Afghanistan
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.
Another costly week in Afghanistan
By James Cogan, October 13, 2009
The 100,000-strong US and NATO occupation force in Afghanistan is continuing to suffer casualties at an unprecedented rate.
Obama rules out troop drawdown in Afghanistan
By Patrick Martin, October 8, 2009
President Barack Obama will not consider any reduction in the US military commitment in Afghanistan, White House and congressional officials declared after a three-hour meeting at the White House on T...
Eight years after invasion
Washington faces deepening debacle in Afghanistan
By Bill Van Auken, October 7, 2009
Eight years after the US invasion of Afghanistan, the Obama White House sand the Pentagon are engaged in a heated debate over whether to send another 40,000 troops in an attempt to salvage an interven...
The Australian Labor Party and the war in Afghanistan
By Socialist Equality Party (Australia), October 7, 2009
Since its election in November 2007, the Rudd Labor government has escalated Australian military involvement in the Afghan conflict. Just as Afghanistan is now referred to as Obama’s war, so it has ...
Heavy US troop losses in insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan
By Barry Grey, October 5, 2009
The United States military suffered its worst single-engagement losses in more than a year on Saturday, when several hundred insurgents attacked a remote outpost in northeastern Afghanistan, killing e...
US faces worsening military situation in Afghanistan
By James Cogan, October 3, 2009
The anti-occupation insurgency has spread from the southern provinces that border Pakistan to the capital Kabul and northern provinces.
UN official fired over criticisms of Afghan election fraud
By Joe Kishore, October 2, 2009
Peter Galbraith, the second-ranking official in the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA), and the agency’s top-ranking US official, was dismissed over his criticisms of the Augus...
