Asia

28,529 Afghan security forces have been killed since the start of 2015

Pakistan: Baluch Separatists Storm “Oppressive’ Chinese Consulate in Karachi, kill 2 Policemen

Karachi (Pakistan) (AFP) – Two policemen were killed on Friday when gunmen stormed the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi, officials said, with the attack claimed by a separatist group which branded Beijing “an oppressor”. Pakistani authorities said that security forces had secured the area after the attack, the latest in a series […]

Afghanistan

For First Time, Afghan President admits 30,000 Troops killed since 2015

AFP

More than 17 years since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, the conflict grinds on

Afghanistan

Haunted by the Hole where our Memories of the Afghanistan War Should Be

Rory Fanning

There are moments when it feels like I never left

China

New Cold War or New Global Tinderbox?

Michael T. Klare

the United States and its rivals are engaged in an accelerating arms race, focused on nuclear and “conventional” weaponry

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: America’s Longest Forgotten War Turns a grim 17

Tom Engelhardt

(Tomdispatch.com) | – We’re already two years past the crystal anniversary and eight years short of the silver one, or at least we would be, had it been a wedding — and, after a fashion, perhaps it was. On October 7, 2001, George W. Bush launched the invasion — “liberation” was the word often used […]

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Tokyo’s Net Carbon Zero Olympics, as Japan surges toward 65 GW Solar

Juan Cole

But will it be enough to avoid turning the Pacific Ocean into Godzilla?

Featured

“We Fell in Love”: The Trump-Kim Jong Un RomCom

Juan Cole

Also, “I love Saudi Arabia!”

Afghanistan

When US Allies Murder US Soldiers: Blowback From U.S. Policy in the Greater Middle East

Danny Sjursen

(Tomdispatch.com) – He was shot in the back, the ultimate act of treachery. On September 3rd, a U.S Army sergeant major was killed by two Afghan police officers — the very people his unit, the new Security Force Assistance Brigade, was there to train. It was the second fatal “insider attack,” as such incidents are […]