Afghanistan

Russia: Daesh setting up base in Afghanistan to target ex-Soviet countries

Nov 07, 2019 14:49

Russia says the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group is establishing a base in Afghanistan to target ex-Soviet countries, days after the group’s leader was declared dead following a raid by US troops.
Life in the most drone-bombed country in the world

Nov 06, 2019 14:41

As of August 31 this year, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism had documented at least 4,251 aerial strikes in Afghanistan for 2019, more than double the total for the whole of 2018. Most of these, it says, are thought to be by drones. These attacks are exacting an increasing toll on the Afghan people.
Afghan chief executive rips into president’s peace plan

Nov 06, 2019 03:14

Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has harshly criticized a peace proposal by his election rival and incumbent President Ashraf Ghani as a “wishlist,” amid efforts to revive stalled talks between the US and the Taliban militant group.
CIA death squads operate globally

Nov 03, 2019 07:34

Since former US President George W. Bush and his Vice President Dick Cheney preemptively attacked Afghanistan without just cause in October 2001, the CIA and US Special Forces have been involved in extrajudicial killings, torture and other atrocities in the country, wanting elements opposed to US aggression and occupation eliminated.
Nine children killed in Afghanistan mine blast

Nov 03, 2019 05:39

Nine Afghan children were killed on Saturday when a mine exploded as they walked to school, police said, the latest victims in a growing toll of civilian casualties in the war.
Iran’s First VP warns of Daesh relocation to Afghanistan

Nov 01, 2019 11:53

Iran's First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri has warned that the Daesh Takfiri group may seek to transfer its terrorists to Afghanistan against the backdrop of its consecutive defeats in Iraq and Syria, urging the Afghan government to remain vigilant in the face of such a plot.
Greater Mid East project of chaos: The management of savagery

Nov 01, 2019 11:06

The refugee crises coming out of the West Asia-North Africa region, generated by the forever wars of Washington and accompanying economic sanctions – or more accurately illegal unilateral coercive measures and economic terrorism – have consequently fueled xenophobia both in the US and abroad.
US envoy in Kabul for first time since Taliban talks collapsed

Oct 28, 2019 07:16

The US ‘peace’ envoy has met with senior officials in Kabul following his arrival in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit, his first since President Donald Trump halted talks with the Taliban on ending nearly two decades of conflict.
Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister steps down

Oct 24, 2019 05:53

Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani has abruptly resigned, citing differences with the administration of President Ashraf Ghani over a range of issues.
Trump is right to take troops out of Syria, now they must leave Iraq & Afghanistan

Oct 22, 2019 17:24

The U.S. president’s decision to end the illegal presence of American troops on Syria, albeit partially, in order to take them out of the firing range of the invading Turkish army and Syria’s Kurdish defenders, was the right step, and if Donald Trump is capable of properly gauging the international situation, he must withdraw all American military personnel from not just Afghanistan and Iraq, but from all of West Asia and North Africa.