Monday, September 14, 2026

Tag: Afghanistan

The US failed in Afghanistan by trying to moralize with bullets...

Global South nations struggling with the effects of colonialism are ticking time bombs. Global North control creates simmering resentments and resistance.

Media forget Afghan plight as US sanctions drive mass famine risk

Afghan citizens have been plunged into a humanitarian crisis due in no small part to U.S. sanctions, but where is the outrage?

More tragedy in Afghanistan is just beginning after the US withdrawal

Afghan civilians have always disproportionately experienced the effects of war and they will now also disproportionately experience what may be an even worse peace — if one can even call it that.

‘Now is the time to be angry’

War is never over when it‘s over. And it would be wrong to simply leave Afghanistan and its people in the dust of our disastrous departure.

For Afghan women, the frightening return of ‘vice and virtue’

The Taliban are going back on their promise to respect women’s rights.

The winner in Afghanistan: China

Does this debacle mark the decline of Washington's world leadership?

Afghanistan and the Purdue Pharma case are reminders that the US...

The Sacklers said they wanted “global peace” from future lawsuits, and they got what they wanted. Meanwhile, in the failed narco-state they helped create, the war goes on.

Humbled US leaves chaos and mass murder while fleeing Afghanistan

Kids die last as Biden plays tough guy...

Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and...

But 20 years later, the U.S is still counting the human cost and financial cost.

No one should listen to Tony Blair on Afghanistan, here’s why

The former Prime Minister has no conscience at all and feels no guilt for all those maimed and lost in his wars of choice.

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