Prisons, Drones, and Black Ops in Afghanistan
• by Nick TurseThe American military in Afghanistan doesn’t want to talk about it, but one day soon, it will be a new hub for the American drone war in the Greater Middle East.
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Afghanistan
A Uniformed Truthteller
• Lew Rockwell blogI saw mention of Lt Col Davis a few weeks ago, Rawstory has a new article, and Rolling Stone has the entire pdf file of Davis's report on lying in Afghanistan. He and Rudyard Kipling are of the same sad awareness of the truth all around them, and the
Afghans fret flight of hard cash a sign of things to come
• ReutersIn the crush of people in Kabul's Shahzada money market, conspiracy theories are a currency as hard as the bundles of cash in the hands of bearded traders trying to divine their future. And the theory going around - amid the din of shouted exchang
US Marines posed with Nazi symbol in Afghanistan
• Daily TelegraphA US Marine sniper team posed with a flag emblazoned with the symbol of the Nazi SS while on duty in Afghanistan, the Pentagon has admitted.
Lying About Afghanistan
• arclein"I saw the incredible difficulties any military force would have to pacify even a single area of any of those provinces; I heard many stories of how insurgents controlled virtually every piece of land beyond eyeshot of a U.S. or International Securi
U.S. drones targeting rescuers and mourners
• by Glenn Greenwald (Salon)The CIA’s drone campaign in Pakistan has killed dozens of civilians who had gone to help rescue victims or were attending funerals. Just days after President Obama claimed that the drone campaign in Pakistan was a “targeted, focused effort” that “ha
Panetta: U.S., NATO will seek to end Afghan combat mission next year
• www.washingtonpost.comThe United States hopes to end its combat mission in Afghanistan by the middle of next year, more than a year earlier than scheduled, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Wednesday.
Pakistan Rejects U.S. Account of Clash That Ended With Airstrike
• New York TimesPakistan’s military issued an uncompromising formal rejection on Monday of the United States report last month on a contentious border exchange of fire that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, dealing a fresh blow to American hopes of reviving a troubled s
What if you faced your own mortality ... everyday? (Video)
• The Political CommentatorThen essentially you would be a soldier in a forward position, or really anywhere, in Afghanistan! Imagine waking up everyday knowing that it has the potential to be your last. That you may have seen, written or spoken to your parents, friends, wi
Video appears to show US troops urinating on corpses
• Washington PostThe Marine Corps said Wednesday that it is investigating the origins of a video on the Internet that purports to show Marines in combat gear urinating on the corpses of three Taliban insurgents. The brief video, which runs for less than a minute,
Afghanistan sets ground rules for Taliban
• www.msnbc.msn.comKabul agrees to Taliban liaison office in Qatar to start peace talks
Outspoken Afghan Rights Official Ousted
• New York TimesThere have been few causes that Ahmad Nader Nadery, the prominent Afghan human rights activist, shied away from over the past decade: he spoke out on the killings of civilians by NATO and Taliban forces, on election fraud by President Hamid Karzai’s
Karzai wants immediate halt to NATO night raids
• RawstoryAfghan President Karzai demanded an immediate halt to controversial NATO-led night raids and for foreign forces to stop entering Afghan homes. The comments come after NATO defended the operations as the safest way of targeting insurgent leaders, insi
US Refuses Karzai’s Latest Plea to End Deadly Night Raids
• antiwar.comDespite denials and false statistics from US-NATO, night raids kill thousands of civilians
Secret U.S., Taliban talks reach turning point
• ReutersAfter 10 months of secret dialogue with Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents, senior U.S. officials say the talks have reached a critical juncture and they will soon know whether a breakthrough is possible, leading to peace talks whose ultimate goal is t
Panetta, in Afghanistan, says ‘we’re winning’
• washingtonpost.comAfter 10 years of inconclusive war in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta declared during a visit here Wednesday that “we’re winning” — but his burst of optimism proved short-lived.
Mercs May Run Air Missions on Afghan-Pakistan Border
• www.wired.comBarely two weeks after a NATO helicopter disaster killed 24 Pakistani troops, the skies above the Afghanistan-Pakistan border may get even more dangerous.
At Conference, Afghans Say They’ll Need Aid for Years
• NY TimesPresident Karzai called for political and military support for at least another decade — and financial assistance that would not end until 2030. Nearly 3 decades after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 that led to the intervention in Afghanistan.
Bomber attacks Nato Afghanistan base in Logar province
• antiwar.comA suicide bomber has attacked a Nato outpost in the Afghan province of Logar, killing one person and injuring about 70, officials and medics say.
Disastrous Friendly Fire Event in Pakistan Could Grind the U.S. Afghan Campaign to a Halt
• .NATO recently literally shot itself in the foot, imperiling the resupply of International Assistance Forces in Afghanistan by shooting up two Pakistani border posts in a hot pursuit raid.
Former US Ambassador: Turkey Should Occupy Afghanistan After 2014
• antiwar.comSays Turkish Army Has 'Track Record' of Maintaining Peace
Three million Afghans face hunger as winter looms: aid groups
• ReutersUp to three million people in Afghanistan are facing hunger, malnutrition and disease after a severe drought wiped out their crops and extreme winter weather risks cutting off their access to vital food aid, a group of aid agencies warned Friday.
After the US pulls out, will CIA rely more on Afghan mercenaries?
• Christian Science MonitorThousands of Afghan mercenaries are believed to be helping America battle Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and their allies. But they're accused of flagrant human rights abuses.
U.S. General Fired for Verbal Attack on Afghan Leader
• FOX NewsA top U.S. general in Afghanistan was fired Friday for making disparaging remarks about Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his government. Maj. Gen. Peter Fuller, deputy commander of the NATO training mission in Afghanistan, made the remarks in an
Army whistleblower recalls sergeant's chilling threat
• ReutersA U.S. Army sergeant accused of murdering three unarmed Afghan civilians also led several troops in beating up a fellow soldier for informing on their drug use, then threatened to kill him unless he "shut up," the soldier testified on Thursday.
BBC Documentary on Obama's Secret War Against Pakistan
• Lew RockwellThe BBC has quite recently produced and aired a two-part documentary about Pakistan's support of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Obama's secret war against Pakistan. It is called Secret Pakistan.
US Military Deaths in Afghanistan at 1,704
• APAs of Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, at least 1,704 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.
U.S. had advance warning of abuse at Afghan prisons, officials say
• Washington PostAcross the street from U.S. military headquarters in Kabul, shrouded from view by concrete walls, the Afghan intelligence agency runs a detention facility for up to 40 terrorism suspects that is known as Department 124. So much torture took place ins
12 Americans Die as Blast Hits Bus in Afghanistan
• NY TimesAt least 12 Americans were killed when a Taliban suicide car bomber attacked an armored shuttle bus in Kabul on Saturday, military officials said. The bombing was the single deadliest assault on Americans in the capital since the war began, military
U.S. troops to begin leaving Kandahar
• Washington PostThe U.S. military is planning to start withdrawing troops from this volatile southern city, shifting them to neighboring rural areas even as the Taliban shows it is capable of penetrating the city to attack, according to U.S. and Afghan military offi
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