by BBC News September 10, 2009 The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he is gathering information about possible war crimes in Afghanistan. Luis Moreno-Ocampo says that he will be examining claims relating to both Nato soldiers and Taliban insurgents. He said the court had received allegations from many sources, relating to attacks and collateral damage.

Some Afghans say foreign forces are as dangerous as Taliban by Jon Boone in Lashkar Gah September 7, 2009 The stooped and withdrawn 18-year-old breathed painfully as he relived the day last month when shrapnel from a missile ripped through his lung and bowels. It was 9am and he was out collecting fruit from his family’s trees in a [...]

by Gareth Porter WASHINGTON, Sep 3 (IPS) – In support of the official U.S. assertion that Iran is arming its sworn enemy, the Taliban, the head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Dennis Blair, has cited a statement by a Taliban commander last year attributing military success against NATO forces to Iranian [...]

by Douglas Birch September 4, 2009 KABUL – A NATO jet blasted two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, setting off a huge fireball Friday that killed up to 90 people, Afghan officials said. The NATO command said a “large number of insurgents” were killed or injured in the pre-dawn attack near the village of [...]

Nunca antes han servido soldados de tantos países en el mismo teatro de operaciones por Rick Rozoff 9 de agosto, 2009 Dos meses después del octavo aniversario de la invasión de Afganistán por EE.UU. y del comienzo de la primera guerra terrestre en la historia de la OTAN, el mundo presencia un interminable conflicto armado del Siglo XXI [...]

by Sonali Kolhatkar July 17, 2009 Editor’s Note (from New America Media): Just two weeks into July, the month is already the deadliest for NATO troops in Afghanistan. The high casualty count is at least partially the result of Operation Khanjar, the largest U.S. Marine Corps ground offensive in years. But NAM contributor Sonali Kolhatkar writes that [...]

by Dahr Jamail July 14, 2009 US Army Specialist Victor Agosto served a 13-month deployment in Iraq with the 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion. “What I did there, I know I contributed to death and human suffering,” Agosto told Truthout from Fort Hood, in Killeen, Texas, in May, “It’s hard to quantify how much I caused, but I [...]