by Abdul Malik Mujahid May 24, 2009 During the last thirty years of wars in Afghanistan, Afghan civilians have had one safe place to escape to: Pakistan. They fled the Soviet invasion. They fled civil wars. They fled US bombing. Pakistan took care of millions of these Afghan refugees. Now that safe haven with its lush green valleys is [...]

General Tapped by Obama to Lead Afghanistan War Testifies Tuesday By Spencer Ackerman June 1, 2009 A former military interrogator who contributed to the manhunt for a senior Iraqi terrorist has urged the Senate Armed Services Committee staff to press Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the Obama administration’s nominee to lead U.S. troops in the Afghanistan war, on what [...]

By Norman Solomon May 21, 2009 To understand what’s up with President Obama as he escalates the war in Afghanistan, there may be no better place to look than a book published 25 years ago. “The March of Folly,” by historian Barbara Tuchman, is a chilling assessment of how very smart people in power can do very [...]

Contractors in fatal shooting say they’re scapegoats From Mike Mount May 27, 2009 WASHINGTON (CNN) — Two U.S. security contractors involved in the shooting death of an Afghan civilian said they were pressured to say they had been drinking in order to protect the company’s contract.

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By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III May 15, 2009 Under the pretext of responding to the September 11, 2001, attacks in America, the United States and Great Britain invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001. They dubbed this invasion Operation Enduring Freedom. President Bush 41 told the American people that the US strikes were, “… designed to disrupt the [...]

By DEXTER FILKINS May 20, 2009 KABUL, Afghanistan — Leaders of the Taliban and other armed groups battling the Afghan government are talking to intermediaries about a potential peace agreement, with initial demands focused on a timetable for a withdrawal of American troops, according to Afghan leaders here and in Pakistan.

A continuación presentamos testimonios diferentes de dos soldados que pelearon en las guerras contra Irak y Afganistán . Ellos recuentan sus experiencias, al igual que sus reflexiones durante y después de los hechos, llevándoles a preguntar, ” ¿por qué lo hice, por qué fui a esa guerra?”

By Nathan Hodge May 11, 2009 While American and Afghan leaders engage in a bit of kabuki theater over whether U.S. airstrikes will continue (hint: yes), there are fresh accusations over the types of weapons the American military is using. Once again, U.S. forces’ incendiary white phosphorus rounds are scorching civilians, human rights groups charge.

US soldiers have been encouraged to spread the message of their Christian faith among Afghanistan’s predominantly Muslim population, video footage obtained by Al Jazeera appears to show.