2021-10-12: News Headlines

Editor2 (2021-10-12). President Raeisi: Everyone Knows US Backed, Planned Daesh Growth in Afghanistan. orinocotribune.com Iran's President Ebrahim Raeisi has voiced concerns about the persistence of terrorist acts in neighboring Afghanistan, saying it is no secret that the growth of the Daesh terrorist group, which claimed responsibility for the latest terrorist act in Afghanistan, was a US job. | In a message released on Saturday, Raeisi condoled with the Afghan nation and the entire human society over the killing and injuring of a large number of innocent Afghans while they were praying in a sacred place. | "It is no secret to anyone that the growth of this Takfiri terrorist movement has taken place with the supports and plans of…

TASS (2021-10-12). NATO avoids responsibility for its presence in Afghanistan — Russian top diplomat. tass.com Sergey Lavrov noted that the global community, especially Afghanistan's neighbors, was invited to tackle the problems of the region…

Yasmeen Afghan (2021-10-12). Kabul Dairies Part 17: In this dead end! greenleft.org.au The Taliban are hunting down women's rights activists in Kabul. Yasmeen Afghan files this account of one such activist who is now underground.

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-12). From the archives of NATO's peace award recipient Nancy Pelosi. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Subject: [stopnato] Afghanistan: New US House Speaker Pledges Support For Expanded War Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17: 13: 58 -0800 (PST) From: Rick Rozoff <@yahoo.com> Reply-To: stopnato@yahoogroups.com To: Stop NATO [From my dear friend Bob Gipson, who retrieved this from the Stop NATO news list of almost 15 years ago. On the occasion of Pelosi being presented …

Anonymous103 (2021-10-12). US War In Afghanistan Is Over, Says Biden. But US Remains At War. southfront.org Illustrative Image20 years after 9/11, the US still is at a global war against terror. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | In the aftermath of Afghanistan withdrawal, the US still has around 750 military bases abroad in at least 80 foreign countries, according to an estimate by David Vine, a political science professor at the American University in Washington, DC. First of all, the very pr…

MK Bhadrakumar (2021-10-12). The Taliban has many suitors lining up to help. asiatimes.com The Taliban have been getting many suitors lately. They are far from the "pariah" that the Biden administration thought they were destined to be. During the past month alone, the Taliban received six suitors from the region and beyond offering courtship — the foreign minister of Qatar; the special envoys of Russia, China and Pakistan; …

Families Belong Together, partners (2021-10-11). Tuesday 10/12: Rapid Response Call: Helping Afghan and Haitian Families Seeking Asylum. indybay.org Call to action on Zoom…

Anonymous007 (2021-10-11). U.S. And Taliban Meet For First Time Since August, Discuss Humanitarian Aid, Security, Terrorism. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | A round of talks between US representatives and the Taliban concluded on October 10th, making it the first time the two sides negotiate after the group took over Afghanistan in August. | Local media reporting from Doha said that the Afghan delegation had described the two-day bilateral talks as "positive." | The Taliban said the talks "went well," with Washington freeing up the flow of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan after agreeing not to link such assistance to the formal recognition of the T…

Jason Ditz (2021-10-11). US to Provide Food Aid to Afghanistan, Via Taliban. news.antiwar.com The US held its first talks with the Taliban since the end of the Afghan War, meeting in Doha to discuss several matters, including recognition of the de facto government. | The US is refusing recognition, at least for now, and the talks are said to have ended

Dennis Bernstein (2021-10-11). Daniel Ellsberg On The CIA Plan To Kidnap And Possibly Kill Julian Assange, The End Of The Afghanistan Occupation, And The Ongoing Us Drone War. counterpunch.org There are many things to say about Legendary Whistleblower, Daniel Ellsberg. First and foremost of course is that he blew the whistle on the big lies behind the US Justification for the Vietnam war. Indeed, in 1967 while at the Rand Institute Daniel Ellsberg worked on the top-secret McNamara Study, US Decision Making in Vietnam, which

Staff (2021-10-11). Headlines for October 11, 2021. democracynow.org Merck Seeks FDA Approval for Antiviral COVID-19 Pill, COVID-19 Death Toll in Brazil Tops 600,000, "Shameful and Dangerous": Oxfam Slams New Deal on Global Minimum Corporate Tax, Up to 72 Die in Suicide Blast at Shiite Mosque in Afghanistan, Record Low Turnout Reported for Iraq's Parliamentary Elections, Lights Go Out in Lebanon After Electrical Grid Collapses, Taiwan Vows Not to Bow to Pressure from China as Tension Escalates, Libya: Six Refugees Shot Dead at Overcrowded Prison Camp, 70,000 March in Brussels Demanding Action on Climate Emergency, Report: Sen. Sinema Wants to Cut $100B in Climate Funds, Abortion B…

sputniknews (2021-10-11). US, UK Warn of Security Threat to Top Luxury Hotel in Kabul. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United States and the United Kingdom have advised their citizens to refrain from staying in Kabul hotels, especially the Serena Hotel, due to increased security risks.

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