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Out of Afghanistan: Joe Biden and the future of America’s foreign policy
By Andrew Mumford | – As the last US forces leave Afghanistan, President Joe Biden’s decision to press ahead with the American withdrawal has prompted […]
What a truly Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan would Look Like
By Eli S. McCarthy | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – As we reflect on what has transpired in Afghanistan with the Taliban returning to […]
So Long, Afghanistan War: Top 6 Things we Won’t miss about our Longest Military Engagement
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tom Bowman and Audie Cornish at NPR report that all U.S. troops are out of Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war. […]
The Republican Party’s flirtation with Fascism is becoming a Marriage
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – Republicans love to hijack democratic and progressive concepts, such as “free speech,” and apply them in a hyperbolic […]
Afghanistan should be Last U.S. War of Empire, Corruption and Poverty
( Code Pink) – Americans have been shocked by videos of thousands of Afghans risking their lives to flee the Taliban’s return to power in […]
The Taliban reportedly have control of US biometric devices – a lesson in life-and-death consequences of data privacy
By Margaret Hu | In the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul and the ouster of the Afghan national government, alarming reports indicate that […]
Ida: The Climate Emergency and Fossil Fuels, not Afghan terrorists, just Knocked out Power to America’s 4th-Largest Port
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The two big stories on Sunday, of the continued evacuation effort at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, and […]
The same MAGA mob Who supported Insurrection are Smearing pro-American Afghan Refugees as Dangerous
Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – Stoking fear of Afghan refugees, Stephen Miller — architect of Trump’s ethno-nationalist agenda — used the Afghanistan withdrawal and […]
Afghanistan: Who’s Who in the Taliban’s ‘inclusive’ new Administration
By Amalendu Misra | – ( The Conversation) – As western powers frantically scramble to evacuate their citizens and the Afghan nationals who worked for […]