(2022-02-14). US steals billions in Afghan bank funds. wsws.org The decision to seize $7 billion in central bank funds will further undermine the economy of Afghanistan under conditions of mass starvation.
(2022-02-14). 'Thank you for hearing our Afghan pain'. mronline.org 
People in the United States must recognize the suffering their country continues inflicting in Afghanistan.
(2022-02-14). When cruelty is the point — U.S. decides to kill more Afghan people. mronline.org 
Last summer, after decades of killing Afghans in Afghanistan, the U.S. government decides to move its occupation forces out of that country.
(2022-02-14). Karzai: Giving Afghan Funds to 9/11 Families an 'Atrocity'. news.antiwar.com On Sunday, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai Karzai said the move was "unjust and unfair" and was an "atrocity" against the Afghan people since they had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. In the wake of the 20-year US war, Afghanistan is in the midst of a dire humanitarian crisis, and millions of Afghans are facing starvation.
(2022-02-14). Headlines for February 14, 2022. democracynow.org High-Level Diplomatic Talks Continue as U.S. Warns Russia Could Invade Ukraine at Any Time, Canadian Police Clear Trucker Convoy from Ambassador Bridge as Protests Spread to More Countries, Pfizer's Vaccine for Under 5s on Hold; Study Finds Even Mild COVID Cases Up Risk of Heart Disease, Afghan Central Bank, Aid Groups Condemn U.S. Move to Seize and Redirect Billions in Afghan Assets, Honduran Court Releases Environmental Activists Who Protested Open-Pit Mining Project, Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon Reached Record Levels Last Month, U.S. Judge Restores Protections for Gray Wolves; Australia Declares Koa…
(2022-02-14). Ex-Afghan leader slams 'unjust' Biden $7bn order. rt.com 
Hamid Karzai urges US to reverse decision to spend half of frozen Afghan funds on 9/11 victims | Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned on Sunday the US government's move to divert some $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan assets held by US banks to families of 9/11 victims, branding it an "atrocity" against the country's people. He stated that it was "unjust and unfair" since Afghanistan had also suffered at the hands of Al-Qaeda, the Associated Press reported. | Speaking at a press conference in Kabul, Karzai called on US courts and the American public — especially the relatives of 9/11 victims —…
(2022-02-14). Dissonance Searching for Resonance: A Time to Remember the Hibakusha, or Are We Too Late? transcend.org 14 Feb 2022 – The world is now bracing itself for a possible Russian invasion of the Ukraine. The U.S. is pushing back, with President Biden talking about "a World War." Hopefully, it's not too late to remember the Hibakusha (Japanese survivors of the atomic bombings). How does one limit such an exchange once the first button is pressed?>
(2022-02-13). Interview: UN refugee agency official says China's contribution helps alleviate dire situation in Afghanistan. ecns.cn The resources provided by China to Afghanistan are helping the internally displaced Afghans to weather the harsh winter and COVID-19 pandemic, while China's engagement in political levels would facilitate a long-term solution to the situation.
(2022-02-13). Biden Seeks to Seize Afghanistan's Assets. juancole.com By John Sifton | Asia Advocacy Director | — ( Human Rights Watch ) — The Biden administration has decided to recommend directing $3.5 billion of Afghanistan's $7 billion in foreign currency reserves in the United States to a trust fund for humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, while agreeing to release another $3.5 billion to families …
(2022-02-13). The Terrible Fate Facing The Afghan People. popularresistance.org On February 8, 2022, UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Fund) Afghanistan sent out a bleak set of tweets. One of the tweets, which included a photograph of a child lying in a hospital bed with her mother seated beside her, said: "Having recently recovered from acute watery diarrhea, two years old Soria is back in hospital, this time suffering from edema and wasting. Her mother has been by her bedside for the past two weeks anxiously waiting for Soria to recover." The series of tweets by UNICEF Afghanistan show that Soria is not alone in her suffering. "One in three adolescent girls suffers from anemia" in Afgh…
(2022-02-13). But How Do You Stop Putin and the Taliban? davidswanson.org When I suggest not stealing billions of dollars from Afghanistan, and thereby not causing mass starvation and death, otherwise intelligent and informed people tell me that human rights demands that theft. Starving people to death is a means of protecting their "human rights," in fact. How else can you (or the U.S. government) stop Taliban …