2021-09-28: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-28). Turkic Council: Turkic world hails Karabakh war, is invested in "millions of Turkish kin" in Afghanistan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey pledges support for stability of region on first anniversary of Karabakh war Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlàºt àáavu≈üoƒülu on Sept. 27 reiterated Turkey's support to Azerbaijan….speaking at the Extraordinary Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Turkic Council. "Developments in Afghanistan have global implications. However, the Turkish world, as Afghanistan's neighbor, feels the impact of these …

Ragip Soylu (2021-09-28). Turkey to send humanitarian aid to Afghanistan for winter. middleeasteye.net Turkey to send humanitarian aid to Afghanistan for winter | Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu said international community should also help Afghanistan to prevent a societal collapse | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 09: 38 | Children walk along a boundary wall of a dried up canal in Kabul on 27 September 2021 (AFP) |

Anonymous007 (2021-09-28). Tensions On Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Reach Boiling Point. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | As the war within Afghanistan is over, with Taliban as the clear winner, the time has now come for issues outside the country to press forward. | Currently, the situation at the Afghanistan — Tajikistan border is escalating, and the possibility of an armed conflict is increasing. | Both sides are sending troops to the border and it seems as just a matter of time until a stray shot causes a rapid chain reaction that leads to hostilities. | Relations between the t…

Coalition of Labor Union Women (2021-09-27). Union women hail Afghanistan war end, say it was always a mistake. peoplesworld.org Shortly before the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) endorsed a statement at its National Executive Board meeting asserting that unions must educate workers about all issues that impact their lives, jobs, and families—including foreign policy, militarism, and war. CLUW opposed the war, urged anti-war activism and participation in U.S. Labor …

Yanis Iqbal (2021-09-27). Western Powers Strangle Ordinary Afghans with Economic Blockade. towardfreedom.org Afghanistan is teetering on the brink of universal poverty. As much as 97 percent of the population is at risk of sinking below the poverty line unless a comprehensive response to the country's multiple crises is launched.

teleSUR (2021-09-27). Experts Slam US For Human Rights Violations In Afghanistan. telesurenglish.net The United States should be denounced by the international community for its human rights violations in Afghanistan, said experts at an international seminar held in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Saturday. | RELATED: | Over 40 experts, media representatives and diplomats from China, France, Nepal, Japan and other countries participated in the seminar, an online side event at the 48th session of the United Na…

Matthew Ehret-Kump (2021-09-27). The Great Chessboard: Will a Renewed U.S. 'Operation Cyclone' Threaten Afghanistan's New Silk Road Future? globalresearch.ca

Nick Turse (2021-09-27). The Names You'll Never Know: A Blue Kia and a Wall of Carnage on the Washington Mall. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com) — As a parting shot, on its way out of Afghanistan, the United States military launched a drone attack that the Pentagon called a "righteous strike." The final missile fired during 20 years of occupation, that August 29th airstrike averted an Islamic State car-bomb attack on the last American troops at Kabul's airport. …

sputniknews (2021-09-27). Taliban Say Norwegian NGO Promises to Ship Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan This Winter. sputniknews.com KABUL (Sputnik) – The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) humanitarian organization has promised to deliver humanitarian aid to Afghanistan this winter, Abdul Qahar Balkhi, a spokesman for the foreign ministry of the Taliban* government, said on Monday.

Marjorie Cohn (2021-09-27). War in Afghanistan Isn't Over — It's Taking the Form of Illegal Drone Strikes. zcomm.org U.S. military and CIA drone attacks have killed an estimated 9,000 to 17,000 people since 2004, including 2,200 children and several U.S. citizens…

_____ (2021-09-27). Critics Fume as ICC Excludes US From Probe Into Afghan War Crimes. commondreams.org Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal says around 60 Democrats are willing to vote down a weaker bipartisan bill if the more sweeping reconciliation bill does not come first.

Rachel Evans (2021-09-27). Solidarity shown with Afghan women standing up to the Taliban. greenleft.org.au As the Taliban unleashes its terror campaign in Afghanistan, thousands of people have taken action in solidarity with Afghan women across the globe. Rachel Evans reports.

Byul Ryan-Im (2021-09-27). The Weekly Round-Up: public executions, same-sex adoption and refugee rights. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news: A spokesman for the Taliban has said that working women must stay at home for their own safety as "a very temporary procedure" until systems are in place to ensure their safety. The spokesman also told Afghans not to go to Kabul airport and said the US should not encourage them to …

Gareth Porter (2021-09-27). Corporate media stirred global terror hysteria to push postwar hostility toward new Afghan govt. thegrayzone.com The media's latest ahistorical freak-out over Afghanistan is further evidence of its de facto merger with the U.S. national security state Following the Taliban's victory over the U.S. military, U.S. corporate media has churned out a new narrative about the imminent threat of terrorism from Afghanistan that sets the stage for future military interventions. Blasted out in a stunningly disciplined fashion, the media has demonstrated as clearly as ever its coordination with the national security state and advancements of its …

Staff (2021-09-27). International Criminal Court Excludes US From Probe Into Afghanistan War Crimes. truthout.org A Monday announcement from the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor saying his office is seeking approval to resume its investigation into potential war crimes in Afghanistan committed by the Taliban and the Islamic State — but excluding alleged atrocities committed by U.S. forces — sparked a flurry of outrage from human rights defenders. | "It seems there is no end to the betrayal of Afghans — now so many victims of torture and other abuses by U.S. and former Afgha…

WSWS (2021-09-27). Russian Wagner Group mercenaries to deploy to Mali as France withdraws. wsws.org Just over a month after the humiliating US withdrawal from Afghanistan, France's eight-year, neo-colonial war in its former West African colony is collapsing.

Staff (2021-09-27). Meet Mansoor Adayfi: I Was Kidnapped as a Teen, Sold to the CIA & Jailed at Guantánamo for 14 Years. democracynow.org We speak with Mansoor Adayfi, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee who was held at the military prison for 14 years without charge, an ordeal he details in his new memoir, "Don't Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guantánamo." Adayfi was 18 when he left his home in Yemen to do research in Afghanistan, where he was kidnapped by Afghan warlords, then sold to the CIA after the 9/11 attacks. Adayfi describes being brutally tortured in Afghanistan before he was transported to Guantánamo in 2002, where he became known as Detainee #441 and survived years of abuse. Adayfi was released against his will to Serbia in 2016 and no…

Staff (2021-09-27). I Was Detained in Guantánamo for 14 Years After Being Kidnapped and Sold to CIA. truthout.org We speak with Mansoor Adayfi, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee who was held at the military prison for 14 years without charge, an ordeal he details in his new memoir, Don't Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guantánamo. Adayfi was 18 when he left his home in Yemen to do research in Afghanistan, where he was kidnapped by Afghan warlords, then sold to the CIA after the 9/11 attacks. Adayfi describes being brutally tortured in Afghanistan before he was transported to Guantánamo in 2002, where he…

Moderator (2021-09-27). The Names You'll Never Know. scheerpost.com [ By As a parting shot, on its way out of Afghanistan, the United States military launched a drone attack that the Pentagon called a "righteous strike." The final missile fired during 20 years of occupation, that August 29th airstrike averted an Islamic State car-bomb attack on the last American troops at Kabul's airport. At least, that's what the Pentagon told the world. | Within tw…

_____ (2021-09-27). The China Cold War Will Unstick America's Glue. strategic-culture.org Can an America that off-shored much of its manufacturing capacity to China, for short-term profit, afford the de-coupling? | Washington isn't quite sure what to do after the chaotic end to America's 'forever' war. Some in Washington bitterly regret exiting from Afghanistan at all, and advocate for an immediate return; some just want to move on — to the China 'Cold War', that is. The cries from the initial Establishment 'melt down' and its articulation of pain over the Kabul withdrawal débacle, however, indicates the extent to which the almost obsessive focus on 'Hobbling China' nevertheless seems like an hu…

Tom Engelhardt (2021-09-27). Tomgram: Nick Turse, A Forever Wall for Our Forever Wars. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. In the wake of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, among the many things barely mentioned or already long forgotten (if ever even noticed), were the wedding parties U.S. air power took out there. Since the World Trade Center …

Yasmeen Afghan (2021-09-27). Kabul Diaries Part 14: 'Our privacy is now subjected to Taliban vigilantes'. greenleft.org.au Since the Taliban occupation, women largely stay at home because they are scared of being beaten and humiliated by the Taliban for just being women, reports Yasmeen Afghan.

Rachel Evans (2021-09-27). Solidarity shown to Afghan women standing up to the Taliban. greenleft.org.au

ecns.cn (2021-09-27). Kabul int'l airport now ready for int'l flights: official. ecns.cn The Kabul International Airport is now fully operational for international flights and all airliners can resume airlifts, spokesman of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban caretaker government announced on Sunday.

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