2021-11-23: News Headlines

Staff (2021-11-23). Explosion reported in Afghan capital (+VIDEO). en.mehrnews.com Local Afghan media reported an explosion in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday.

Yasmeen Afghan (2021-11-23). Three months of Taliban occupation: Barbarism unlimited. greenleft.org.au November 16 marked exactly three months of Taliban occupation of Kabul, reports Yasmeen Afghan. The world cannot turn its back.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-22). European Court of Human Rights holds Croatian authorities responsible for death of migrant child. peoplesdispatch.org An Afghan migrant family was forcefully pushed back from the border by the Croatian authorities in 2017. A six-year-old child in the family was later hit and killed by a train while walking on foot near the Serbian border…

2021-11-23 17:52 | 13:52 EST | jz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 

2021-11-21: News Headlines

The Lancet (2021-11-20). [Editorial] Afghanistan: the international community must act. thelancet.com "It is going to be hell on Earth." Afghanistan is set to become the world's worst humanitarian crisis according to David Beasley, head of the World Food Programme. Nearly half of Afghans need humanitarian aid. 22 ∑8 million people could face acute hunger this winter, with 8 ∑7 million at emergency levels of food insecurity. A resulting refugee crisis is likely to affect Afghanistan, the region, and the rest of the world. In desperation, people are selling their assets, and some are resorting to child labour and child marriage.

2021-11-21 21:41 | 17:41 EST | jz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 

2021-11-20: News Headlines

The Lancet (2021-11-20). [Editorial] Afghanistan: the international community must act. thelancet.com "It is going to be hell on Earth." Afghanistan is set to become the world's worst humanitarian crisis according to David Beasley, head of the World Food Programme. Nearly half of Afghans need humanitarian aid. 22 ∑8 million people could face acute hunger this winter, with 8 ∑7 million at emergency levels of food insecurity. A resulting refugee crisis is likely to affect Afghanistan, the region, and the rest of the world. In desperation, people are selling their assets, and some are resorting to child labour and child marriage.

_____ (2021-11-19). Afghan Issues in a Transformed World Order. journal-neo.org The state and development of the Afghan issue seems to reflect all the flaws of today's global order, which has also begun to "radically transform." While the relevance of this kind of change process is more or less obvious, it is not clear where their generalized vector is headed. Furthermore, an important question seems to …

Mike Walter (2021-11-19). The Heat: Afghanistan hunger crisis. america.cgtn.com Nearly three months after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the country is facing a hunger crisis.

Jan Egeland (2021-11-19). "Hell on Earth": Millions of Afghans Face Starvation. zcomm.org The country has fallen into an economic crisis after the U.S. and other Western countries cut off direct financial assistance to the government following the Taliban takeover in August…

2021-11-20 19:21 | 15:21 EST | jz | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 

2021-11-19: News Headlines

_____ (2021-11-19). Afghan Issues in a Transformed World Order. journal-neo.org The state and development of the Afghan issue seems to reflect all the flaws of today's global order, which has also begun to "radically transform." While the relevance of this kind of change process is more or less obvious, it is not clear where their generalized vector is headed. Furthermore, an important question seems to …

Jan Egeland (2021-11-19). "Hell on Earth": Millions of Afghans Face Starvation. zcomm.org The country has fallen into an economic crisis after the U.S. and other Western countries cut off direct financial assistance to the government following the Taliban takeover in August…

Ann Jones (2021-11-18). 'Now Is the Time to Be Angry': Afghanistan's Progressive Past and Dark Present. fpif.org I know, I know. It's the last thing you want to hear about. | Twenty years of American carnage in Afghanistan was plenty for you, I'm sure, and there are so many other things to worry about in an America at the edge of… well, who knows what? But for me, it's different. I went to Afghanistan in 2002, already angry about this country's misbegotten war on that poor land, to offer what help I could to Afghan women. And little as I may have been able to do in those years, Afghanistan left a deep and lasting impression on me. | So, while this country has fled its shameful Afghan War, I, in some sense, am still there.

2021-11-19 21:40 | 17:40 EST | jz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 

2021-11-18: News Headlines

Ann Jones (2021-11-18). 'Now Is the Time to Be Angry': Afghanistan's Progressive Past and Dark Present. fpif.org I know, I know. It's the last thing you want to hear about. | Twenty years of American carnage in Afghanistan was plenty for you, I'm sure, and there are so many other things to worry about in an America at the edge of… well, who knows what? But for me, it's different. I went to Afghanistan in 2002, already angry about this country's misbegotten war on that poor land, to offer what help I could to Afghan women. And little as I may have been able to do in those years, Afghanistan left a deep and lasting impression on me. | So, while this country has fled its shameful Afghan War, I, in some sense, am still there.

2021-11-18 20:08 | 16:08 EST | jz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 

2021-11-17: News Headlines

Staff (2021-11-16). "Hell on Earth": Millions of Afghans Face Starvation as U.S. & West Freeze Billions in Gov't Funds. democracynow.org Humanitarian and economic conditions are rapidly deteriorating in Afghanistan, where the U.N. estimates that more than half of the population suffers from acute hunger. The country has fallen into an economic crisis after the U.S. and other Western countries cut off direct financial assistance to the government following the Taliban takeover in August. Taliban leaders are also unable to access billions of dollars in Afghan national reserves that are held in banks overseas. "Forty million civilians were left behind when the NATO countries went for the door in August," says Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Nor…

Amy Goodman (2021-11-16). Millions of Afghans Face Starvation as US and the West Freeze Government Funds. truthout.org Humanitarian and economic conditions are rapidly deteriorating in Afghanistan, where the U.N. estimates that more than half of the population suffers from acute hunger. The country has fallen into an economic crisis after the U.S. and other Western countries cut off direct financial assistance to the government following the Taliban takeover in August. Taliban leaders are also unable to access billions of dollars in Afghan national reserves that are held in banks overseas. "Forty million civil…

Anonymous103 (2021-11-16). Military Situation In Afghanistan On November 16, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On November 15, the Taliban conducted a security operation against the ISIS slipper cells in the city of Kandahar. Eight ISIS suspects reportedly were arrested; | On November 15, ISIS attacked a Taliban vehicle with a sticky bomb in the Kuta Sangi area of Kabul city. Two people reportedly were wounded; | On November 15, ISIS claimed responsibility for the assassination of an alleged Taliban intelligence agent in District 4 of Jalalabad city; | On November 15,…

_____ (2021-11-16). Why is the US Hyping Up the Threat of ISIS in Afghanistan? journal-neo.org To justify its interventionist actions in the Middle East, the United States, following the now cliched example, actively uses its alleged commitment to fighting against terrorism, focusing on countering such well-known terrorist formations as Al Qaeda and ISIS (both are banned in Russia). The same goes for the actions of the USA in Afghanistan. However, …

Staff (2021-11-16). Trump claims 'clown' ex-staffer lied about 2020 election. rt.com Donald Trump has blasted his former White House communications director Alyssa Farah as a "clown" and "backbencher" after she claimed the former president had at first privately admitted to having lost the 2020 election. | In a

2021-11-17 18:01 | 12:01 EST | jz | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 

2021-11-16: News Headlines

_____ (2021-11-16). Why is the US Hyping Up the Threat of ISIS in Afghanistan? journal-neo.org To justify its interventionist actions in the Middle East, the United States, following the now cliched example, actively uses its alleged commitment to fighting against terrorism, focusing on countering such well-known terrorist formations as Al Qaeda and ISIS (both are banned in Russia). The same goes for the actions of the USA in Afghanistan. However, …

Anonymous103 (2021-11-16). Military Situation In Afghanistan On November 16, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On November 15, the Taliban conducted a security operation against the ISIS slipper cells in the city of Kandahar. Eight ISIS suspects reportedly were arrested; | On November 15, ISIS attacked a Taliban vehicle with a sticky bomb in the Kuta Sangi area of Kabul city. Two people reportedly were wounded; | On November 15, ISIS claimed responsibility for the assassination of an alleged Taliban intelligence agent in District 4 of Jalalabad city; | On November 15,…

Staff (2021-11-16). Trump claims 'clown' ex-staffer lied about 2020 election. rt.com Donald Trump has blasted his former White House communications director Alyssa Farah as a "clown" and "backbencher" after she claimed the former president had at first privately admitted to having lost the 2020 election. | In a

Anonymous103 (2021-11-15). Making Another ISIS in Afghanistan. ISIS-K in Khorasan Province. southfront.org Afghan security forces departing Kabul, August 2021 © Trent Inness / Shutterstock | Written by Bradley Devlin; originally published on With the United States out of Afghanistan, former members of the Afghan Security Forces who were once trained by the United States are joining Islamic State-Khorasa…

Anonymous103 (2021-11-15). Footage: Taliban's Counterterrorism Operation Against ISIS In Kandaghar. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On early hours on November 15th, Security forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan launched a large-scale counterterrorism operation in the city of Kandahar. | The operation was aimed against ISIS fighters in the region. Four hideouts were reportedly destroyed. | According to local officials, the operation resulted in killing of four ISIS fighters and arresting of eight of them."The security and intelligence forces of the Islamic Emirate launched an operation on Daesh hideouts early on Mond…

2021-11-16 12:48 | 14:48 EST | jz | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 

2021-11-15: News Headlines

Anonymous103 (2021-11-15). Making Another ISIS in Afghanistan. ISIS-K in Khorasan Province. southfront.org Afghan security forces departing Kabul, August 2021 © Trent Inness / Shutterstock | Written by Bradley Devlin; originally published on With the United States out of Afghanistan, former members of the Afghan Security Forces who were once trained by the United States are joining Islamic State-Khorasa…

Anonymous103 (2021-11-14). Nearly 300K Non-Existent 'Ghost Soldiers' Is Why Afghan Government Collapsed So Quickly: Ex-Finance Minister. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Originally published on Former Afghani finance minister, Khalid Payenda, says that most of the 300,000 Afghan troops never existed, and were in fact "ghost" solders who were fabricated by corrupt officials who then pocketed their wages, according to the So — corrupt Afghan…

Anonymous669 (2021-11-14). Afghan TV Presenter Among Six Killed In New Kabul Blast (Videos, Photos). southfront.org File image. | On November 13, a magnetic explosive device attached to a passenger minivan exploded in the Dasht-e Barchi area in the western part of the Afghan capital, Kabul. | The explosion destroyed the minivan. A Taliban official, who declined to be named, told VIDEO…

Frank Andrews (2021-11-14). Sudan coup: 15-year-old killed as security forces accused of using banned 'expanding bullets'. middleeasteye.net Sudan coup: 15-year-old killed as security forces accused of using banned 'expanding bullets' | Mujahid Muhammad Farah dies after being shot on Saturday, while 14-year-old girl receives treatment for bullet wound to the head | Sun, 11/14/2021 – 09: 53 | Sudanese opponents of the military coup take part in a protest in the city of Khartoum North near the capital, on 13 November 2021 (AFP) | A 15-yea…

2021-11-15 18:24 | 12:24 EST | jz | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 

2021-11-14: News Headlines

Anonymous103 (2021-11-14). Nearly 300K Non-Existent 'Ghost Soldiers' Is Why Afghan Government Collapsed So Quickly: Ex-Finance Minister. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Originally published on Former Afghani finance minister, Khalid Payenda, says that most of the 300,000 Afghan troops never existed, and were in fact "ghost" solders who were fabricated by corrupt officials who then pocketed their wages, according to the So — corrupt Afghan…

Anonymous669 (2021-11-14). Afghan TV Presenter Among Six Killed In New Kabul Blast (Videos, Photos). southfront.org File image. | On November 13, a magnetic explosive device attached to a passenger minivan exploded in the Dasht-e Barchi area in the western part of the Afghan capital, Kabul. | The explosion destroyed the minivan. A Taliban official, who declined to be named, told VIDEO…

Frank Andrews (2021-11-14). Sudan coup: 15-year-old killed as security forces accused of using banned 'expanding bullets'. middleeasteye.net Sudan coup: 15-year-old killed as security forces accused of using banned 'expanding bullets' | Mujahid Muhammad Farah dies after being shot on Saturday, while 14-year-old girl receives treatment for bullet wound to the head | Sun, 11/14/2021 – 09: 53 | Sudanese opponents of the military coup take part in a protest in the city of Khartoum North near the capital, on 13 November 2021 (AFP) | A 15-yea…

2021-11-14 21:12 | 17:12 EST | jz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0