to Increase Protection for Persian Leopard
On June 4th, or World Environment Day, Jane Goodall led a team of 49 conservationists to petition for governments…
Taliban Hijab Ruling Extremely Ominous In the Face of “Catastrophic” Onrushing Famine
PICTURED: Two Afghan woman in veils. PC: Mina’s List. Story at a glance… The Taliban announced mandatory face coverings…
U.S. Continues to Hold Afghan Trust Fund: 250% More Money than UNICEF Wants to Help Prevent Famine
PC: Stop the War Coalition UK. KABUL, Afghanistan. March 23rd, 2022. By refusing to recognize the victors over the…
State Department Request Mass-Redactions from Recent Afghanistan Waste and Fraud Report
PICTURED: John F. Sopko, the Special Investigator General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). PC: SIGAR. CC 2.0. Story at a…
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…
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…
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,…
Brown U. Reports $2.26 Trillion and 240,000 Lives Spent in Afghanistan
The latest group of researchers attempting to quantify the costs of the Afghan War, launched in the autumn of…
‘America is Back’ Is Equal To or Greater than ‘Make America Great Again’
WASHINGTON D.C., March 30th, 2021. In the span of two days, any credibility that the United States will commit…
