Afghanistan
Australian Labor “left” bestows medal on General Petraeus
By Laura Tiernan, November 6, 2009
The photograph published in yesterday’s press of John Faulkner, the Defence Minister in the Australian Labor government, draping an honorary Order of Australia around the neck of General David Petra...
Afghan election farce ends, escalation to begin
By Bill Van Auken, November 3, 2009
The protracted and fraudulent Afghan election process ended Monday with incumbent Hamid Karzai decreed the winner. The end of this farcical exercise has set the stage for Washington to escalate its ei...
Afghanistan election debacle deepens as Abdullah pulls out of runoff
By Bill Van Auken, November 2, 2009
The Obama administration’s crisis over its planned escalation of the war in Afghanistan deepened over the weekend with the decision by President Hamid Karzai’s challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, to pu...
Attack on UN in Kabul in lead-up to sham Afghan election
By Peter Symonds, October 29, 2009
An attack by Taliban fighters on a UN guesthouse in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has underscored the fragility of the US-led occupation in the lead-up to the second round of presidential elections on No...
October the bloodiest month for US troops since Afghan war began
By Bill Van Auken, October 28, 2009
The deaths of eight more soldiers in bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan Tuesday made October the bloodiest month for US occupation forces since the war began in 2001.
US casualties rise as Obama prepares Afghan escalation
By Bill Van Auken, October 27, 2009
Eleven US soldiers and three drug agents were killed in the space of 24 hours in Afghanistan as the Obama administration’s war cabinet prepared to meet Monday on escalating the war.
The runoff farce in Afghanistan
By Bill Van Auken, October 26, 2009
The crisis over the fraudulent election in Afghanistan, culminating in President Karzai’s acceptance of a runoff, has laid bare the colonial character of the US occupation and the puppet status of t...
Karzai bows to US pressure on Afghanistan runoff
By Patrick Martin, October 22, 2009
In an action that was as predictable—and as degrading—as a serf prostrating himself before his master, the president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, bowed to relentless pressure from the Obama admin...
US steps up pressure on Karzai over Afghan vote
By Bill Van Auken, October 20, 2009
The Obama administration and its European allies have stepped up pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to reach a political settlement in order to resolve the crisis over the fraudulent August 20 ...
Morale crumbling among US and British troops in Afghanistan
By James Cogan, October 17, 2009
Several reports from the frontlines of Afghanistan this month provide an insight into the growing demoralisation among US and British soldiers.
Afghan election crisis enters new stage
By James Cogan, October 15, 2009
Two months after voting took place, matters are coming to a head. A decision has to be made over the fate of Washington’s puppet government in Kabul.
Obama tops Bush in troop buildup
By Bill Van Auken, October 14, 2009
The report Tuesday that the combined troop deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan are now larger than under Bush marks a grim milestone in the Obama administration’s military escalation.
