Afghanistan
NATO appoints Turkey to lead drive into the Middle East and...
By Rick Rozoff
April 1, 2021
On the first of the year the North Atlantic Treaty Organization transferred command of the NATO Very High Readiness Joint...
Australian government and media seek to bury Afghanistan war crimes
By Oscar Grenfell
26 March 2021
Four months after the government-commissioned Brereton report said there was “credible evidence” of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan, including the...
Officials Try to Sway Biden Using Intelligence on Potential for Taliban...
If U.S. troops leave before any deal between the Taliban and the Afghan government, the militant group will take over much of the country,...
Australian ‘war crimes’: Troops to be fired over Afghan killings
27 November 2020
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has sent notices of likely dismissal to 13 special forces soldiers following last week's damning report on...
A Global Demand to 35 Governments: Get Your Troops Out of...
The governments of Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mongolia,...
Old hatreds fuel online misinformation about COVID-19 in South Asia
By Kamya Yadav, Isra Thange,
Julia Ilhardt, Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro
November 25, 2020
photo: Credit: ChocolateLr18. CC BY-SA 4.0.
Since COVID-19 spread to South Asia,...
‘Felt physically ill’: Australian defence minister Linda Reynolds on war crimes...
Australian Defence Force Chief General Angus Campbell on Thursday said the report found evidence that elite Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan prisoners, farmers...
Report Blames Trump Admin for 330% Rise in Afghan Civilian Casualties
"In 2019 airstrikes killed 700 civilians—more civilians than in any other year since the beginning of the war in 2001 and 2002."
by Brett Wilkins,
Dec....
By failing to withdraw ALL forces from Afghanistan, Trump has killed...
By Scott Ritter
18 Nov, 2020
The US-Taliban peace plan has always been just a political cover for Trump to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. By failing...
Republican leader McConnell says pulling out of Afghanistan will cause ‘new...
16 Nov, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has pushed back against a looming withdrawal from Afghanistan, telling senators that pulling out of the 19-year...