Afghanistan

By Scott Lucas | – The last adult in the Trump White House playground has gone – and the president is throwing his toys around. James Mattis, as defence secretary, was one of three retired generals in the Trump administration whose hope was to contain an ill-informed, temperamental, and unpredictable president. Now they’re all gone: […]

Afghanistan

With US Troop Pull-Out, Afghans Fear Return to Taliban Era

Allison Jackson

President Ghani said last month nearly 30,000 Afghan security forces had been killed since the start of 2015

Afghanistan

Trump Nominee admits Afghan Security Losses May not be Sustainable

AFP

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

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

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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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 […]

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Parade! How Trump Redefined Victory in Afghanistan as “Attacking our Enemies”

Nick Turse

New York (Tomdispatch.com) – 4,000,000,029,057. Remember that number. It’s going to come up again later. But let’s begin with another number entirely: 145,000 — as in, 145,000 uniformed soldiers striding down Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue. That’s the number of troops who marched down that very street in May 1865 after the United States defeated the Confederate […]

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Afghanistan: Taliban Advances Cast Doubt on Trump’s Double-Down Policy

AFP

By Thomas WATKINS | – Washington (AFP) – A year since President Donald Trump unveiled his strategy for Afghanistan, a fresh wave of violence and bloodshed has assailed the war-torn nation and overshadowed some small glimmers of progress. Each successful attack represents a massive setback not just for the Afghanistan government, which is pushing for […]