Matt Sedlar (2022-03-10). Biden's Sanctions on Afghanistan Threaten to Kill More Civilians than Two Decades of War. cepr.net USA Today See article on original site When President Joe Biden decided to withdraw the U.S. military from Afghanistan last year, much of America's news media came down on him like a ton of bricks. Republicans piled on, calling the withdrawal an "unmitigated disaster." But getting out was the right move. In fact, the real mistake …

Matt Sedlar (2022-03-10). Biden's Sanctions on Afghanistan Threaten to Kill More Civilians than Two Decades of War. cepr.net USA Today See article on original site When President Joe Biden decided to withdraw the U.S. military from Afghanistan last year, much of America's news media came down on him like a ton of bricks. Republicans piled on, calling the withdrawal an "unmitigated disaster." But getting out was the right move. In fact, the real mistake …

_____ (2022-03-09). Sanctions: A Sanctimonious Word for Economic Warfare and Outright Theft. popularresistance.org The word "sanctions" emerged in the Middle Ages, meaning ecclesiastical decrees. Today it's a sanctimonious word for economic warfare, including even outright theft. Despite all the terror about what could happen in Ukraine next, Afghans are still facing freezing cold and starvation and the US has seized—not just frozen but seized—their $7 billion in assets on deposit at the Federal Reserve. And Ethiopia and Eritrea face brutal sanctions in House Resolution 6600. | The US has imposed sanctions on roughly a third of the world's population , most famously now on Russia, but more on developing nations th…

_____ (2022-03-08). US is Abandoning its "Helpers" in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, Everywhere! journal-neo.org The dismissive attitude of the US political and military establishment towards its foreign "helpers" is well known. This attitude became even more apparent after Joe Biden's recent appearance before the House of Representatives and Senate with his annual State of the Union Address, in which he described the people of Ukraine as Iranians. One could hardly attribute …

Felicity Arbuthnot (2022-03-08). Women's Day 2022: Women's Rights in Afghanistan, "A Justification for War" globalresearch.ca Remember the deluge of political concern over the subjugation of Afghan women at the time of the October 2001 invasion? The tsunami of documentaries, articles, books on their plight, contributing to the justification of another invasion…

Julie Lévesque (2022-03-08). From Afghanistan to Syria: Women's Rights, War Propaganda and the CIA. globalresearch.ca Western heads of state, UN officials, military spokespersons will invariably praise the humanitarian dimension of the October 2001 US-NATO led invasion of Afghanistan, which allegedly was to fight religious fundamentalists, help little girls go to school, liberate women subjected to the yoke of the Taliban.

Anonymous103 (2022-03-08). Military Situation In Afghanistan on March 8, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On March 7, Iranian border guards clashed with the Taliban in the Kang border area in Nimruz province; | On March 7, a soldier and a civilian were wounded in an explosion in the city of Faizabad; | On March 7, a terrorist explosion targeted a mosque in the Dand Wa Patan district in Paktia province. Three people were killed; | On March 3, Salahuddin Rabbani and Mohammad Ismail Khan, leaders of the Jamiat-e-Islami party, met to discuss the developments in Afghanistan…

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-03-08). Don't sell your land, you will benefit from it when Museveni is gone- Kabuleta tells Ugandans. plusnews.ug The National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) leader, Joseph Kabuleta has rallied Ugandans to guard their land jealously and avoid the temptation of selling it. Kabuleta said land is a priceless natural resource which will help Ugandans overcome poverty in future when the current government led by President Yoweri Museveni is out of power. The former …

_____ (2022-03-08). US is Abandoning its "Helpers" in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, Everywhere! journal-neo.org The dismissive attitude of the US political and military establishment towards its foreign "helpers" is well known. This attitude became even more apparent after Joe Biden's recent appearance before the House of Representatives and Senate with his annual State of the Union Address, in which he described the people of Ukraine as Iranians. One could hardly attribute …

Felicity Arbuthnot (2022-03-08). Women's Day 2022: Women's Rights in Afghanistan, "A Justification for War" globalresearch.ca Remember the deluge of political concern over the subjugation of Afghan women at the time of the October 2001 invasion? The tsunami of documentaries, articles, books on their plight, contributing to the justification of another invasion…

Julie Lévesque (2022-03-08). From Afghanistan to Syria: Women's Rights, War Propaganda and the CIA. globalresearch.ca Western heads of state, UN officials, military spokespersons will invariably praise the humanitarian dimension of the October 2001 US-NATO led invasion of Afghanistan, which allegedly was to fight religious fundamentalists, help little girls go to school, liberate women subjected to the yoke of the Taliban.

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-03-08). Don't sell your land, you will benefit from it when Museveni is gone- Kabuleta tells Ugandans. plusnews.ug The National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) leader, Joseph Kabuleta has rallied Ugandans to guard their land jealously and avoid the temptation of selling it. Kabuleta said land is a priceless natural resource which will help Ugandans overcome poverty in future when the current government led by President Yoweri Museveni is out of power. The former …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-07). (Franàßais) La Chute de Poutine — Un Déjà -vu. transcend.org J'ai travaillé par intermittence en Union Soviétique dans les années 1970 et 1980 et j'ai observé le crash de l'Empire Soviétique — de l'intérieur. Il y avait trois causes principales: la perte de valeur du rouble, la perte de la guerre en Afghanistan et la perte de confiance du peuple.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-07). Experience of US fleeing Afghanistan to be repeated in Syria. en.mehrnews.com Turning to the disgraceful US fleeing Afghanistan, an advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that this fleeing will be repeated in Iraq and eastern Syria as well.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-07). (Franàßais) La Chute de Poutine — Un Déjà -vu. transcend.org J'ai travaillé par intermittence en Union Soviétique dans les années 1970 et 1980 et j'ai observé le crash de l'Empire Soviétique — de l'intérieur. Il y avait trois causes principales: la perte de valeur du rouble, la perte de la guerre en Afghanistan et la perte de confiance du peuple.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-07). Experience of US fleeing Afghanistan to be repeated in Syria. en.mehrnews.com Turning to the disgraceful US fleeing Afghanistan, an advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that this fleeing will be repeated in Iraq and eastern Syria as well.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-03-06). The Pentagon's "Ides of March": Best Month to Go to War? globalresearch.ca Recent history confirms that with the exception of Afghanistan (October 2001) and the 1990-91 Gulf War, all major US-NATO led military operations over a period of almost half a century —since the invasion of Vietnam by US ground forces on March 8, 1965— have been initiated in the month of March.

_____ (2022-03-06). Putin, Lenin, Imperialism And The (Real) History Of Ukraine. popularresistance.org The people of this country suffer, I've always thought, from a general ignorance of history. This is because with vast oceans for borders, and ever-friendly neighbors, and no experience of being invaded, living in a country that has always urged assimilation including the acceptance of "American exceptionalism," schooled through an educational system that avoids teaching U.S. history with any degree of credibility so as not to upset anybody, they've never been encouraged to think critically about the past. To ask questions. To raise objections—not necessarily about what happened, but about how to interpret…

Staff (2022-03-06). EU comments on warplanes for Kiev. rt.com Ukraine insists it needs jet fighters to repel the Russian attack | European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters, which Kiev has insisted it badly needs to fend off the ongoing Russian invasion. | "The European Union is definitely not at war with Russia. A war is what Russia has launched against Ukraine, a country very friendly and very close to the EU. That is why we support Ukraine on all levels," Michel said in an interview with several European newspapers on Saturday. | The chief of the EU's top political body confirmed that the EU…

The Canary (2022-03-06). Guantanamo Bay should close, says former detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi. thecanary.co The US must close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp because it is making a mockery of the rule of law and human rights, according to a former detainee. | Mohamedou Ould Slahi spent 14 years incarcerated without trial. US authorities accused him of involvement in planning the September 11 atrocities. | Slahi arrived in Guantanamo Bay in 2002 after secret rendition through Jordan and Afghanistan. He was then subjected to torture, including assault, being blasted with heavy metal music and strobe lighting and deprived of sleep for 70 days. | Mohamedou Ould Slahi spent 14 years incarcerated without trial at Guantanam…

_____ (2022-03-05). Is This Russian Propaganda? popularresistance.org We're risking a very fast, very radioactive World War 3 to defend the "democracy" of a nation whose government bans opposition parties, imprisons political opponents, shuts down opposition media, and takes all its orders from Washington due to a US-backed coup in 2014. | "Defending Ukrainian democracy" makes as much sense as "Defending Mongolian seaports". | The powers responsible for destroying Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and Yemen are the same powers we're trusting to carefully navigate extremely delicate nuclear brinkmanship escalations without ending the world. | "Relax, nobody's gonna start a nuclear war…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2022-03-05). Why don't we treat all refugees like they were Ukrainian? asiatimes.com It was inevitable that when brown-skinned Afghan refugees fleeing war were turned away from European borders over the past few years, the callous actions of these governments would come back to haunt them. A whopping 1 million people have fled Ukraine after Russia's violent invasion in the span of only a week. They are being welcomed — as refugees …

Brittani Banks (2022-03-05). Why Don't We Treat All Refugees as Though They Were Ukrainian? independentmediainstitute.org It was inevitable that when brown-skinned Afghan refugees fleeing war were turned away from European borders over the past few years, the callous actions of these governments would come back to haunt them. A whopping 1 million people have fled Ukraine from Russia's violent invasion in the span of only a week. They are being …

Staff (2022-03-05). Sostuvo Díaz-Canel encuentro con el presidente de Sherritt-International. cubadebate.cu Durante el cordial intercambio, realizado en el Palacio de la Revolución, ambas partes dialogaron sobre las potencialidades que existen para, aun en medio del recrudecimiento del bloqueo de los Estados Unidos, profundizar la participación de esta compañía en el desarrollo económico de Cuba, sobre todo en actividades como la minería, la prospección petrolera y la generación de energía.

Brittani Banks (2022-03-05). Why Don't We Treat All Refugees as Though They Were Ukrainian? independentmediainstitute.org It was inevitable that when brown-skinned Afghan refugees fleeing war were turned away from European borders over the past few years, the callous actions of these governments would come back to haunt them. A whopping 1 million people have fled Ukraine from Russia's violent invasion in the span of only a week. They are being …

_____ (2022-03-04). Ukraine And The New Al Qaeda. popularresistance.org As the conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues to escalate and dominate the world's attention, the increasing evidence that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is and has been working to create and arm an insurgency in the country has received considerably little attention considering its likely consequences. This is particularly true given that former CIA officials and a former Secretary of State are now openly saying that the CIA is following the "models" of past CIA-backed insurgencies in Afghanistan and Syria for its plans in Ukraine. Given that those countries have been ravaged by war as a direct…

Staff (2022-03-04). Attack on mosque leaves at least 30 dead. rt.com A powerful blast has rocked a site of worship in northwest Pakistan | At least 30 people have been killed and dozens more wounded from gunfire and an explosion at a mosque in Peshawar in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border on Friday, the police have said. | The attack targeted the Kucha Risaldar Mosque in Peshawar's old city at a time when Shia Muslim worshippers were gathering for Friday prayers. | Two gunmen initially opened fire at police officers outside the building, Peshawar's Police Chief Mohammed Ejaz Khan has said. | One perpetrator and one officer were killed in the shootout, while the second a…

Tom Engelhardt (2022-03-03). Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Forgotten People of a Fictional Country. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Imagine this for a moment: in 2020, Brown University's invaluable Costs of War Project estimated that, from the Philippines and Afghanistan across the Greater Middle East into northern Africa, Washington's disastrous two-decade long global war on terror had …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-03). Ukraine: The Afghan Solution. libya360.wordpress.com Guadi Calvo The saying: "Truth is the first victim of war," has been verified in the Ukrainian conflict like few times, in which the international media decided to hide the reasons for Moscow's decision to definitively stop the war that the Kiev regime, as NATO's spearhead, is waging against the pro-Russian republics of Donetsk and…

Ali Abunimah (2022-03-02). How to stop World War III. electronicintifada.net Why is Hillary Clinton pushing for a repeat of the Afghanistan calamity in Ukraine?

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-02). Iran, Russia discuss bilateral ties, regional developments. en.mehrnews.com Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali met and held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin's Special Envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov in Moscow on Wednesday to discuss bilateral ties and latest regional developments.

Staff (2022-03-02). Ashraf Ghani says trust in US led to Afghanistan's fall. en.mehrnews.com Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said in an interview Wed. that the main reason for Afghanistan's collapse was his trust in international partners, including the United States.

_____ (2022-03-02). The Biden Administration Steals Afghanistan's Money. journal-neo.org After keeping it under direct occupation, destroying the country for 20 years — and failing to militarily defeat the Taliban (banned in Russia) — Joe Biden's executive order to simply seize half of Afghanistan's little over US$7 billion to use it to pay to the victims of 9/11 is just a mockery of the "values" …

Sorry, there are no relevant citations today. Please check back later.