Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-09-24). Video: The Dangers of Nuclear War are "REAL": Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca While one can conceptualize the loss of life and destruction resulting from present-day wars including Iraq and Afghanistan, it is impossible to fully comprehend the devastation which might result from a Third World War, using "new technologies" and advanced weapons, until it occurs and becomes a reality.

Staff (2022-09-24). US terminates Afghanistan designation as major non-NATO ally. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) — US President Joe Biden has terminated the designation of Afghanistan as a major non-NATO ally, more than a year after the Taliban took power in Kabul.

Staff (2022-09-24). Massive explosion reported in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) — A massive explosion reported in Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan on Saturday.

TeleSUR- hvh, DRL (2022-09-24). Canciller de Venezuela reafirma voluntad de dialogar con EE.UU. telesurtv.net El canciller informó que "han llegado delegaciones de la administración de EE.UU., el presidente los ha atendido".

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-09-24). Video: The Dangers of Nuclear War are "REAL": Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca While one can conceptualize the loss of life and destruction resulting from present-day wars including Iraq and Afghanistan, it is impossible to fully comprehend the devastation which might result from a Third World War, using "new technologies" and advanced weapons, until it occurs and becomes a reality.

Staff (2022-09-24). US terminates Afghanistan designation as major non-NATO ally. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) — US President Joe Biden has terminated the designation of Afghanistan as a major non-NATO ally, more than a year after the Taliban took power in Kabul.

Black Rose Anarchist Federation (2022-09-24). Iranian Anarchists on Protests in Response to Police Murder of Mahsa Amini. itsgoingdown.org Black Rose Anarchist Federation speaks with members of the Federation of Anarchism Era, an organization with members in both Iran and Afghanistan, about the recent uprising in Iran. On September 13th, 2022, 22 year old Mahsa Amini was arrested by an Iranian Guidance Patrol (also known as 'morality police'). Mahsa was arrested in Tehran for…

TeleSUR- hvh, DRL (2022-09-24). Canciller de Venezuela reafirma voluntad de dialogar con EE.UU. telesurtv.net El canciller informó que "han llegado delegaciones de la administración de EE.UU., el presidente los ha atendido".

____ (2022-09-23). Land corridor via rail connects Afghanistan to China as 1st freight arrives. ecns.cn The land corridor through railroad has linked landlocked Afghanistan to China as the first freight train arrived in the border town of Hairatan in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province on Thursday.

TeleSUR (2022-09-23). 7 Killed, 41 Wounded in Kabul Mosque Explosion. telesurenglish.net Seven people were killed and 41 others wounded after a bomb explosion ripped through a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday. | Placed on a vehicle, the deadly bomb exploded in front of the main entrance of the Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Mosque in Kabul's Police District 6 on Friday afternoon, Kabul Police spokesman Khalid Zadran confirmed on his Twitter account. | RELATED: | The bomb targeted the worshippers…

SP Editor (2022-09-23). Andres Auraz: Biden's Peace for Afghanistan Is a Humanitarian Disaster. scheerpost.com Andres Arauz. [CEPR] | : Calling it the "world's worst humanitarian crisis," former Ecuadorian Central Bank director Andres Arauz details a Biden Administration ec…

Staff (2022-09-23). Several killed, injured in Kabul mosque blast. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) — An Afghan security source announced that several people were killed and injured after an explosion hit a mosque in the Afghan capital.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-22). The US Response to the World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis: Seize and Privatize. libya360.wordpress.com Andrés Arauz On August 10, more than 70 economists, including Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, former economy minister for Argentina Martín Guzmán, and myself, sent a letter to President Biden with a simple ask: return Afghanistan's central bank assets, deposited at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to Afghanistan's central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB). In the…

Staff (2022-09-21). Powerful blast rocks Afghan capital. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 21 (MNA) — News sources on Wednesday afternoon reported that an explosion hit the Afghan capital of Kabul.

Julie Hollar (2022-09-21). Media Offers Little Critique Over Biden's Seizure of Afghan Funds. commondreams.org The story of Biden's reallocation of Afghanistan's reserves wasn't mentioned by a single TV news outlet, according to a search of the Nexis news database.

Staff (2022-09-21). Pakistani army soldier killed in N Waziristan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 21 (MNA) — Media sources reported on Wednesday that a Pakistani soldier was killed during an exchange of fire in the country's border with Afghanistan.

Julie Hollar (2022-09-21). Media Offers Little Critique Over Biden's Seizure of Afghan Funds. commondreams.org The story of Biden's reallocation of Afghanistan's reserves wasn't mentioned by a single TV news outlet, according to a search of the Nexis news database.

Staff (2022-09-21). Powerful blast rocks Afghan capital. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 21 (MNA) — News sources on Wednesday afternoon reported that an explosion hit the Afghan capital of Kabul.

Staff (2022-09-19). US releases senior Taliban member after two decades. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) — The United States released a senior figure of the Taliban from Guantanamo prison after two decades, a Taliban spokesperson confirmed.

_____ (2022-09-18). They Will Beat Their Swords Into Plowshares. popularresistance.org What's wrong, so profoundly wrong with war that compelled Isaiah to implore for peace (without debate over just and unjust war) almost 3,000 years ago? | War breeds a plague of ills and evils. Most immediate is the acute tragedy for those directly killed, soldiers and civilians alike, with civilian deaths often being in excess of soldiers' deaths in recent wars due to urban, aerial and guerrilla warfare. | For US veterans who have returned from war with "soldier's heart" (Civil War), "shell shock" (1st World War), "PTSD" and "moral injury" (Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan), Veterans for Peace captures poignantly th…

Staff (2022-09-18). Iran, Afghanistan to build new transit route. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) — Local sources on Saturday reported that a new transit route will be built between Afghanistan and Iran in Nimruz province.

____ (2022-09-18). US must return the assets of the Afghan central bank at once. ecns.cn

____ (2022-09-18). US must return the assets of the Afghan central bank at once. ecns.cn

Staff (2022-09-18). Iran, Afghanistan to build new transit route. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) — Local sources on Saturday reported that a new transit route will be built between Afghanistan and Iran in Nimruz province.

____ (2022-09-17). US must return the assets of the Afghan central bank at once. ecns.cn

_____ (2022-09-16). US To Release Stolen Afghan Reserves, With A Catch. popularresistance.org The US government announced on 13 September that it would release a significant portion of the $7 billion stolen Afghan central bank funds to a bank of international settlements in Basel, Switzerland. | The trusteeship will help the US to oversee the disbursements of the funds in order to bypass the Taliban government in Kabul. | Washington withdrew its financial support for Afghanistan, following the Taliban victory against the US-trained army in 2021. Besides harsh economic sanctions, the US government also froze the funds of Afghanistan's Central Bank, causing a widespread humanitarian crisis in the country.

Editor (2022-09-16). Boyah J. Farah: A Somali Boy's Escape From Somalia's Harrowing Genocide Leads Him To His Dream Paradise—and the Brutality of American Racism. scheerpost.com : Boyah J. Farah seemed most struck by the beautiful green lawns…

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.

Staff (2022-09-14). Taliban engage in armed clashes with Pakistani forces. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) — The Taliban spokesman said that a clash between the Taliban forces and the Pakistani border guards took place on the Durand Line on Wednesday.