Staff (2022-01-24). ISIL claims responsibility for attack on Afghanistan's Herat. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) — The ISIL terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack in the western Afghan city of Herat in a statement on Sunday.

sputniknews (2022-01-24). Situation Near London High Court as Appeal Hearing in Assange Extradition to US Case Takes Place. sputniknews.com Assange faces up to 175 years in prison in the United States for publishing thousands of classified documents that exposed war crimes committed by American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Staff (2022-01-24). Headlines for January 24, 2022. democracynow.org U.K. High Court Rules Assange Can Request Appeal of Extradition to U.S., U.S. Judge Blocks Vaccine Mandate for Federal Workers, U.S. Reduces Kyiv Embassy Staff, Weighs Sending Troops to Region as Tensions Mount with Russia, Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill at Least 82 People in Yemen, Including African Migrants, 150 People Killed in Attack on Syrian Prison, Bus Bomb Kills 7 People in Afghanistan; Taliban Officials Arrive in Oslo for International Talks, Reports: Burkina Faso's President Detained by Soldiers Amid Growing Unrest, Armed Men Detain Sudanese Women's Rights Activist Amira Osman, Palestinians Call for Probe in…

sputniknews (2022-01-24). Taliban's 'Luxury' Visit to Norway Blasted as 'Disrespectful to Taxpayers', 'Mockery of the Fallen'. sputniknews.com Criticising her government's ongoing talks with the Taliban* on human rights and humanitarian crises, Norwegian Progress Party leader Sylvi Listhaug said it was as naàØve as "believing in Santa Claus and the Easter bunny at the same time".

ecns.cn (2022-01-24). Ice-wall coolant leaks from Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. ecns.cn The operator of Japan's disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has confirmed that four tons of coolant had leaked from two storage tanks, local media reported Monday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-23). Biden Covertly Continues the U.S. Forever War Against the Afghan People. libya360.wordpress.com Zachary Scott Afghans protest the former U.S. embassy building demanding the release of Afghanistan's frozen assets and resumption of international funding amid worsening economic conditions in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2021. [Source: theintercept.com] Over the past few months, U.S. lawmakers, the Afghan government, and the international community have called on Washington to stop strangling…

teleSUR, JDO (2022-01-23). Talibán negocia con otros países solución a crisis humanitaria. telesurtv.net Sostienen durante tres días en Noruega una ronda de diálogos con enviados de la UE, EE.UU. y grupos civiles afganos.

Staff (2022-01-23). Registran fuga de cuatro toneladas de la solución refrigerante del muro de hielo alrededor de la central nuclear de Fukushima. cubadebate.cu Una fuga de unas 4 toneladas de la solución refrigerante usada para la creación del muro de hielo alrededor de la central nuclear de Fukushima (Japón) se ha reportado este sábado, según el canal local NHK. Los especialistas estiman que una tubería dañada pudo haber ocasionado el derrame. La empresa detalló que trataría de localizar el lugar exacto de la sección dañada.

Staff (2022-01-23). Registran fuga de cuatro toneladas de la solución refrigerante del muro de hielo alrededor de la central nuclear de Fukushima. cubadebate.cu Una fuga de unas 4 toneladas de la solución refrigerante usada para la creación del muro de hielo alrededor de la central nuclear de Fukushima (Japón) se ha reportado este sábado, según el canal local NHK. Los especialistas estiman que una tubería dañada pudo haber ocasionado el derrame. La empresa detalló que trataría de localizar el lugar exacto de la sección dañada.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-01-23). Talibán negocia con otros países solución a crisis humanitaria. telesurtv.net Sostienen durante tres días en Noruega una ronda de diálogos con enviados de la UE, EE.UU. y grupos civiles afganos.

Staff (2022-01-23). Registran fuga de cuatro toneladas de la solución refrigerante del muro de hielo alrededor de la central nuclear de Fukushima. cubadebate.cu Una fuga de unas 4 toneladas de la solución refrigerante usada para la creación del muro de hielo alrededor de la central nuclear de Fukushima (Japón) se ha reportado este sábado, según el canal local NHK. Los especialistas estiman que una tubería dañada pudo haber ocasionado el derrame. La empresa detalló que trataría de localizar el lugar exacto de la sección dañada.

Staff (2022-01-23). Registran fuga de cuatro toneladas de la solución refrigerante del muro de hielo alrededor de la central nuclear de Fukushima. cubadebate.cu Una fuga de unas 4 toneladas de la solución refrigerante usada para la creación del muro de hielo alrededor de la central nuclear de Fukushima (Japón) se ha reportado este sábado, según el canal local NHK. Los especialistas estiman que una tubería dañada pudo haber ocasionado el derrame. La empresa detalló que trataría de localizar el lugar exacto de la sección dañada.

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-22). Russia sells helicopters to U.S. for Afghan war, U.S. transfers them to Ukraine for war with Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From RT. Hamlet had something to say about such self-defeating behavior. US sending Russian weapons to Ukraine The Biden administration is expediting the transfer of five transport helicopters to Kiev, as Washington insists Moscow is about to "invade" Ukraine any day now. The Mi-17 helicopters were originally purchased from Russia and intended for the US-backed …

sputniknews (2022-01-22). Afghan Scholar Claims About 60% of Western Women Over 40 Marry Animals. sputniknews.com Such a statement was made by Islamic theologian and teacher at one of Afghanistan's universities Fazlul Hak Samadi in early January on the Afghan TV channel NoorTV.

ecns.cn (2022-01-22). Supplies aided by China, the WFP head to Afghanistan. ecns.cn Supplies for Afghanistan aided by China and the World Food Programme (WFP) departed China via the Horgos Port in southwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Thursday and are expected to arrive in Afghanistan 10 days later.

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Brett Wilkins (2022-01-21). 500K jobs lost, starvation looms as US holds Afghan funds hostage. nationofchange.org As a report published Wednesday revealed the loss of over 500,000 jobs since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan last August, critics of the Biden administration's policy of economic sanctions and freezing billions of dollars in Afghan government funds renewed warnings of a "U.S.-fueled genocide" in the starving, suffering, war-torn nation. "The Taliban barely fired …

Staff (2022-01-21). Afghanistan Faces "Tsunami of Hunger" as U.S. Sanctions Crash Country's Economy. democracynow.org The World Food Program has warned Afghanistan faces a "tsunami of hunger" as the economy continues to collapse, due in part to U.S. sanctions and the freezing of Afghan assets following the Taliban takeover of Kabul. Meanwhile, President Biden once again defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan on Wednesday without acknowledging the humanitarian crisis that followed his exit. We speak with journalist Jane Ferguson, who recently traveled to Afghanistan to report on the collapse of basic government services and the various factors that led to the collapse of the economy, which she says was "co…

ecns.cn (2022-01-21). Supplies aided by China, the WFP head to Afghanistan. ecns.cn Supplies for Afghanistan aided by China and the World Food Programme (WFP) departed China via the Horgos Port in southwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Thursday and are expected to arrive in Afghanistan 10 days later.

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-20). After NATO, EU, OSCE, Kiev and West try next gambit: the UN. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UN must use its mandate to avoid worst-case scenario for Kyiv — Ukraine's delegation [This is the method used by the U.S. and its allies against Russia over Afghanistan in 1980: Ending one 40-year war, starting another? Joe Biden's Jimmy Carter moment. Then Washington, stymied by a Soviet veto in the Security Council, moved the …

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-20). More on Brzezinski family role in reprising Afghan war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com "It's not just nuts. It's dangerous. We're sleepwalking toward a conflict with a country that has more than 4,000 nuclear weapons….It's just shocking that people are not more upset by this."

_____ (2022-01-20). Telling Lies On An International Scale. popularresistance.org The mainstream media have been replete with stories of a new Tory "red meat" initiative of right-wing policies. "Government sources" briefed the media that Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Home Secretary Priti Patel were in talks with their counterparts in Ghana and Rwanda about setting up internment camps to receive asylum seekers deported from the U.K. Apart from the fact it would be entirely illegal to deport Syrians or Afghans to Africa, I knew it to be simply impossible the story was true.

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-20). Ending one 40-year war, starting another? Joe Biden's Jimmy Carter moment. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com As the inflation rate in the U.S. approaches that of the Carter years, as Mark Brzezinski, son of the architect of the Mujahideen war in Afghanistan (and arguably all that followed there and around the world as a result), assumes…

_____ (2022-01-20). Telling Lies On An International Scale. popularresistance.org The mainstream media have been replete with stories of a new Tory "red meat" initiative of right-wing policies. "Government sources" briefed the media that Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Home Secretary Priti Patel were in talks with their counterparts in Ghana and Rwanda about setting up internment camps to receive asylum seekers deported from the U.K. Apart from the fact it would be entirely illegal to deport Syrians or Afghans to Africa, I knew it to be simply impossible the story was true.

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-20). Ending one 40-year war, starting another? Joe Biden's Jimmy Carter moment. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com As the inflation rate in the U.S. approaches that of the Carter years, as Mark Brzezinski, son of the architect of the Mujahideen war in Afghanistan (and arguably all that followed there and around the world as a result), assumes…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-19). VIDEO: Water of Kamal Khan Dam flows towards Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) — Official in charge of Iranian Embassy to Kabul announced the opening of Kamal Khan Dam water by Afghanistan and flow of water towards Iranian border.

_____ (2022-01-19). Biden Covertly Continues US Forever War Against The Afghan People. popularresistance.org Contrary to the narrative of U.S. politicians and journalists, the August 2021 withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan did not mark the end of the United States' so-called "forever war" but rather a shift in U.S. policy—from direct military intervention and occupation to one based on economic sanctions and indirect political subversion. Although the tactics changed, the goal is the same: the accumulation of wealth and power through class warfare against the Afghan people. | Just days after Kabul fell to the Taliban on August 15th, Washington took measures to turn off the flow of funds to the new…

Summer Pan (2022-01-18). Volunteers help Afghan resettlement. america.cgtn.com Community groups in U.S. are helping people on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Some volunteer-run organizations are setting up homes for the thousands of Afghan refugees.

Zachary Scott (2022-01-18). Biden Lies (Again) as He Covertly Continues the U.S. Forever War Against the Afghan People. covertactionmagazine.com Over the past few months, U.S. lawmakers, the Afghan government, and the international community have called on Washington to stop …

Manlio Dinucci (2022-01-18). Il piano Usa di un Afghanistan dentro l'Europa. globalresearch.ca Soldati in assetto di guerra e veicoli corazzati da combattimento sono stati schierati dalla Svezia su Gotland, l'isola nel Mar Baltico a 90 km dalle sue coste orientali. Il ministero della Difesa dichiara che lo ha fatto per difendere l'isola …

_____ (2022-01-18). The Afghan Syndrome and the Same Old Mistake of American Neoconservatives. journal-neo.org After the disgraceful flight of United States troops from Afghanistan, when the whole world watched with surprise and horror the nightmarish scenes at the airport, the rate at which the once-US-friendly government collapsed, giving way to the Taliban (banned in Russia), and experienced the tragic human stories of those Afghans who remained in the country, …

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-18). At least 26 killed in Afghanistan earthquake. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 18 (MNA) — At least 26 people were killed after an earthquake hit western Afghanistan on Monday, an official said.

_____ (2022-01-18). The Afghan Syndrome and the Same Old Mistake of American Neoconservatives. journal-neo.org After the disgraceful flight of United States troops from Afghanistan, when the whole world watched with surprise and horror the nightmarish scenes at the airport, the rate at which the once-US-friendly government collapsed, giving way to the Taliban (banned in Russia), and experienced the tragic human stories of those Afghans who remained in the country, …

Vijay Prashad (2022-01-17). Is the West determined to starve the people of Afghanistan? greenleft.org.au Afghanistan is facing a worsening humanitarian crisis, writes Vijay Prashad.

_____ (2022-01-17). Are Western Countries Determined To Starve The People Of Afghanistan? popularresistance.org On January 11, 2022, the United Nations (UN) Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths appealed to the international community to help raise $4.4 billion for Afghanistan in humanitarian aid, calling this effort, "the largest ever appeal for a single country for humanitarian assistance." This amount is required "in the hope of shoring up collapsing basic services there," said the UN. If this appeal is not met, Griffiths said, then "next year [2023] we'll be asking for $10 billion." | The figure of $10 billion is significant. A few days after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in mid-August 2021, the US gove…

Vijay Prashad (2022-01-17). Is the West determined to starve the people of Afghanistan? greenleft.org.au Afghanistan is facing a worsening humanitarian crisis, writes Vijay Prashad.

sputniknews (2022-01-16). Two Children Killed in Explosion Near Afghan Capital Kabul, Eyewitness Says. sputniknews.com KABUL (Sputnik) – Two children were killed and several civilians sustained injuries in a bomb blast on the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, an eyewitness told Sputnik on Sunday.

Staff (2022-01-16). Explosion in Kabul leaves several dead, injured. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (MNA) — According to the media reports, a blast hit the capital of Afghanistan, leaving several dead and injured.

Staff (2022-01-16). Explosion in Kabul leaves several dead, injured. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (MNA) — According to the media reports, a blast hit the capital of Afghanistan, leaving several dead and injured.

sputniknews (2022-01-16). Two Children Killed in Explosion Near Afghan Capital Kabul, Eyewitness Says. sputniknews.com KABUL (Sputnik) – Two children were killed and several civilians sustained injuries in a bomb blast on the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, an eyewitness told Sputnik on Sunday.

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-15). Turkish DM: with shift from Afghanistan to Ukraine, NATO more active than ever. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com We believe NATO more active than ever: Akar Turkey shares NATO's values and responsibilities and has "successfully" fulfilled all the duties and missions entrusted to it since 1952, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Jan. 14. "We believe that NATO, as the most successful defense alliance in history, is more active and vibrant than ever …

sputniknews (2022-01-15). Imran Khan's Party Accused of Neglecting Pakistani Region Bordering Afghanistan. sputniknews.com For months, Pakistani PM Imran Khan's government has been battling criticism from all quarters. While thousands of students protested in October on the issue of rising educational costs, the opposition has been on the offensive over the state of the nation's economy. But Khan appears to have found a new enemy in the form of his own party now.

Staff (2022-01-15). Texas synagogue suspect linked to 'Lady Al-Qaeda'. rt.com There has been on ongoing public campaign in Pakistan for the release of Aafia Siddiqui from US prison | The suspected gunman who took a Texas synagogue hostage on Saturday has reportedly demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui, who was convicted of attempting to kill US personnel in Afghanistan. | While the identity of the hostage taker has yet to be confirmed, ABC News and

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-15). Turkish DM: with shift from Afghanistan to Ukraine, NATO more active than ever. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com We believe NATO more active than ever: Akar Turkey shares NATO's values and responsibilities and has "successfully" fulfilled all the duties and missions entrusted to it since 1952, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Jan. 14. "We believe that NATO, as the most successful defense alliance in history, is more active and vibrant than ever …

sputniknews (2022-01-15). Imran Khan's Party Accused of Neglecting Pakistani Region Bordering Afghanistan. sputniknews.com For months, Pakistani PM Imran Khan's government has been battling criticism from all quarters. While thousands of students protested in October on the issue of rising educational costs, the opposition has been on the offensive over the state of the nation's economy. But Khan appears to have found a new enemy in the form of his own party now.

Staff (2022-01-14). Afghanistan in Freefall: Deadly U.S. Sanctions Blamed for Shocking Humanitarian Crisis. democracynow.org As Afghanistan faces a dire humanitarian crisis, we look at how more Afghans may die from U.S. sanctions than at the hands of the Taliban. The U.S.'s attempts to block support for the new de facto government have prevented vital funding from flowing to the nation's civil servants, particularly in education and the health sector. Dr. Paul Spiegel says conditions in the hospitals he visited in Kabul as part of a World Health Organization emergency team are rapidly deteriorating, and he describes the lack of heat and basic amenities as winter descended. "There's been a drought. There's food insecurity. And all of th…

Staff (2022-01-14). Headlines for January 14, 2022. democracynow.org Voting Rights Bills Appear Doomed in Senate as Sinema & Manchin Oppose Filibuster Change, Supreme Court Strikes Down Vaccination-or-Test Mandate for 84 Million U.S. Workers, White House Orders Another Half-Billion Coronavirus Tests for U.S. Residents, New York Mayor Considering Virtual Learning Option as COVID-19 Cases Surge in Classrooms, Head of Oath Keepers Among 11 Charged with Seditious Conspiracy over Jan. 6 Insurrection, RNC May Try to Block Future Candidates from Presidential Debates, U.N. Calls for Urgent Funding to Avert Millions of Deaths in Afghanistan, Specter of War Remains After Talks Fail to Resol…

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). IOM continues to expand relief operation in Afghanistan. ecns.cn The United Nations migration agency, International Organization for Migration (IOM), continued to expand its relief operations across Afghanistan in response to mounting complex humanitarian needs.

Amy Goodman (2022-01-14). More Afghans May Die From US Sanctions Than at the Hands of the Taliban. truthout.org As Afghanistan faces a dire humanitarian crisis, we look at how more Afghans may die from U.S. sanctions than at the hands of the Taliban. The U.S.'s attempts to block support for the new de facto government have prevented vital funding from flowing to the nation's civil servants, particularly in education and the health sector. Dr. Paul Spiegel says conditions in the hospitals he visited in Kabul as part of a World Health Organization emergency team are rapidly deteriorating, and he describes the la…

Brittani Banks (2022-01-14). Are Western Wealthy Countries Determined to Starve the People of Afghanistan? independentmediainstitute.org On January 11, 2022, the United Nations (UN) Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths appealed to the international community to help raise $4.4 billion for Afghanistan in humanitarian aid, calling this effort, "the largest ever appeal for a single country for humanitarian assistance." This amount is required "in the hope of shoring up collapsing basic services …

teleSUR, JDO (2022-01-14). Armenia y Turquía prosiguen diálogo para normalizar relaciones. telesurtv.net No tienen relaciones diplomáticas. Turquía no reconoce el genocidio de 1.5 millones de armenios, en 1915, por el Imperio Otomano.