The Socialist Program (2022-09-15). Vijay Prashad and Noam Chomsky on Afghanistan War & the Fragility of US Empire. liberationnews.org The U.S. government has destroyed cities, countries, and towns around the world, through bombs and air raids, military ground invasions, naval attacks, economic sanctions and strangulation, coups, and more. Some say U.S. force is never ending, others say it's on a fast decline, almost gone forever. Vijay Prashad and Noam Chomsky argue in their new book, "The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power," that U.S. military might is somewhere in the middle: it's fragile.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-15). Afghan People Face a Deadly Humanitarian Crisis. libya360.wordpress.com Amitabha Roychowdhury As winter approaches, the UN Security Council should set aside differences and urgently focus on how to send assistance to Afghanistan's impoverished people The massive humanitarian crisis and the perilous condition of the economy in Afghanistan are likely to worsen with the impending onset of the harsh winter season for the second time…

Shereena Qazi (2022-09-15). Taliban Rejects US Plan to Transfer Afghan Assets to Swiss Bank. globalresearch.ca

Julia Conley (2022-09-15). US Announces Fund to Benefit Afghan Economy—Using Stolen Afghan Bank Reserves. commondreams.org "The Afghan Fund is funded by Afghanistan, and the U.S. is only delivering unprecedented suffering," said one economic policy group.