Afghanistan
US, NATO reach “consensus” to sanction rigged election in Afghanistan
By Jerry White, September 29, 2009
The US and NATO countries involved in the occupation of Afghanistan have signaled their willingness to recognize the re-election of Afghan President Hamid Karzai despite evidence of massive fraud in t...
UN: Record number of Afghan civilian deaths in 2009
By Tom Eley, September 28, 2009
The UN reported about 1,500 civilian deaths resulting from the war in Afghanistan during the first six months of the year, a record in the eight-year-old war.
Five more US soldiers killed in Afghanistan
By Tom Eley, September 26, 2009
Five more US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Thursday, as debate raged in Washington over the character of the next US “surge.”
US troops out of Afghanistan
By Bill Van Auken, September 24, 2009
With the US commander in Afghanistan set to deliver a request for tens of thousands more troops, all sides in the Obama administration’s so-called strategy debate are pushing for increased bloodlett...
Preliminary results in Afghan election show Karzai victory
Occupying powers debate moves against incumbent president
By Tom Eley, September 18, 2009
Final preliminary results from Afghanistan’s elections show Karzai winning 54.6 percent of the vote, amdist allegations of massive fraud.
Washington elaborates AfPak strategy amid calls for US troop buildup
By Bill Van Auken, September 17, 2009
A classified document submitted to a closed session of the Senate Armed Services Committee spells out a US war strategy that places special emphasis on Pakistan as US military commanders signal suppor...
Afghan presidential candidate demands “caretaker government”
By James Cogan, September 15, 2009
It is almost certain that no final result in the August 20 presidential election in Afghanistan will be announced on Thursday, as was scheduled.
Demands to curtail war reporting after raid to free New York Times journalist
By Julie Hyland, September 14, 2009
Controversy over the SAS-led operation to free a New York Times journalist held captive in Afghanistan is being used to make demands that will curtail any objective and honest reporting from the war z...
Fighting rages across Afghanistan as US military buildup continues
By Patrick Martin, September 14, 2009
Attacks by anti-occupation forces spread across Afghanistan over the weekend, with major armed clashes, bombings and other incidents in at least 10 provinces.
Massacre in Kunduz bares real nature of Afghanistan war
Statement by the Socialist Equality Party
September 9, 2009
The latest massacre of civilians in Afghanistan is not the result of “bad decisions”, an alleged “disregard of NATO rules” or an “unclear situation”. It is rather the inevitable result of ...
UN-backed panel denounces fraud in Afghan election
By Tom Eley, September 9, 2009
As official vote-counting indicated that President Hamid Karzai was nearing victory in Afghanistan’s recent elections, a UN-backed electoral commission issued an order for a large-scale recount.
Afghanistan: Further evidence of massive electoral fraud
By James Cogan, September 8, 2009
Amid further widespread evidence of fraud, the Afghan presidential election has become a political debacle for the US-led occupation.
