Afghanistan
Afghanistan: US, NATO, Karzai regime investigate Azizabad massacre
By Harvey Thompson, September 29, 2008
The United States, NATO, and the Karzai regime in Kabul have announced a joint investigation into the most recent coalition air strike massacre of Afghan civilians.
The LCR covers for “left” supporters of French imperialism in Afghanistan
Support from the LCR
By Francois Dubois and Peter Schwarz, September 24, 2008
On September 20, demonstrations were held in 10 different French cities demanding the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan. Protests against the war in Afghanistan were also held in a number of ...
Germany’s war in Afghanistan
By Ludwig Weller, September 24, 2008
The official explanation that the 3,500 German soldiers stationed in Afghanistan are only “construction workers in uniform” is no longer tenable. The events in which they are embroiled are...
Amid rising casualties, Australian establishment debates a wider engagement in Afghanistan
By James Cogan, September 10, 2008
The wounding on September 2 of nine Australian special forces troops by Afghan insurgents loyal to the former Taliban regime has led to a renewed focus in the political and media establishment on Aust...
Controversy continues over French soldiers’ deaths in Afghanistan
By Olivier Laurent, September 8, 2008
Further information has emerged about the August 18 ambush that killed 10 French soldiers in Afghanistan and wounded 23 more in the valley of Uzbeen.
Afghan president blames “the West” for Islamic extremism
US policy and Al Qaeda terrorism
By James Cogan, September 8, 2008
The propaganda used to justify the US-led occupation in Afghanistan typically leaves out any explanation of the origins of tendencies such as Al Qaeda, the Taliban movement and other Islamist groups r...
A bloody month in Afghanistan
By James Cogan, September 2, 2008
The August death toll of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan reached 45 on Sunday—the equal highest monthly total of the near seven-year war. A Romanian soldier providing protection to a supply co...
Pentagon denies responsibility for US massacre of Afghan villagers
By Tom Eley, September 1, 2008
As anger mounts in Afghanistan over the August 22 US bombing of a village that killed ninety civilians, the great majority women and children, the Pentagon continues to claim a much smaller death toll...
US air strike massacres civilians in western Afghanistan
By James Cogan, August 26, 2008
In one of the worst atrocities of the US-led occupation of Afghanistan, as many as 90 civilians were massacred by an American air strike last Friday in the western province of Herat. At least 60 of th...
French troops killed in Afghanistan: another sign of an escalating war
By Peter Symonds, August 21, 2008
The death of 10 French soldiers in an ambush in Afghanistan on Monday has again underscored the resurgence of armed resistance against the US-led occupation and reignited debate in France over its inv...
Aid agencies issue warning on Afghanistan as US and Britain prepare to escalate military action
By Harvey Thompson, August 6, 2008
In a statement issued August 1, the Agency Co-ordinating Body for Afghan Relief (Acbar) expressed its “grave concern about the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan and the serious imp...
Top US general hints at refocused “war on terror” in Afghanistan
By James Cogan, July 29, 2008
Since 2001, the Bush administration has used a purported threat of terrorism to justify the predatory invasions and occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq and the establishment of US control over the res...
