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Afghanistan

Three Mossad Agents Arrested Near Iran: This Was Their Mission – IRNA
The suspected Mossad agents were reportedly planning to launch suicide drones from the Afghan border against targets in eastern Iran. Three suspected agents of Israel’s Mossad spy service have been arrested on the Iranian-Afghan border […]

Afghan Opposition Leader Pleads for Israel’s Help in Fighting the Taliban
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front in Afghanistan, said that he would be willing to work with Israel, in an interview with the Israeli newspaper Maariv on Tuesday. […]

Brotherhood and Friendship in a Time of War: Reflections on ‘The Mercenary’ – Book Review
By Kathy Kelly Sometimes, I needed to pause and recall my own presumptive conclusions about experiences in prisons and war zones when I had recognized a defining reality, which was that we would eventually return […]

‘Thank You for Hearing Our Pain’: Afghan Economy Collapses Due to US Sanctions
By Kathy Kelly During visits to Kabul, Afghanistan, over the past decade, I particularly relished lingering over breakfasts on chilly winter mornings with my young hosts who were on their winter break from school. Seated […]

On Afghanistan and Legitimate Resistance: Should Hamas, Hezbollah Learn from the Taliban?
By Ramzy Baroud An urgent task is awaiting us: considering the progression of events, we must quickly liberate ourselves from the limits and confines placed on the Afghanistan discourse, which have been imposed by […]

Who Represents Afghanistan: Genuine Activists vs ‘Native Informants’
By Ramzy Baroud Scenes of thousands of Afghans flooding the Kabul International Airport to flee the country as Taliban fighters were quickly consolidating their control over the capital, raised many questions, leading amongst them: […]

Following Afghanistan Defeat: Can EU Win Own ‘Independence’ from the US?
By Ramzy Baroud Suddenly, the idea put forth by French President, Emmanuel Macron, late last year does not seem so far-fetched or untenable after all. Following the US-NATO hurried withdrawal from Afghanistan, European countries […]

Taliban to Build Relations with All Countries, Except Israel
The Taliban has announced that its government aims to establish ties and diplomatic relations with all countries of the world, except for Israel. According to the group’s spokesman Suhail Shaheen, who spoke to the Russian […]

Twenty Years of ‘War On Terror’ Hits Taliban Roadblock, But Has It Ended?
By Iqbal Jassat As America licks its wounds following an embarrassing and humiliating retreat from Afghanistan, the hope that the futility of its disastrous two decades would result in a total drawing down of all […]

On Propaganda and Failed Narratives: New Understanding of Afghanistan is a Must
By Ramzy Baroud For twenty years, two dominant narratives have shaped our view of the illegal US invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, and neither one of these narratives would readily accept the use of […]

‘Obdurate’: On Afghanistan, Exceptionalism and Colonialism
By Jim Miles Obdurate A word can have strong meanings associated with it, and depending on its use, can be interpreted from different perspectives. Recently I heard a citation from Michael Ignatieff, Canada’s contribution to […]

Reckoning and Reparations in Afghanistan
By Kathy Kelly Earlier this week, 100 Afghan families from Bamiyan, a rural province of central Afghanistan mainly populated by the Hazara ethnic minority, fled to Kabul. They feared Taliban militants would attack them in […]

America’s ‘Crusade’ in Afghanistan Ends in Tatters as US Troops Flee in Dead of Night
By Iqbal Jassat In a strange coincidence of fate, a key architect of America’s ill-fated “War on Terror” Donald Rumsfeld, died on the eve of the departure by stealth of US troops from Afghanistan. Two […]

Obama’s Unending Wars: Fronting the Foreign Policy of the Permanent Warfare State – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Obama’s Unending Wars – Fronting the Foreign Policy of the Permanent Warfare State. Jeremy Kuzmarov. Clarity Press, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2019.) Obama is a shining light in comparison to his two bookends, […]

Afghanistan, Remnants of War
By Kathy Kelly Intense fighting and hideous attacks battered Afghans throughout their country last week as negotiators in Qatar weighed the benefits and costs of a peace agreement that might stop the bloodshed. In Kabul […]

The Management of Savagery – Book Review
By Jim Miles (The Management of Savagery – How America’s National Security State Fueled the Rise of al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump. Max Blumenthal. Verso, London/New York, 2019.) Even though the ending is known, Max […]

America in Afghanistan: Foreign Policy Making From Bush to Obama to Trump – Book Review
By Jim Miles (America in Afghanistan: Foreign Policy Making From Bush to Obama to Trump. Sharifullah Dorani. I. B. Taurus – Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc. London/NewYork, 2019.) Sharifulla Dorani’s work, America in Afghanistan, provides an interesting […]

‘Every War Is a War against Children’
By Kathy Kelly At 9:30 in the morning of March 26, the entrance to a rural hospital in northwest Yemen, supported by Save the Children, was teeming as patients waited to be seen and employees […]

Chelsea Manning: Judging US War Crimes
By Kathy Kelly Chelsea Manning, who bravely exposed atrocities committed by the U.S. military, is again imprisoned in a U.S. jail. On International Women’s Day, March 8, 2019, she was incarcerated in the Alexandria, VA […]