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Estimated cost of post-9/11 US wars hits $8 trillion with nearly a million people dead
Sep 05, 2021 04:54A new analysis released recently shows the United States will ultimately spend upwards of $8 trillion and that nearly one million people have lost their lives so far in the so-called "global war on terror" that was launched after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
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US drone strike in Kabul killed a family — and began a new chapter of war
Sep 05, 2021 04:49Though U.S. forces have left Afghanistan, the war could continue with remotely controlled drone strikes — and even less accountability.
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Since 9/11, US has spent $21 trillion on militarism at home and abroad
Sep 05, 2021 04:41In the 20 years since the September 11 attacks, the United States regime has spent more than $21 trillion at home and overseas on militaristic policies that led to the creation of a vast surveillance apparatus, worsened mass incarceration, intensified the war on immigrant communities, and caused incalculable human suffering in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, and elsewhere.
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Afghanistan’s neighbors plan to hold virtual summit in ‘next few days’
Sep 05, 2021 04:00Afghanistan’s neighboring countries are set to hold a virtual summit to discuss the latest chain of events following the hasty and ill-planned withdrawal of US-led forces and the Taliban’s takeover of the war-ravaged country.
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Top US general warns of civil war in Afghanistan amid clashes between Taliban and resistance forces
Sep 05, 2021 03:50A top US general has warned of a “civil war” in Afghanistan amid clashes between the Taliban and resistance forces in the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul.
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Panjshir resistance can spread to rest of Afghanistan: Afghan officials warn Taliban
Sep 04, 2021 12:18The Taliban have been warned that clashes between the group and resistance militia fighters in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, north of the capital Kabul, might spread across other parts of the country.
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77 percent of Americans back leaving Afghanistan: Poll
Sep 04, 2021 05:56A large majority of Americans say they support US President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, after implementing a policy of death and destruction for twenty years there, according to a new poll.
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Russia says recent events in Afghanistan clearly demonstrate US-led NATO as ‘an absolute failure’
Sep 04, 2021 04:09Russia says the current situation in Afghanistan has clearly demonstrated the US-led NATO is “an absolute failure as a military-political bloc”, days after the Taliban took over the war-ravaged country following the chaotic withdrawal of American troops.
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Iran urges Afghans to exercise restraint, avoid violence, fratricide amid clashes in Panjshir
Sep 04, 2021 01:31The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has urged all Afghan sides to exercise restraint and avoid violence and fratricide amid heavy fighting between Taliban members and resistance militia fighters in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, north of the capital Kabul.
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EU to 'engage' with Taliban government to secure evacuation of Afghan collaborators
Sep 04, 2021 01:23The European Union (EU) says it will "engage" with an expected government in Afghanistan to evacuate the Afghans who collaborated with foreign invaders and who now want to leave the country, as the Taliban plan to form a new government.