Afghanistan
New Zealand government redeploys elite SAS troops to Afghanistan
By John Braddock, August 12, 2009
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced on Monday that his government was redeploying elite Special Air Service (SAS) troops to the neo-colonial occupation of Afghanistan.
A corrupt election in Afghanistan
By James Cogan, August 10, 2009
It is widely acknowledged that the August 20 presidential election in Afghanistan will be characterised by vote-rigging and the bribing or intimidation of voters in the areas under US-NATO control.
The assassination of Baitullah Mehsud
By James Cogan, August 8, 2009
The American political establishment and the US media, along with Washington’s client government in Islamabad, are reveling in the reports that missiles launched from an unmanned US Predator drone o...
Mounting popular opposition to the war in Afghanistan
By Stefan Steinberg and Barry Grey, August 7, 2009
In the face of mounting popular opposition to the slaughter in Afghanistan, the US and European governments are stepping up their intervention and making clear that the neo-colonial occupation is open...
Civilian death toll soaring in Afghanistan
By James Cogan, August 3, 2009
A report issued late last month by the Human Rights Unit of the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) sheds light on the rising number of innocent Afghan men, women and children who...
Britain’s political elite and the Afghan war
By Chris Marsden, July 30, 2009
Recent opinion polls have confirmed the deep-seated and growing opposition to the Afghan war amongst the British public. But there is barely any expression of this to be found within official politica...
An Afghan voice against the US-led occupation
By James Cogan, July 25, 2009
“The occupation forces are supporting the enemies of my people and it is better that they leave.”
July casualties highest of Afghan war
By James Cogan, July 22, 2009
The number of US/NATO deaths in July has already reached 58—the highest monthly toll since the invasion in October 2001.
Afghan insurgents hold US soldier
By David Walsh, July 22, 2009
Within the wider tragedy of the brutal US occupation of Afghanistan, the fate of Private Bowe Bergdahl has its own tragic dimension.
Britain: Spike in casualties used to push for more troops in Afghanistan
By Julie Hyland, July 20, 2009
A concerted campaign is underway to manufacture popular support for stepped-up British participation in the US-led surge in Afghanistan.
US air strikes kill Afghan civilians
By Bill Van Auken, July 18, 2009
An attack by US warplanes left Afghan civilians dead and wounded, underscoring the grim human cost of the military escalation ordered by the Obama administration.
US commander in Afghanistan lobbies for more troops
By James Cogan, July 14, 2009
Less than six months after Barack Obama ordered 21,000 additional American soldiers to Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, the newly-appointed US commander, has launched a lobbying drive for more...
