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British Ambassador : Afghanistan Situation Is Bad
Memo Leak Says Mission In Afghanistan DoomedBy Cernig / October 1, 2008 I’d recently begun to think there was no way back from seven years of Bush administration mismanagement in Afghanistan – but it’s still shocking to hear it from … Continue reading
And Obama and McCain Really Think They’re Going to Win in Afghanistan
Why does the US think it can win in Afghanistan?By Robert Fisk / September 20, 2008 The Taliban are better trained, and – sad to say – increasingly tolerated by the local civilian population Poor old Algerians. They are being … Continue reading
Similar to What Occurred in Cambodia During the Vietnam War
Click to enlargeRaids into Pakistan: What U.S. authority?By Howard LaFranchi / September 15, 2008 Bush’s orders to send special forces after Taliban militants have roots in previous presidencies. Reporter Howard LaFranchi talks about the US military’s raids inside Pakistan, looking … Continue reading
Afghanistan: It’s Acknowledged to Be a Failed State
Kabul, 2008: “Resurrecting the previous Afghan state under current conditions may be doomed to failure.” APBorderline stateBy Barnett Rubin / September 12. 2008 Afghanistan, which served for so many years as a buffer between warring nations, is today riven by … Continue reading
BushCo and Fox : Colluding in Blatant Lies About Murder in Afghanistan
The government, the media and AfghanistanBy Glenn Greenwald / September 11, 2008 On the night of August 22, the U.S. committed what Chris Floyd, in a richly detailed and amply documented piece, calls an “atrocity” in the Afghan village of … Continue reading
Why Do We Continue to Tolerate the BushCo Lies?
Video Shows US Carnage In AfghanistanBy Tom Coghlan / September 8, 2008 Harrowing video film backs Afghan villagers’ claims of carnage caused by US troops KABUL — As the doctor walks between rows of bodies, people lift funeral shrouds to … Continue reading
On Not Winning BushCo’s War of Terror
NATO Forces Not Likely to Make Any Significant Headway in Afghanistan – Taliban Confident in Ghazni And there’s this closely related story about the Northwest Tribal areas of Pakistan: The Rag Blog / Posted September 4, 2008
Attacking in Pakistan While No One’s Looking
NATO ground troops attack Taliban stronghold in Pakistan, officials sayBy Huma Yusuf / September 3, 2008 The raid may be the first time the US has sent troops into Pakistan. Prior attacks attributed to US forces were conducted with drones. … Continue reading
U.N. Finds U.S. Airstrike Killed 90 Afghans
An Afghan doctor, left, examines Zinat Gul’s wounded hand, who allegedly was wounded by a U.S. air strike in Shindand district, as her mother looks on at a hospital in Herat, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. Photo by Fraidoon … Continue reading
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We Are Propelled Forward By Fear
An Afghan soldier stands near a destroyed vehicle after an explosion on the outskirts of Kabul. Photo: AP photo / Rafiq MaqboolPouring Gas on the Afghanistan BonfireBy Chris Hedges / August 25, 2008 The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan grind … Continue reading
Kabul, Afghanistan : A City Under Siege
Taleban fightersRockets, guile and the lessons of history: the Taleban besiege KabulBy Jeremy Page in Kabul / August 23, 2008 The lorry drivers who bring the Pepsi and petrol for Nato troops in Kabul have their own way of calculating … Continue reading
The "Forgotten War" Won’t Be For Long
French troops head toward a battle in the Sarobi district of Afghanistan’s Kabul province today. Insurgents ambushed French paratroopers near Kabul, sparking fighting that killed 10 of the soldiers. Photo: Rafiq Maqbool / Associated PressIn Afghanistan, a deadly Taliban trend … Continue reading
