War in Afghanistan
US continues to defend air strike on Pakistani military post
By Deepal Jayasekera, June 13, 2008
The US government and military have rebuffed Pakistani government protests over Tuesday night’s aerial bombardment of a Pakistani security checkpoint in the Mohmand region in the Federally Admin...
US offensive displaces thousands of civilians in Afghanistan
By James Cogan, June 3, 2008
A major US offensive targeting alleged Taliban guerillas around the city of Garmser in the southern province of Helmand has displaced over 4,000 families, according to the provincial governor Gulab Ma...
Rice and Miliband visit Afghanistan as US demands more European troops
By Harvey Thompson, February 9, 2008
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrived in Afghanistan February 7 on an unannounced visit aimed at publicizing the military support of the two main ...
Canada’s Conservative government threatens Afghan war election
By Keith Jones, February 9, 2008
Canada’s minority Conservative government tabled a motion in parliament Friday to extend the Canadian Armed Force’s combat mission in southern Afghanistan a further 34 months, i.e., until ...
Australia: Labor government to boost military spending
By James Cogan, December 13, 2007
In the course of the Australian federal election, Labor sought to capitalise on widespread opposition to the war in Iraq by promising to withdraw 550 Australian combat troops. In all its essentials, h...
Recapture of Afghan town highlights crisis of US, NATO occupation
By Peter Symonds, December 13, 2007
A major NATO operation in the southern Afghan province of Helmand finally succeeded on Monday in driving anti-occupation fighters out of the town of Musa Qala. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who...
US bombing kills 14 construction workers in Afghanistan
By Bill Van Auken, November 29, 2007
An air strike by US-led occupation forces in Afghanistan left at least 14 members of a road construction crew dead late Tuesday.
Congressional report puts cost of US wars at $1.6 trillion
By Bill Van Auken, November 14, 2007
The price tag for the wars being waged by the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan will hit nearly $1.6 trillion during the coming year, according to a report released Tuesday by the Democratic staff o...
The California wildfires and the American social crisis
By Patrick Martin, October 25, 2007
Once again, the world watches as a natural disaster in the United States threatens to become a social catastrophe. Once again, a million Americans are forced from their homes by a long-forecast calami...
Liberal and Labor parties responsible for death of Australian soldier in Afghanistan
By James Cogan, Socialist Equality Party candidate for Chifley, October 10, 2007
Trooper David Pearce, a 41-year-old soldier and father of two, died on Monday, the first Australian to be killed in combat in Afghanistan since 2002. Full responsibility for his death lies at the feet...
Germany: Greens to hold special party congress on Afghanistan
By Dietmar Henning, September 14, 2007
On September 15, the German Green Party will debate its attitude to next month’s parliamentary vote to extend the German Bundeswehr (Armed Forces) mission in Afghanistan.
Gen. Petraeus testifies before Congress
Democrats arrest protesters, praise US commander in Iraq
By Barry Grey, September 11, 2007
On the first of two days of congressional hearings on the Iraq war, Democratic congressmen lavished praise on Gen. David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, while professing their commitment to &l...
