_____ (2022-02-22). Has Elizabeth Truss Decided to Help Washington Enrich itself at the Expense of Afghanistan? journal-neo.org At the end of December 2021, the Biden administration, in another of its now blatantly false propaganda campaigns, tried to convince the world of the supposedly "humane treatment of the people of Afghanistan." It should be recalled that at the time the matter concerned the delivery of one million doses of coronavirus vaccine produced by …

_____ (2022-02-22). Has Elizabeth Truss Decided to Help Washington Enrich itself at the Expense of Afghanistan? journal-neo.org At the end of December 2021, the Biden administration, in another of its now blatantly false propaganda campaigns, tried to convince the world of the supposedly "humane treatment of the people of Afghanistan." It should be recalled that at the time the matter concerned the delivery of one million doses of coronavirus vaccine produced by …

Binoy Kampmark (2022-02-21). Paralysing Afghanistan: Washington's Regime Change Agenda. dissidentvoice.org Nation states are habitually doomed to defeat their best interests. Conditions of mad instability are fostered. Arms sales take place, regimes get propped up or abandoned, and the people under them endure and suffer, awaiting the next criminal regime change. Nothing is more counter-intuitive than the effort to isolate, cripple and strangulate the Taliban regime …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-21). Afghanistan on the Brink of Disaster. transcend.org 16 Feb 2022 – Gay rights, women's rights — in reality, these are a nuisance to many U.S. conservatives, but purporting to protect these rights on the other side of the world is a great excuse to play war.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-21). Afghanistan on the Brink of Disaster. transcend.org 16 Feb 2022 – Gay rights, women's rights — in reality, these are a nuisance to many U.S. conservatives, but purporting to protect these rights on the other side of the world is a great excuse to play war.

_____ (2022-02-20). What Kind of Transit of Power is Expected in Turkmenistan? journal-neo.org Following Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow's decision that he will hand over power to a "younger generation", Turkmenistan's transit has become a highly debated topic. Experts note that outside powers such as Turkey, Pakistan and the US, which would like to draw Turkmenistan into their orbit of influence, to the Taliban (a movement banned in Russia), …

Vijay Prashad (2022-02-20). The Terrible Fate Facing the Afghan People. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad — Feb 15, 2022 | On February 8, 2022, UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Fund) Afghanistan

Anonymous103 (2022-02-20). Military Situation In Afghanistan On February 20, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On February 17, forces loyal to Ahmad Massoud attacked Taliban positions in the Dare district of Panjshir province. Three Taliban members reportedly were killed; | On February 18, Taliban helicopters attacked positions of forces loyal to Ahmad Massoud in the Andarab district of Baghlan province; | The Pakistani military has announced the launch of operations against terrorist groups including Pakistani Taliban along the border with Afghanistan. | MORE ON TH…

_____ (2022-02-20). What Kind of Transit of Power is Expected in Turkmenistan? journal-neo.org Following Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow's decision that he will hand over power to a "younger generation", Turkmenistan's transit has become a highly debated topic. Experts note that outside powers such as Turkey, Pakistan and the US, which would like to draw Turkmenistan into their orbit of influence, to the Taliban (a movement banned in Russia), …

Vijay Prashad (2022-02-20). The Terrible Fate Facing the Afghan People. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad — Feb 15, 2022 | On February 8, 2022, UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Fund) Afghanistan

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-19). Pentagon chief in Poland: "The most dangerous conflict since World War II" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Quotes from video of joint press conference below. Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak: "The most dangerous conflict since World War II." Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin: "Polish and American soldiers fought and died together in Iraq and Afghanistan." "[Poland] Fourth largest concentration of U.S. forces in Europe." === Radio PolandFebruary 18, 2022 NATO stands united with Ukraine as …

Kathy Kelly (2022-02-19). The US Owes Afghanistan Reparations, Not Starvation. truthout.org 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 the floor, wearing coats and hats and draped with blankets, we'd sip piping hot green tea as we shared fresh, warm wheels of bread purchased from the nearest baker. | But this winter, for desperate millions of Afghans, the bread isn't there. The decades-long U.S. assault on Afghanistan's people has now taken the…

ecns.cn (2022-02-19). IAEA to report in April on Japan's plan of discharging Fukushima contaminated water. ecns.cn The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Friday it will publish a report in April detailing the findings of its mission to review the Japanese government's plan to release the contaminated radioactive water into the sea from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

_____ (2022-02-18). War in Europe and the Rise of Raw Propaganda. strategic-culture.org Since the first Cold War, NATO has effectively marched right up to Russia's most sensitive border having demonstrated its bloody aggression in Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and broken solemn promises to pull back. Having dragged European "allies" into American wars that do not concern them, the great unspoken is that NATO itself is the real threat to European security.

Ashleigh Subramanian-Montgomery (2022-02-18). US Is Effectively Stealing Billions From a Nation Ravaged by a US-Initiated War. truthout.org President Joe Biden recently In sharp contrast, hi…

Staff (2022-02-18). Nuclear watchdog will get Fukushima water checked. rt.com Scientists in Austria and Monaco are to verify if samples from Japan's nuclear facility are safe | Some 50 liters of treated water used to cool down the Fukushima melted nuclear reactors will be sent for analysis to "independent" laboratories in Austria and Monaco, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a

Staff (2022-02-18). Visita Díaz-Canel un barrio en transformación en la ciudad de Holguín y un polo productivo en el municipio Rafael Freyre. cubadebate.cu Hasta el Consejo Popular Alex Urquiola, al sur de esta populosa urbe donde viven más de 300 mil habitantes, llegó el Presidente cubano casi al mediodía de este jueves, acompañado por el miembro del Buró Político y secretario de Organización, Roberto Morales Ojeda, para dialogar con los protagonistas de un cambio que emociona y motiva. Este barrio es uno de los 93 en la provincia que desde hace algunos meses transforma su entorno con la apoyo de entidades estatales y privadas, organizaciones y los vecinos.

_____ (2022-02-18). War in Europe and the Rise of Raw Propaganda. strategic-culture.org Since the first Cold War, NATO has effectively marched right up to Russia's most sensitive border having demonstrated its bloody aggression in Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and broken solemn promises to pull back. Having dragged European "allies" into American wars that do not concern them, the great unspoken is that NATO itself is the real threat to European security.

Staff (2022-02-18). Nuclear watchdog will get Fukushima water checked. rt.com Scientists in Austria and Monaco are to verify if samples from Japan's nuclear facility are safe | Some 50 liters of treated water used to cool down the Fukushima melted nuclear reactors will be sent for analysis to "independent" laboratories in Austria and Monaco, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a

Staff (2022-02-18). Visita Díaz-Canel un barrio en transformación en la ciudad de Holguín y un polo productivo en el municipio Rafael Freyre. cubadebate.cu Hasta el Consejo Popular Alex Urquiola, al sur de esta populosa urbe donde viven más de 300 mil habitantes, llegó el Presidente cubano casi al mediodía de este jueves, acompañado por el miembro del Buró Político y secretario de Organización, Roberto Morales Ojeda, para dialogar con los protagonistas de un cambio que emociona y motiva. Este barrio es uno de los 93 en la provincia que desde hace algunos meses transforma su entorno con la apoyo de entidades estatales y privadas, organizaciones y los vecinos.

_____ (2022-02-17). Biden's $7 Billion Afghan Heist. popularresistance.org With his Executive Order redefining Afghanistan's Fiscal Reserve as a slush fund to be disbursed on his whim and with the stroke of his pen, President Biden has taken what may well be the final step in an experiment gone amok. The U.S. first attempted to make Afghanistan into a Western democracy, instead installed a kleptocracy, made Afghans endure 20 years of violence and then left in a whirlwind of chaos. With Biden's latest move to deprive Afghanistan of its monetary reserves, the nation is likely to come full circle, turning once again into a failed state that, in the absence of economic recovery, will become…

Julie Hollar (2022-02-17). Biden's multi-Billion Afghan theft gets scant mention on TV News. mronline.org Two months ago (FAIR.org, 12/21/21), I noted the striking contrast between vocal media outrage—ostensibly grounded in concern for Afghan people—over President Joe Biden's withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, and the relative silence over the growing humanitarian crisis in that country, which threatens millions with life-threatening levels of famine.

Foreign Policy in Focus (2022-02-17). U.S. Sanctions on Afghanistan Could Be Deadlier Than 20 Years of War. juancole.com By Mark Weisbrot | — (Foreign Policy in Focus ) — Originally published in Inside Sources. Economic sanctions have, in recent years, become one of the most important tools of U.S. foreign policy. There are currently more than 20 countries subjected to various sanctions from the U.S. government. But if more Americans knew how many …

Anonymous103 (2022-02-17). Mali: Macron Withdraws The French Troops, Wagner Arrives. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Written by Piero Messina | After nine years, the French soldiers leave Mali. For Macron it is a necessary defeat. Three months before the presidential elections in France, the move by the French president was inevitable. The withdrawal of the Elysée troops from the African country had already begun in June last summer. Now, the deployment to the Ivory Coast will be completed in a very short time. Mali risked becoming for France what Afghanistan was for the United States. But, in the face of the…

_____ (2022-02-16). Valentines Day Vigil To Promote Aid To Afghanistan. popularresistance.org With the UN reporting that hunger in Afghanistan could kill more civilians than the 20-year Afghanistan war, an international debate is raging over the policy by the U.S. and other governments about getting aid to that country. The president just announced a plan to confiscate $7 Billion in Afghan funds and set aside half of it for families of 9/11 victims and to create a "third-party trust fund" to pay for humanitarian aid with the other half. Critics of the decision, including those who worked for the former U.S.-backed Afghan government, lambasted Biden's decision saying that the currency reserves belong to th…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-16). Afghans oppose US move to seize half of country's frozen assets, call it illegal and unjust. peoplesdispatch.org Amid severe opposition and criticism, the Joe Biden administration decided last week to divert nearly half of the USD 7 billion Afghan frozen assets it holds to the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks…

Mark Weisbrot (2022-02-16). U.S. Sanctions on Afghanistan Could Be Deadlier Than 20 Years of War. fpif.org The collective punishment of Afghans is hideously wrong — and the Biden administration can ease it with the stroke of a pen.

William J. Astore (2022-02-16). America's Disastrous 60-Year War: Three Generations of Conspicuous Destruction by the Military-Industrial Complex. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) — In my lifetime of nearly 60 years, America has waged five major wars, winning one decisively, then throwing that victory away, while losing the other four disastrously. Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, as well as the Global War on Terror, were the losses, of course; the Cold War being the solitary win …

_____ (2022-02-16). Valentines Day Vigil To Promote Aid To Afghanistan. popularresistance.org With the UN reporting that hunger in Afghanistan could kill more civilians than the 20-year Afghanistan war, an international debate is raging over the policy by the U.S. and other governments about getting aid to that country. The president just announced a plan to confiscate $7 Billion in Afghan funds and set aside half of it for families of 9/11 victims and to create a "third-party trust fund" to pay for humanitarian aid with the other half. Critics of the decision, including those who worked for the former U.S.-backed Afghan government, lambasted Biden's decision saying that the currency reserves belong to th…

William J. Astore (2022-02-16). America's Disastrous 60-Year War: Three Generations of Conspicuous Destruction by the Military-Industrial Complex. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) — In my lifetime of nearly 60 years, America has waged five major wars, winning one decisively, then throwing that victory away, while losing the other four disastrously. Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, as well as the Global War on Terror, were the losses, of course; the Cold War being the solitary win …

Cheryl Benard, Medea Benjamin, Masuda Sultan (2022-02-15). Biden's $7 billion Afghan heist. dissidentvoice.org With his Executive Order redefining Afghanistan's Fiscal Reserve as a slush fund to be disbursed on his whim and with the stroke of his pen, President Biden has taken what may well be the final step in an experiment gone amok. The U.S. first attempted to make Afghanistan into a Western democracy, instead installed a …

teleSUR (2022-02-15). US Robbery of Afghan Assets Tantamount to Silent Massacre. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to divert billions of dollars in frozen Afghan assets to the families of 9/11 victims is rubbing salt into the wounds of millions of suffering Afghan people. | RELATED: | Couching the theft as "aid" in a self-righteous statement, the White House claimed the haul is "to be used to benefit the Afghan people," and that the U.S. is "committed to supporting the Afghan people" and conti…

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-15). Europe on the verge of war: Polish prime minister. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Polish prime minister seems far less concerned by a series of wars conducted by his nation and its NATO allies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. Ones that Poland actively contributed to as well as to NATO operations in Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia. Over 33,000 Polish troops served under NATO command in Afghanistan over …

Andy Kroll (2022-02-15). America's Disastrous 60-Year War. tomdispatch.com In my lifetime of nearly 60 years, America has waged five major wars, winning one decisively, then throwing that victory away, while losing the other four disastrously. Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, as well as the Global War on Terror, were the losses, of course; the Cold War being the solitary win that must now be counted as a loss because its promise was so quickly discarded. America's war in Vietnam was waged during the Cold War in the context of what was then known as the domino theory and the idea of "containing" communism. Iraq and Afghanistan were part of the Global War on Terror, a post-Cold War event i…

Staff (2022-02-15). "Adding Insult to Injury": Afghan Activist & 9/11 Mother Condemn Biden's Seizure of Afghan Funds. democracynow.org President Biden is facing mounting criticism for seizing $7 billion of Afghanistan's federal reserves frozen in the United States. Biden is giving half of the money to families of September 11 victims while Afghanistan faces a humanitarian catastrophe. We speak to two of the founders of a new campaign called Unfreeze Afghanistan, a women-led initiative to lift sanctions and other economic restrictions on Afghanistan, and a woman who lost her son in the World Trade Center attack, who says the money should stay in Afghanistan. "The suffering of the Afghan people at the hands of the United States and its…

Cheryl Benard, Medea Benjamin, Masuda Sultan (2022-02-15). Biden's $7 billion Afghan heist. dissidentvoice.org With his Executive Order redefining Afghanistan's Fiscal Reserve as a slush fund to be disbursed on his whim and with the stroke of his pen, President Biden has taken what may well be the final step in an experiment gone amok. The U.S. first attempted to make Afghanistan into a Western democracy, instead installed a …

teleSUR (2022-02-15). US Robbery of Afghan Assets Tantamount to Silent Massacre. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to divert billions of dollars in frozen Afghan assets to the families of 9/11 victims is rubbing salt into the wounds of millions of suffering Afghan people. | RELATED: | Couching the theft as "aid" in a self-righteous statement, the White House claimed the haul is "to be used to benefit the Afghan people," and that the U.S. is "committed to supporting the Afghan people" and conti…

Staff (2022-02-15). "Adding Insult to Injury": Afghan Activist & 9/11 Mother Condemn Biden's Seizure of Afghan Funds. democracynow.org President Biden is facing mounting criticism for seizing $7 billion of Afghanistan's federal reserves frozen in the United States. Biden is giving half of the money to families of September 11 victims while Afghanistan faces a humanitarian catastrophe. We speak to two of the founders of a new campaign called Unfreeze Afghanistan, a women-led initiative to lift sanctions and other economic restrictions on Afghanistan, and a woman who lost her son in the World Trade Center attack, who says the money should stay in Afghanistan. "The suffering of the Afghan people at the hands of the United States and its…

Staff (2022-02-14). Headlines for February 14, 2022. democracynow.org High-Level Diplomatic Talks Continue as U.S. Warns Russia Could Invade Ukraine at Any Time, Canadian Police Clear Trucker Convoy from Ambassador Bridge as Protests Spread to More Countries, Pfizer's Vaccine for Under 5s on Hold; Study Finds Even Mild COVID Cases Up Risk of Heart Disease, Afghan Central Bank, Aid Groups Condemn U.S. Move to Seize and Redirect Billions in Afghan Assets, Honduran Court Orders Release Of Environmental Activists Who Protested Open-Pit Mining Project, Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon Reached Record Levels Last Month, U.S. Judge Restores Protections for Gray Wolves; Australia Dec…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-14). Dissonance Searching for Resonance: A Time to Remember the Hibakusha, or Are We Too Late? transcend.org 14 Feb 2022 – The world is now bracing itself for a possible Russian invasion of the Ukraine. The U.S. is pushing back, with President Biden talking about "a World War." Hopefully, it's not too late to remember the Hibakusha (Japanese survivors of the atomic bombings). How does one limit such an exchange once the first button is pressed?>

teleSUR (2022-02-14). US Decision Over Splitting Assets Sparks Outcry Among Afghans. telesurenglish.net Washington's decision on splitting frozen Afghan assets in the United States has sparked an outcry among ordinary Afghans who believe the verdict would exacerbate the already dire humanitarian crisis. | RELATED: | U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday to free US$7 billion out of more than US$9 billion Afghan assets, splitting the money between humanitarian aid for cash-strapped Afghanistan and a fund for 9/11 victims. Massiullah, a sho…

Editor (2022-02-14). When cruelty is the point — U.S. decides to kill more Afghan people. mronline.org Last summer, after decades of killing Afghans in Afghanistan, the U.S. government decides to move its occupation forces out of that country.

Editor (2022-02-14). 'Thank you for hearing our Afghan pain'. mronline.org People in the United States must recognize the suffering their country continues inflicting in Afghanistan.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-14). Occupation forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank demolition raid and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at a raid in the Occupied West Bank and settler violence in Sheikh Jarrah, the release of 4 Afghan women activists from detention, and more…

WSWS (2022-02-14). US steals billions in Afghan bank funds. wsws.org The decision to seize $7 billion in central bank funds will further undermine the economy of Afghanistan under conditions of mass starvation.

Editor (2022-02-14). 'Thank you for hearing our Afghan pain'. mronline.org People in the United States must recognize the suffering their country continues inflicting in Afghanistan.

Editor (2022-02-14). When cruelty is the point — U.S. decides to kill more Afghan people. mronline.org Last summer, after decades of killing Afghans in Afghanistan, the U.S. government decides to move its occupation forces out of that country.

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-14). Karzai: Giving Afghan Funds to 9/11 Families an 'Atrocity'. news.antiwar.com On Sunday, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai Karzai said the move was "unjust and unfair" and was an "atrocity" against the Afghan people since they had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. In the wake of the 20-year US war, Afghanistan is in the midst of a dire humanitarian crisis, and millions of Afghans are facing starvation.

Staff (2022-02-14). Headlines for February 14, 2022. democracynow.org High-Level Diplomatic Talks Continue as U.S. Warns Russia Could Invade Ukraine at Any Time, Canadian Police Clear Trucker Convoy from Ambassador Bridge as Protests Spread to More Countries, Pfizer's Vaccine for Under 5s on Hold; Study Finds Even Mild COVID Cases Up Risk of Heart Disease, Afghan Central Bank, Aid Groups Condemn U.S. Move to Seize and Redirect Billions in Afghan Assets, Honduran Court Releases Environmental Activists Who Protested Open-Pit Mining Project, Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon Reached Record Levels Last Month, U.S. Judge Restores Protections for Gray Wolves; Australia Declares Koa…

Staff (2022-02-14). Ex-Afghan leader slams 'unjust' Biden $7bn order. rt.com Hamid Karzai urges US to reverse decision to spend half of frozen Afghan funds on 9/11 victims | Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned on Sunday the US government's move to divert some $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan assets held by US banks to families of 9/11 victims, branding it an "atrocity" against the country's people. He stated that it was "unjust and unfair" since Afghanistan had also suffered at the hands of Al-Qaeda, the Associated Press reported. | Speaking at a press conference in Kabul, Karzai called on US courts and the American public — especially the relatives of 9/11 victims —…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-14). Dissonance Searching for Resonance: A Time to Remember the Hibakusha, or Are We Too Late? transcend.org 14 Feb 2022 – The world is now bracing itself for a possible Russian invasion of the Ukraine. The U.S. is pushing back, with President Biden talking about "a World War." Hopefully, it's not too late to remember the Hibakusha (Japanese survivors of the atomic bombings). How does one limit such an exchange once the first button is pressed?>

ecns.cn (2022-02-13). Interview: UN refugee agency official says China's contribution helps alleviate dire situation in Afghanistan. ecns.cn The resources provided by China to Afghanistan are helping the internally displaced Afghans to weather the harsh winter and COVID-19 pandemic, while China's engagement in political levels would facilitate a long-term solution to the situation.

Human Rights Watch (2022-02-13). Biden Seeks to Seize Afghanistan's Assets. juancole.com By John Sifton | Asia Advocacy Director | — ( Human Rights Watch ) — The Biden administration has decided to recommend directing $3.5 billion of Afghanistan's $7 billion in foreign currency reserves in the United States to a trust fund for humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, while agreeing to release another $3.5 billion to families …

_____ (2022-02-13). The Terrible Fate Facing The Afghan People. popularresistance.org On February 8, 2022, UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Fund) Afghanistan sent out a bleak set of tweets. One of the tweets, which included a photograph of a child lying in a hospital bed with her mother seated beside her, said: "Having recently recovered from acute watery diarrhea, two years old Soria is back in hospital, this time suffering from edema and wasting. Her mother has been by her bedside for the past two weeks anxiously waiting for Soria to recover." The series of tweets by UNICEF Afghanistan show that Soria is not alone in her suffering. "One in three adolescent girls suffers from anemia" in Afgh…

Staff (2022-02-13). But How Do You Stop Putin and the Taliban? davidswanson.org When I suggest not stealing billions of dollars from Afghanistan, and thereby not causing mass starvation and death, otherwise intelligent and informed people tell me that human rights demands that theft. Starving people to death is a means of protecting their "human rights," in fact. How else can you (or the U.S. government) stop Taliban …