2022-08-17: News Headlines

Dave LIndorff (2022-08-17). Comedian Puts Billboards Defending Assange on Panel Truck Roaming D.C. thiscantbehappening.net Randy Credico, a comic-turned activist, is standing up for Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks who is facing extradition from the UK by a US security state and series of presidents obsessed with punishing him through the hoary police-state Espionage Act for the "crime" of exposing US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Unable … |

Staff (2022-08-17). Blast in Kabul kills at least 20, wounds over 40. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) — Afghan media reported on Wednesday an explosion in a mosque in the capital Kabul which has reportedly left many worshippers killed or injured.

Staff (2022-08-17). Taliban ex-member found dead in Herat. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) — Afghanistan's ministry of defense on Monday announced that Maulavi Mahdi, one of the senior officials that was separated from the Taliban, was killed in Herat province.

John Wight (2022-08-17). The U.S. empire's undignified exit from Afghanistan—one year later. peoplesworld.org Empires advance and empires retreat, though not in circumstances of their own choosing—to paraphrase Karl Marx—and certainly never smoothly or without upending entire regions, countries, and societies in their wake. With this in mind, what unfolded in Afghanistan a year ago with the panicked withdrawal of U.S. forces to end Washington and its allies' 20-year …

Staff (2022-08-17). Blast targets mosque in Kabul, casualties reported. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) — Afghan media reported on Wednesday an explosion in a mosque in the capital Kabul which has reportedly left several worshippers martyred or injured.

Staff (2022-08-17). Iran interaction policy with Taliban based on backing Afghans. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) — Special envoy of the Iranian President for Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Qomi said that Iran's interaction policy with the Taliban is based on supporting the Afghan people.

Sean Callebs (2022-08-16). The Heat: 1 year since the Taliban took Kabul. america.cgtn.com One year ago, the Taliban rolled into Kabul and re-took Afghanistan's government. We will take a look on what has changed in the past twelve months.

____ (2022-08-16). Highly toxic, radioactive waste moved from Japan's Fukushima to Hokkaido amid protests. ecns.cn The chemical waste, that is extremely high in carcinogens and stored near Japan's disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, was transported Tuesday to a city in Hokkaido among protests from local residents.

____ (2022-08-16). FM says: 'Kabul moment' becomes a byword for US's debacle in Afghanistan. ecns.cn

_____ (2022-08-16). White House Finalizes Theft Of Afghanistan's Foreign Reserves. popularresistance.org The government of US President Joe Biden has decided not to return Afghanistan's foreign reserves and suspended talks with Taliban officials over the issue. | "We do not see recapitalization of the Afghan central bank as a near-term option," US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West told the Wall Street Journal on 15 August, exactly one year after the Taliban took control of Kabul. | "We do not have confidence that that institution has the safeguards and monitoring in place to manage assets responsibly," the US official added. | The decision is allegedly related to the US drone strike that killed Al Q…

Staff (2022-08-16). The woes America left behind in Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) — Last year this month, Army Major General Christopher T. Donahue went down in history as the last American soldier to depart Afghanistan.

Staff (2022-08-16). Iran seizes unprecedented amount of crystal meth. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) — Legal Deputy of Iran's Customs Farideh Zubeidi announced the confiscation of over 1.1 tons of crystal meth hidden in two fuel tankers entering from Afghanistan to Iran.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-08-16). ONU insta a defender derechos de mujeres y niñas afganas. telesurtv.net Este lunes se cumplió el año del regreso al poder de los talibanes, tras vencer a las FF.AA. afganas respaldadas por EE.UU.

Mirko C. Trudeau (2022-08-15). Un año sin tropas invasoras y con los talibanes en el poder en Afganistán. globalizacion.ca Los talibanes volvieron al poder hace un año cuando las fuerzas encabezadas por Estados Unidos se retiraron de Afganistán, dos décadas después de deponer al régimen islámico, acusado de cobijar a la organización Al Qaeda, acusado de ser autor de…

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