newarab (2025-01-09). Afghanistan warns Iran after dam project criticism. newarab.com The Water rights have long been a source of friction in ties between the two countries, which share a more than 900-kilometre (560-mile) border. | Esmaeil Baqaei, spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry, voiced "strong protest" on Friday over the "disproportionate restriction of water entering Iran" due to the Pashdan Dam on the Harirud River, adding that th…

aljazeera (2025-01-09). South Africa's sports minister joins calls for Afghanistan cricket boycott. aljazeera.com McKenzie urges his country's cricket governing body not to honour the Champions Trophy fixture against Afghanistan.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2025-01-09). UN expresses concern over situation of women in Afghanistan. plenglish.com Kabul, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in Afghanistan, Georgette Gagnon, expressed today in this capital her concern over the increasing restrictions on women and girls in the country.

presstv.ir (2025-01-09). Inquiry: UK soldiers executed Afghan boys 'younger than 16'. presstv.ir British special forces executed Afghan boys "younger than 16" during operations in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013, a public inquiry has found.

aljazeera (2025-01-09). Taliban calls India a 'significant regional partner' after officials meet. aljazeera.com Senior foreign ministry officials of two countries hold highest-level talks since group's takeover of Kabul in 2021.

tvbrics (2025-01-09). Uzbekistan and Iran discuss expanding cooperation in tourism and culture. tvbrics.com Iran proposes to increase the number of flights between the two countries…

Alina Ramos Martin (2025-01-08). Shelters delivered in northern Afghan provinces. plenglish.com Kabul, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) At a cost of 407 million Afghanis ($5,7 million), the construction of 1,120 shelters in nine provinces of northern Afghanistan, has been completed and delivered for use.

newarab (2025-01-08). UK soldiers tell inquiry of Afghan civilian killings concerns. newarab.com Soldiers who were part of British special forces working in Afghanistan have told a public inquiry of their concerns that Afghans who posed no threat had been murdered in raids against suspected Taliban insurgents, including some aged under 16. | The independent inquiry was ordered by Britain's defence ministry (MoD) after a BBC TV documentary reported that soldiers from the elite Special Air Service (SAS) had killed 54 people in suspicious circumstances during the war in Afghanistan more than a decade ago. | The investigation is examining a number of night-time raids called deliberate detention operations car…

Alina Ramos Martin (2025-01-08). Shelters delivered in northern Afghan provinces. plenglish.com Kabul, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) At a cost of 407 million Afghanis ($5,7 million), the construction of 1,120 shelters in nine provinces of northern Afghanistan, has been completed and delivered for use.

newarab (2025-01-08). UK soldiers tell inquiry of Afghan civilian killings concerns. newarab.com Soldiers who were part of British special forces working in Afghanistan have told a public inquiry of their concerns that Afghans who posed no threat had been murdered in raids against suspected Taliban insurgents, including some aged under 16. | The independent inquiry was ordered by Britain's defence ministry (MoD) after a BBC TV documentary reported that soldiers from the elite Special Air Service (SAS) had killed 54 people in suspicious circumstances during the war in Afghanistan more than a decade ago. | The investigation is examining a number of night-time raids called deliberate detention operations car…

aljazeera (2025-01-07). UK politicians urge England to boycott Afghanistan at Champions Trophy. aljazeera.com In response, ECB proposes an 'ICC-wide' action against Afghanistan over the Taliban's crackdown on women.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2025-01-07). Jimmy Carter Was Not a Peacemaker When He Was President, Only After. covertactionmagazine.com The former Georgia governor presided over the largest peacetime increase in the military budget in U.S. history and inspired the growth of Islamic terrorism by arming the Afghan mujahadin in order to provoke a Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The media predictably sugarcoated Jimmy Carter's record following his passing on December 28, 2024. The New York …

A A (2025-01-07). Tolstoy, Yashin, Dostoevsky and Russia's other immortals rock on. strategic-culture.su

aljazeera (2025-01-07). UK politicians urge England to boycott Afghanistan at Champions Trophy. aljazeera.com In response, ECB proposes an 'ICC-wide' action against Afghanistan over the Taliban's crackdown on women.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2025-01-07). Jimmy Carter Was Not a Peacemaker When He Was President, Only After. covertactionmagazine.com The former Georgia governor presided over the largest peacetime increase in the military budget in U.S. history and inspired the growth of Islamic terrorism by arming the Afghan mujahadin in order to provoke a Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The media predictably sugarcoated Jimmy Carter's record following his passing on December 28, 2024. The New York …

A A (2025-01-07). Tolstoy, Yashin, Dostoevsky and Russia's other immortals rock on. strategic-culture.su

aljazeera (2025-01-06). Seven-wicket Rashid leads Afghanistan to Test series win over Zimbabwe. aljazeera.com Rashid takes 11 wickets in the match to give Afghanistan a 1-0 win in the series after the first Test ended in a draw.

aljazeera (2025-01-06). Pakistan Taliban threatens military-run businesses amid rising violence. aljazeera.com The threat marks an escalation in the group's fight against the Pakistani military, warn analysts.

aljazeera (2025-01-06). Seven-wicket Rashid leads Afghanistan to Test series win over Zimbabwe. aljazeera.com Rashid takes 11 wickets in the match to give Afghanistan a 1-0 win in the series after the first Test ended in a draw.

aljazeera (2025-01-06). Pakistan Taliban threatens military-run businesses amid rising violence. aljazeera.com The threat marks an escalation in the group's fight against the Pakistani military, warn analysts.

tn.ai (2025-01-05). Iran Condemns Fatal Attack on Bus in Pakistan. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned a suicide bomb attack on a Pakistani military convoy that killed and injured dozens of people in the province of Balochistan.

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. (2025-01-04). The Tears Of Our Children. popularresistance.org A scientific study from 2017 found that deep childhood traumas can mark a person both physically and psychologically. Trauma reroutes children's developing nervous systems, causing them to be highly alert and anxious even decades later. This process, the authors write, generates a mechanism called 'enhanced threat processing'. No wonder studies of children who lived through earlier wars show that they disproportionately suffer from medical conditions, including heart ailments and cancer. | In March 2022, five doctors from Afghanistan, India, Ireland, and Sri Lanka wrote a heartfelt letter to The Lancet in which t…

tn.ai (2025-01-04). Iran Urges Afghanistan's Compliance with Int'l Rules on Border Rivers. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry called on the Taliban to cooperate in maintaining the natural flow of water in shared border rivers and comply with international standards and environmental regulations regarding those rivers.

presstv.ir (2025-01-04). Hezbollah chief: Gen. Soleimani was a leader on strategic, intellectual levels. presstv.ir The Hezbollah chief says General Soleimani was a leader on strategic and intellectual levels, and exposed the United States and its plans, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski (2025-01-03). "Yes. The CIA entered Afghanistan Before the Russians". Zbigniew Brzezinski. globalresearch.ca Introduction : | According to this Nouvel Observateur (1998) interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, the CIA's intervention in Afghanistan preceded the 1979 entry of Soviet troops. | To label this as The Soviet Afghan War is a misnomer. Confirmed by Brzezinski, It …

Mel Gurtov (2025-01-03). The People's List of Trump's Worst (Part 2). counterpunch.org [Note to Readers: In Part 1, I wrote about the big-time donors and loyalists who will populate Trump's cabinet, inner circle, and ambassadorships. Elon Musk naturally stands out in that grouping, and now the New York Times has introduced us to Musk's inner and outer circle. Three things stand out for me from that profile: venture capitalists

Andrew Korybko (2024-12-31). 2025 Might Be A Tumultuous Year For South Asia. thealtworld.com The future of Indo-US relations under Trump 2.0 will ultimately play the largest role in determining the degree of tumult that South Asia experiences next year. | South Asia is generally thought of as a comparatively stable region whose primary problems are socio-economic development, which shouldn't be underestimated but isn't the same as the geopolitical turbulence that West Asia and Europe have recently experienced. That might be about to change. From Afghanistan to Myanmar, the latter of which can be included in South Asia due to its former role in the British Raj, the entire region is bracing itself for a tu…

newarab (2024-12-31). The Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan women. newarab.com The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in It comes two years after they told In a letter published on X Sunday night, the Economy Ministry warned that failure to comply with the latest order would lead to NGOs losing their license to o…

UMMID (2024-12-31). Decoding Afghanistan, Pakistan Strained Relationship. ummid.com The once honky-dory relationship between Pakistani military and its protégé, the Taliban in Afghanistan has gone sour, and there seems to be no end to the escalation between the two neighbors as of now.

Editor (2024-12-31). Billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy Is a Wall Street Speculator Accused of Pump-and-Dump Schemes, Not a Scientist. scheerpost.com

Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski (2024-12-30). "Yes. The CIA entered Afghanistan Before the Russians" Zbigniew Brzezinski. globalresearch.ca According to this Nouvel Observateur (1998) interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, the CIA's intervention in Afghanistan preceded the 1979 Soviet invasion. This decision of the Carter Administration in 1979 to intervene and destabilise Afghanistan is the root cause of Afghanistan's …

newarab (2024-12-30). The Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan women. newarab.com The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in It comes two years after they told In a letter published on X Sunday night, the Economy Ministry warned that failure to comply with the latest order would lead to NGOs losing their license to o…

UMMID (2024-12-30). Decoding Afghanistan, Pakistan Strained Relationship. ummid.com The once honky-dory relationship between Pakistani military and its protégé, the Taliban in Afghanistan has gone sour, and there seems to be no end to the escalation between the two neighbors as of now.

newarab (2024-12-30). Taliban leader bans windows overlooking women's areas. newarab.com The According to a statement released late Saturday by the Taliban government spokesman, new buildings should not have windows through which it is possible to see "the courtyard, kitchen, neighbour's well and other places usually used by women". | "Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from we…

newarab (2024-12-30). The Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan women. newarab.com The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in It comes two years after they told In a letter published on X Sunday night, the Economy Ministry warned that failure to comply with the latest order would lead to NGOs losing their license to o…

UMMID (2024-12-30). Decoding Afghanistan, Pakistan Strained Relationship. ummid.com The once honky-dory relationship between Pakistani military and its protégé, the Taliban in Afghanistan has gone sour, and there seems to be no end to the escalation between the two neighbors as of now.

newarab (2024-12-30). Taliban leader bans windows overlooking women's areas. newarab.com The According to a statement released late Saturday by the Taliban government spokesman, new buildings should not have windows through which it is possible to see "the courtyard, kitchen, neighbour's well and other places usually used by women". | "Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from we…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-12-27). America's "Just War" against Afghanistan: Women's Rights "Before" and "After" America's Destructive Wars. globalresearch.ca Unknown to Americans, in the 1970s and early 1980s, Kabul was "a cosmopolitan city. Artists and hippies flocked to the capital. Women studied agriculture, engineering and business at the city's university. Afghan women held government jobs".

newarab (2024-12-27). UN calls for investigation into air strikes on Afghan border. newarab.com The UN mission to The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said it had "received credible reports that dozens of civilians, including women and children, were killed in airstrikes by Pakistan's military forces in Paktika prov…

ecns.cn (2024-12-27). Xi says China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project strategic decision to regional connectivity, prosperity. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is a strategic decision made by the three governments to promote regional connectivity, prosperity and stability.

ecns.cn (2024-12-27). Xi urges making China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway a new demonstration project for BRI cooperation. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday that efforts should be made to build the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway into a new demonstration project for Belt and Road cooperation.

Arshad Mehmood (2024-12-26). Afghan Diaspora Celebrates Yalda in Defiance of Taliban Repression. themedialine.org

Kia Hamadanchy (2024-12-26). Who is Pete Hegseth? aclu.org President-elect Donald Trump has nominated the Fox News Channel host Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense (DOD). If confirmed, the military veteran will lead the nation's armed forces in what will be his first appointment to a political office. | Hegseth was commissioned as an infantry officer in the Army National Guard and he served in Afghanistan and Iraq after 9/11. Prior to his stint as a talk show host on Fox News, he led the nonprofits Vets for Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America. | The ACLU has spent more than 100 years holding power accountable. While as a matter of policy the ACLU doe…

Abdul Rahman (2024-12-26). Pakistani students say IMF is responsible for privatization of education. peoplesdispatch.org On Sunday, December 22, the Progressive Students Federation (PrSF) in Pakistan organized a Student Action Conference in Islamabad. The Conference brought together hundreds of students from the capital city and nearby areas for a series of panel discussions, political theater presentations, and revolutionary music. | Several student leaders from provinces such as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan addressed the gathering of the students talking about the exploitation and oppression their regions are facing under the present government led by Shahwaz Sharif. The conference resolved to fight for the basic rights of…

Grant Inskeep (2024-12-26). On Organized Religion and Prophets in History… counterpunch.org "One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It's simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we've been taken. Once you give a