Kamal Iranidoost (2022-08-09). I don't believe US killed Afghan people by mistake: Karzai. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) — Former president Hamid Karzai pointed to the disgraceful US withdrawal from Afghanistan and said Washington killed many Afghans for no reason.

____ (2022-08-08). From Balkh to Konya: Discovering Rumi's Spiritual Geopolitics. transcend.org 30 Jul 2022 – While the mystic poet, Sufi, theosophist and thinker Jalal al-Din Rumi is synonymous with Islamic mysticism, a deeper dig brings to light the West Asian political changes and upheavals that shaped his world and other-worldly view.

Staff (2022-08-08). Iran commemorates diplomats killed in Afghanistan in 1998. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) — Iran on Monday marks the 24th death anniversary of eight Iranian diplomats and a journalist who lost their lives in a terrorist attack in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, which is called national Journalist Day.

____ (2022-08-08). Iran FM commemorates martyred diplomats in Mazar-i-Sharif. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry in a statement on Monday commemorated the 24th anniversary of martyrdom of Iranian diplomats and a journalist in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif.

____ (2022-08-08). How a Missile in Kabul Connects to a Speaker in Taipei. transcend.org 3 Aug 2022 – Washington's hard power display of taking out Al-Qaeda's Al-Zawahiri will not be reciprocated by Beijing over Pelosi's provocative visit to Taiwan. It does however, definitively bury the decades-long era of cooperative US-Chinese relations.

_____ (2022-08-07). Biden's Assassination Of al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri Was Illegal. popularresistance.org President Joe Biden's assassination of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan was illegal under both U.S. and international law. After the CIA drone strike killed Zawahiri on August 2, Biden declared, "People around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer." What we should fear instead is the dangerous precedent set by Biden's unlawful extrajudicial execution. | In addition to being illegal, the killing of Zawahiri also occurred in a moment when the United Nations had already determined that people in the U.S. had little to fear from him. As a United Nations report released in…

____ (2022-08-08). Iran FM commemorates martyred diplomats in Mazar-i-Sharif. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry in a statement on Monday commemorated the 24th anniversary of martyrdom of Iranian diplomats and a journalist in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif.

Staff (2022-08-08). Iran commemorates diplomats killed in Afghanistan in 1998. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) — Iran on Monday marks the 24th death anniversary of eight Iranian diplomats and a journalist who lost their lives in a terrorist attack in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, which is called national Journalist Day.

____ (2022-08-07). Iran embassy strongly condemns recent blasts in Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) — Iranian Embassy in Kabul strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Afghan capital of Kabul which led to the injury and martyrdom of a number of Husseini mourners during month of Muharram.

____ (2022-08-07). Iran embassy strongly condemns recent blasts in Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) — Iranian Embassy in Kabul strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Afghan capital of Kabul which led to the injury and martyrdom of a number of Husseini mourners during month of Muharram.

____ (2022-08-06). Talks ongoing b/w Iran, Afghanistan on Helmand water share. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) —Following entry of Helmand River water to Sistan region, Special Envoy of Iran President for Afghanistan said that water released from Afghanistan arrived in Sistan today with consecutive diplomatic efforts made in this regard.

Staff (2022-08-06). Iran condemns terrorist explosions in Kabul. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani strongly condemned Friday's terrorist explosions in the Afghan capital of Kabul.

Staff (2022-08-06). 8 killed, 18 injured in new Kabul explosion (+VIDEO). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — News sources on Saturday reported a strong explosion in the Afghan capital of Kabul which left several killed and injured.

Staff (2022-08-06). Raeisi condemns Israel attacks on Gaza, Kabul terrorist blast. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi condemned the attacks of the Israeli regime on the Gaza Strip as well as Friday's terrorist explosions in the Afghan capital of Kabul.

____ (2022-08-06). Facility construction begins for Japan's Fukushima nuclear wastewater release amid opposition. ecns.cn The construction of facilities to release radioactive wastewater into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan began Thursday despite opposition from the local community and neighboring countries.

Staff (2022-08-06). Iran condemns terrorist explosions in Kabul. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani strongly condemned Friday's terrorist explosions in the Afghan capital of Kabul.

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan (2022-08-05). The Other Victims of US Burns Pits Were the Iraqi and Afghan People. commondreams.org The close to $700 billion appropriated in the PACT ACT for the next ten years will help alleviate some suffering caused by Halliburton's war profiteering, but only for U.S. victims. It won't do a thing for the people in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Pepe Escobar (2022-08-05). From Balkh to Konya: Discovering Rumi's Spiritual Geopolitics. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar Jul 31, 2022 | While Jalal al-Din Rumi is synonymous with Islamic mysticism, a deeper dig brings to light the West Asian political changes and upheaval that shaped his world and other-worldly view. | KONYA — Mystic poet, Sufi, theosophist, and thinker, Jalal al-Din Rumi remains one of the most beloved historical personalities in history, east and west. A wanderer in search of the light, he famously characterized himself thus: "I am nothing more than a humble lover of God." | The era of Rumi's father — Sultan Bahaeddin Veled (1152-1231) and son (1207-1273) — was an extraordi…

Staff (2022-08-05). VIDEO: Protests in Afghanistan on US drone attack on Kabul. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) — People in Afghanistan took to the streets to express their protest against the drone strike carried out by the United States on a residence in Kabul three days ago.

____ (2022-08-05). Facility construction begins for Japan's Fukushima nuclear wastewater release amid opposition. ecns.cn The construction of facilities to release radioactive wastewater into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan began Thursday despite opposition from the local community and neighboring countries.

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-04). Taliban Investigating US Claim of Killing al-Qaeda Leader Zawahiri. news.antiwar.com The Taliban on Thursday announced it was Spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the Taliban-led government, known formally as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, has "no information about Ayman al-Zawahiri's arrival and stay in Kabul." | "The leadership of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has instructed the investigative and intelligence agencies to conduct a comprehensive and serious inv…

Staff (2022-08-05). VIDEO: Protests in Afghanistan on US drone attack on Kabul. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) — People in Afghanistan took to the streets to express their protest against the drone strike carried out by the United States on a residence in Kabul three days ago.

____ (2022-08-05). Facility construction begins for Japan's Fukushima nuclear wastewater release amid opposition. ecns.cn The construction of facilities to release radioactive wastewater into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan began Thursday despite opposition from the local community and neighboring countries.

Contributing Writers (2022-08-04). NATO's Moderate Rebels (HTS) in Idlib Mourn Al Qaeda's Zawahiri/ By Arabi Souri. marktaliano.net Original Link Here: NATO's Moderate Rebels (HTS) in Idlib Mourn Al Qaeda's Zawahiri (syrianews.cc) NATO-sponsored Al Qaeda in northern Syria (HTS) and its affiliated terrorists mourned the alleged killing of the head of Al Qaeda Organization Ayman Zawahiri on their social media accounts widely circulated among their members. NATO member state Turkey insists that Al …

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-04). Taliban Investigating US Claim of Killing al-Qaeda Leader Zawahiri. news.antiwar.com The Taliban on Thursday announced it was Spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the Taliban-led government, known formally as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, has "no information about Ayman al-Zawahiri's arrival and stay in Kabul." | "The leadership of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has instructed the investigative and intelligence agencies to conduct a comprehensive and serious inv…

WSWS (2022-08-04). Athlete Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked illegally to the UK. wsws.org Farah's life story could be told thousands of times over. But there is no such happy ending for the thousands of children and families who arrived undocumented fleeing war and destitution.

____ (2022-08-04). 5.6-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Fukushima prefecture, no tsunami warning issued. ecns.cn An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture in northeast Japan on Thursday, the weather agency here said, although no tsunami warning has been issued.

TeleSUR (2022-08-04). Japan Builds Facility to Release Fukushima Nuclear Wastewater. telesurenglish.net The construction of facilities to release radioactive wastewater into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan began Thursday despite opposition from the local community and neighboring countries. | RELATED: | Plant workers started construction of a pipeline to transport the wastewater from hillside storage tanks to a coastal facility before its planned release next ye…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-03). How a Missile in Kabul Connects to a Speaker in Taipei. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Washington's hard power display of taking out Al-Qaeda's Al-Zawahiri will not be reciprocated by Beijing over Pelosi's provocative visit to Taiwan. It does however, definitively bury the decades-long era of cooperative US-Chinese relations. This is the way the "Global War on Terror" (GWOT) ends, over and over again: not with a bang, but a…

____ (2022-08-04). 5.6-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Fukushima prefecture, no tsunami warning issued. ecns.cn An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture in northeast Japan on Thursday, the weather agency here said, although no tsunami warning has been issued.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-03). How a Missile in Kabul Connects to a Speaker in Taipei. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Washington's hard power display of taking out Al-Qaeda's Al-Zawahiri will not be reciprocated by Beijing over Pelosi's provocative visit to Taiwan. It does however, definitively bury the decades-long era of cooperative US-Chinese relations. This is the way the "Global War on Terror" (GWOT) ends, over and over again: not with a bang, but a…

Staff (2022-08-03). La Guaira Envisions 3 Industrial Areas Within Its Special Economic Zone. orinocotribune.com Three industrial zones for La Guaira, to be developed within the framework of the Law of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), were proposed by regional government authorities during a special session of the National Assembly's Economic Commission held in the port of La Guaira. | The proposal focuses on an agricultural axis to develop the Carayaca and El Junko parishes, a tourist hub with a view to recovering the Sheraton and Meliá hotels, as well as Los Cocos beach in the Caraballeda parish, and a technological complex in the former Caracas warehouse of Urimare parish, as part of the Development Master Plan for the coa…

WSWS (2022-08-03). Biden orders drone assassination of al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan. wsws.org Biden made it clear that the assassination of al-Zawahiri was a warning to anyone deemed an enemy by the US government, saying, "the United States will find you and take you out."

Anonymous669 (2022-08-03). Al-Qaeda Top Leaders In Syria Mourn Al-Zawahiri. southfront.org Ayman al-Zawahiri as seen in one of his video messages. | Top leaders of the Syria-based terrorist group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have mourned al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri who was killed in a recent US drone strike on the Afghanistan. | HTS was first established in 2012 as the al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda's main branch in Syria. In 2016, the terrorist group changed its name and claimed that it had split from al-Qaeda. Since then, the group has been ruling over the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | Despite…

Staff (2022-08-03). 4 Taliban forces killed in bomb blast in Afghanistan's Kunar. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) — Four Taliban forces were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Kunar province in Afghanistan.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-03). Gobierno Talibán condena ataque aéreo de EE.UU. en Kabul. telesurtv.net El portavoz talibán Zabihullah Mujahid confirma que un ataque con aviones no tripulados de EE. UU. golpeó ayer una casa residencial en Kabul.

_____ (2022-08-02). Biden Should Grant Clemency to Drone Warfare Whistleblower Daniel Hale. popularresistance.org One year ago this July, drone whistleblower Daniel Hale stood in front of Judge Liam O'Grady at his sentencing and explained himself. After a lengthy investigation and prosecution, it was finally the day when Hale would find out if he would spend years in prison for doing something he felt morally obligated to do: Tell the truth about the United States' drone program. | While working as a drone analyst in the U.S. Air Force in Afghanistan, he witnessed attacks waged against innocent civilians that, to this day, still haunt him. Those experiences eventually led him to blow the whistle on the drone program. Judge O…

_____ (2022-08-02). When The Just Go To Prison. popularresistance.org Marion, Illinois — Daniel Hale, dressed in a khaki uniform, his hair cut short and sporting a long, neatly groomed brown beard, is seated behind a plexiglass screen, speaking into a telephone receiver at the federal prison in Marion, Illinois. I hold a receiver on the other side of the plexiglass and listen as he describes his journey from working for the National Security Agency and the Joint Special Operations Task Force at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan to becoming federal prisoner 26069-07. | Hale, a 34-year-old former Air Force signals intelligence analyst, is serving a 45 month prison sentence, follow…

Staff (2022-08-03). La Guaira Envisions 3 Industrial Areas Within Its Special Economic Zone. orinocotribune.com Three industrial zones for La Guaira, to be developed within the framework of the Law of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), were proposed by regional government authorities during a special session of the National Assembly's Economic Commission held in the port of La Guaira. | The proposal focuses on an agricultural axis to develop the Carayaca and El Junko parishes, a tourist hub with a view to recovering the Sheraton and Meliá hotels, as well as Los Cocos beach in the Caraballeda parish, and a technological complex in the former Caracas warehouse of Urimare parish, as part of the Development Master Plan for the coa…

WSWS (2022-08-03). Biden orders drone assassination of al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan. wsws.org Biden made it clear that the assassination of al-Zawahiri was a warning to anyone deemed an enemy by the US government, saying, "the United States will find you and take you out."

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-03). Gobierno Talibán condena ataque aéreo de EE.UU. en Kabul. telesurtv.net El portavoz talibán Zabihullah Mujahid confirma que un ataque con aviones no tripulados de EE. UU. golpeó ayer una casa residencial en Kabul.

Staff (2022-08-02). Al Qaeda leader killed in CIA drone attack on Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — According to media sources, Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone attack by the US in Afghanistan.

Orinoco Tribune2 (2022-08-02). An Interview With John Pilger: 'Assange Is the Courageous Embodiment of a Struggle Against the Most Oppressive Forces in Our World'. orinocotribune.com In an interview with the World Socialist Web Site, renowned Australian investigative journalist John Pilger has warned that the "US is close to getting its hands on" the courageous WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. | Last month, British Home Secretary Priti Patel approved Assange's extradition to the US, where he faces 175 years imprisonment under the Espionage Act for publishing true information exposing American war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. As Pilger explains, Patel's order will be the subject of a further appeal, but the British judiciary that will adjudicate has facilitated Assange's persecution ever…

_____ (2022-08-02). Biden Should Grant Clemency to Drone Warfare Whistleblower Daniel Hale. popularresistance.org One year ago this July, drone whistleblower Daniel Hale stood in front of Judge Liam O'Grady at his sentencing and explained himself. After a lengthy investigation and prosecution, it was finally the day when Hale would find out if he would spend years in prison for doing something he felt morally obligated to do: Tell the truth about the United States' drone program. | While working as a drone analyst in the U.S. Air Force in Afghanistan, he witnessed attacks waged against innocent civilians that, to this day, still haunt him. Those experiences eventually led him to blow the whistle on the drone program. Judge O…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-08-02). ISIL attack in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif foiled: Taliban. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — The Taliban officials in Balkh Province in the north of Afghanistan said that an attack waged by the ISIL terrorist organization in Mazar-i-Sharif was thwarted.

Staff (2022-08-02). Balkh police thrawts ISIL plot to attack Shia religious place. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — Taliban's Balkh police chief announced the destruction of an ISIL hideout in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif, adding that an ISIL element who was plotting to attack a religious place belonging to Shia Muslims was arrested.

Staff (2022-08-02). EE.UU. mata al líder de Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, en un ataque con drones en Afganistán. cubadebate.cu Estados Unidos anunció que mató al líder de Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, en un ataque con drones que se produjo en la zona céntrica de la ciudad de Kabul, la capital de Afganistán. Según se informa, Estados Unidos disparó dos misiles Hellfire contra al-Zawahiri cuando se encontraba en un balcón de la residencia donde se refugiaba…

_____ (2022-08-02). When The Just Go To Prison. popularresistance.org Marion, Illinois — Daniel Hale, dressed in a khaki uniform, his hair cut short and sporting a long, neatly groomed brown beard, is seated behind a plexiglass screen, speaking into a telephone receiver at the federal prison in Marion, Illinois. I hold a receiver on the other side of the plexiglass and listen as he describes his journey from working for the National Security Agency and the Joint Special Operations Task Force at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan to becoming federal prisoner 26069-07. | Hale, a 34-year-old former Air Force signals intelligence analyst, is serving a 45 month prison sentence, follow…

Phyllis Bennis (2022-08-02). The Killing of al-Qaeda Chief Ayman al Zawahiri Will Not Make Us Safer. commondreams.org Whatever people in the U.S. might think about the killing of al Zawahiri in the middle of the Afghan capital 7,000 miles away, safety and security are hardly likely to top the list.

_____ (2022-07-31). Almost No One Trusts US Media, After Decades Of War Propaganda And Lies. popularresistance.org Very few people in the United States trust the mainstream corporate media. This is confirmed by a July survey from the major polling firm Gallup, which found that just 11% of North Americans trust television news, and a mere 16% have confidence in newspapers. | It's quite easy to understand why. The US media apparatus has repeatedly shown itself over decades to be completely unreliable and highly politicized. | The corporate media's treachery has been especially clear in the demonstrably false stories it disseminated to try to justify the US wars on Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria. | This disgraceful…

Staff (2022-07-31). Clash breaks out between Iran border guards, Taliban forces. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — The governor of Hirmand County in the north of Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran announced a conflict between the Iranian border guards and the Taliban forces on the border of the county.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-31). Iran's Revolutionary Guards Retrieved Remains Of Five Of Its Members Who Were Killed In Syria. southfront.org On July 31, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had retrieved the remains of five of its members who were killed while fighting in Syria around eight years ago. | In a statement, the IRGC said that the remains were found near the town of Khan Tuman in the southwestern countryside of Aleppo. The remains belonged to General Abdullah Eskandari, General Rahim Kabuli, Mustafa Tash Moussa, Mohammad Amin Karimian and Abbas Asamieh from the Iranian provinces of Mazandaran, Alborz a…

____ (2022-07-31). Cmte. to be formed to avoid border conflict with Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Following border conflict erupted between Iranian border guards and Afghan Taliban, Special Envoy of Iranian President for Afghanistan said that a joint committee will be formed to prevent border conflict with this country.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-31). Taliban says skirmishes with Iranian border guards ended. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Taliban officials gave an explanation about the skirmishes earlier today between Iranian and Afghan border guards at the shared border.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-31). Afghan border guards need to know exact boundary lines. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) — Deputy Iranian interior minister Mir-Ahmadi said on Sunday that the Afghanistan border guards need to be "justified" on the shared boundary lines between Iran and Afghanistan to avert further clashes.