por Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, 16 sep (IPS) – El creciente escepticismo entre los legisladores del gobernante Partido Demócrata de Estados Unidos sobre la guerra en Afganistán sin duda es uno de los más difíciles desafíos políticos del presidente Barack Obama en su primer año en el cargo. Mientras los militares presionan por un significativo aumento en el [...]

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Afghans say foreign forces are as dangerous as Taliban by Jon Boone in Lashkar Gah September 7, 2009 The stooped and withdrawn 18-year-old breathed painfully as he relived the day last month when shrapnel from a missile ripped through his lung and bowels.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 [...]

por Tariq Alí 21 de agosto, 2009 Dado que la democracia se encuentra exhausta en sus ciudadelas de Norte América y de Europa occidental, ¿qué debemos esperar de Afganistán? Estamos solo ante una imitación, ante una elaboración ideológica que deberemos definir justamente como “democratismo”, el rostro aceptable de un poder autoritario. Lo hemos visto ya en acción [...]

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 [...]

by Ian Sinclair August 18, 2009 On May 4 the US bombed the village of Granai in Farah province, Afghanistan, killing 140 civilians according to the Afghanistan government, including approximately 90 children. It was the single largest loss of life caused by US/NATO forces since the 2001 invasion.

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 [...]

english (original) version below El problema con la Responsabilidad de Proteger por Jean Bricmont 28 de julio, 2009 El 23 de julio, un debate sobre la Responsabilidad de Proteger tuvo lugar ante la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas. La Responsabilidad de Proteger (RdP) es un concepto adoptado por los líderes del mundo en 2005, que hace a los [...]