(2022-12-13). The historical background to the US-NATO war against Russia in Ukraine. wsws.org The war against Russia in Ukraine does not mark the negation of decades of crimes of American imperialism in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq, but their continuation.
(2022-12-13). Headlines for December 13, 2022. democracynow.org G7 Leaders Pledge More Aid to Ukraine as Zelensky Appeals for Weapons and Fuel, Viktor Bout Joins Russian Ultranationalist Party; Brittney Griner Resumes Playing Basketball, Disgraced Cryptocurrency Executive Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in Bahamas, Iranian Protester Publicly Hanged from Crane After Secretive Trial, Attack on Kabul Hotel Kills 3; Taliban Resumes Public Executions and Floggings, Israeli Troops Fatally Shoot 16-Year-Old Palestinian Girl on Roof of Her Own Home, EU Parliament Officials Accused of Accepting Bribes from Qatar, Protests Erupt in Tunisia Ahead of Parliamentary Elections, Protests Spread i…
(2022-12-12). 3 attackers on Kabul hotel killed, clean-up operation over. ecns.cn Three attackers on a hotel in Afghan capital Kabul have been killed and the clean-up operation was over, chief spokesman of the Taliban-run caretaker government Zabihullah Mujahid said.
(2022-12-13). China-donated humanitarian assistance distributed among needy Afghan families. ecns.cn Authorities for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs (DMHA) of Afghanistan's western Farah province have distributed a batch of China-donated humanitarian aid to the needy families in the provincial capital Farah city.
(2022-12-13). The 30-year plan: wars and energy corridors from Balkans to Caspian Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Matthew Bryza, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, 2008: "The East-West Corridor we had been building from Turkey and the Black Sea through Georgia and Azerbaijan and across the Caspian became the strategic air corridor, and the lifeline, into Afghanistan allowing the United States and our coalition partners to conduct Operation Enduring …
(2022-12-13). IS claims deadly attack on Kabul hotel. ecns.cn The extremist militant group Islamic State (IS) has claimed a deadly attack on Monday on a hotel in Kabul.
(2022-12-13). Armed insurgents attack hotel in Kabul. ecns.cn Smoke rises from a site of an attack at Shahr-e-naw which is one of main commercial areas in Kabul, Dec. 12, 2022.
(2022-12-12). Massive explosion, gunfire reported in Afghanistan's Kabul. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — A loud explosion and gunfire were heard in Kabul near a guest house reportedly popular with Chinese business visitors, media reported on Monday.
(2022-12-12). Iraq, Afghanistan and now Syria? US Congress debates evacuating its allies — this time the PKK. uwidata.com 
During last 30 years, for Kurdish nationalists, the United States was not the "promised land" but the "state of promises". But today, the US Congress itself sends messages it might provide last refuge for a failing national project. Since the 1990s, the cause for a Kurdish state advanced well on Washington's shoulders: Two Gulf War's …