Progressive US lawmakers and human rights advocates are urging the Biden administration to immediately lift economic sanctions on Afghanistan that are fueling a humanitarian disaster and as famine threatens millions in the war-torn nation.
When the United States government abandoned hundreds of Americans and allies behind enemy lines in Afghanistan, several courageous military veterans took it upon themselves to save them. Here's the story of one of those soldiers.
'This is your bride...please don't beat her': Heart-breaking moment Afghan father pleads with 55-year-old man as he is forced to sell his daughter, aged NINE, to him so he can buy food
Asia's powerbrokers dropped an Afghan bombshell in Moscow today: 'the country's reconstruction must be paid for by its military occupiers of 20 years.'
It hasn't taken long for the Taliban to show who it really is - or who it's always been - after prior initial declarations of a new "moderate" and "reformed" Islamist group (mostly emanating from Western pundits) following its August complete takeove
'He carefully examined all of the evidence, he gave the lenient sentence': Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller's mother thanks the judge for giving him a letter of reprimand for his attack on Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal at court martial
The Taliban say Washington has agreed to provide humanitarian aid to a desperately poor Afghanistan on the brink of an economic disaster, while refusing to give political recognition to the country's new rulers.
Tim, Ian, and Lydia host friend and fellow YouTuber Luke Rudkowski and Timcast.com editor Chris Karr to applaud the Lieutenant Colonel who was freed from prison due to popular outcry.
Since the botched US evacuation and withdrawal at the end of August, Afghanistan seems to have become one big gun bizarre where individuals with enough cash can purchase an array of American-supplied weapons and advanced equipment from right off the
Free but not in the clear: Lt. Colonel Stuart Schiller is formally charged with six violations and will face special court martial one day after being from the brig after criticizing chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal
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Following the Taliban's victory over the U.S. military, U.S. corporate media has churned out a new narrative about the imminent threat of terrorism from Afghanistan that sets the stage for future military interventions.
US CentCom Commander Gen. Mark Milley got into a testy exchange with Republican Sen. Tom Cotton over the botched Afghan withdrawal and evacuation in Congressional testimony on Tuesday.
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I watched a woman come through the North Gate of the Hamid Karzai International Airport holding a limp baby. It was tiny, pale, and naked against the hot, dry noon sun.
The Taliban have asked to address world leaders at the United Nations in New York this week and nominated their Doha-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan's U.N. ambassador, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
...international weapons transfers in years – Brighteon.TV...Biden administration erases records of military equipment given by the U.S. to Afghanistan
Twenty years ago, liberventionists (i.e., libertarians who favor foreign interventionism) were jumping on the Republican-Democrat bandwagon that was calling for invading Afghanistan.
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While finally admitting the "righteous" drone strike against ISIS-K terrorists actually killed civilians and children, the Pentagon won't punish anyone, because these things aren't considered war crimes when the US does it.
"I strongly oppose the resettlement of these Afghan nationals in Montana," Republican representative Matt Rosendale said in a Thursday statement after it was revealed Montana is due to resettle 75 Afghan refugees who fled on US evacuation flights in
The Taliban tears itself apart: 'Terrorist faction' wins huge brawl at presidential palace and two sidelined 'moderates' are still MISSING as country faces economic meltdown and starvation