Afghanistan
A war of colonial conquest in Afghanistan
By James Cogan, July 10, 2009
It is remarkable that even as the Obama administration has escalated the war, it has virtually dropped the original pretext that was used to justify it. What ever happened to Osama bin Laden?
Letters on Iran, Afghanistan and the “left”
July 9, 2009
A selection or recent letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site on Iran, Afghanistan, and the “left.”
Afghan deaths, troop casualties soar in first days of new US offensive
By James Cogan, July 7, 2009
The first days of the offensive by US marines into the southern province of Helmand make clear it will result in a massive escalation in violence against the Afghan people.
German military to engage more offensively in Afghanistan
By Marius Heuser, July 6, 2009
Over a half century after the Second World War, the German government is systematically working to condition the population to the role of the German army as a force for aggression.
Obama sends marines to suppress population of southern Afghanistan
By James Cogan, July 4, 2009
The Obama administration has ordered the marines into a brutal and potentially bloody offensive in the southern province of Helmand.
Corrupt election campaign unfolds in US-occupied Afghanistan
By James Cogan, July 2, 2009
Amid the chorus of denunciations in US and European ruling circles over the alleged theft of the Iranian elections, the Obama administration and its NATO allies are presiding over an election campaign...
New US commander in Afghanistan assembles team of assassins
By Bill Van Auken, June 12, 2009
Confirmed Wednesday as Obama’s new commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal has been given extraordinary powers to assemble his own staff and is drawing heavily from a super-secret assas...
US reinforcements in place in southern Afghanistan
By James Cogan, June 11, 2009
The Obama administration’s “surge” in Afghanistan is taking shape, with 10,000 marines completing the commencement of their deployment to the volatile province of Helmand over the next several w...
US proxy war continues in north-west Pakistan
By James Cogan, June 5, 2009
As part of completing the transformation of Afghanistan into a US client-state, Obama is demanding that the Pakistani government suppress the local Islamist movements that lend support to the Afghan r...
Democrats back US militarism
Senate approves $91 billion for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
By Patrick Martin, May 25, 2009
By a margin of 86-3, the US Senate voted Thursday to approve a $91.3 billion supplemental funding bill to finance the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through September 30. The bill brings the total expen...
US military denies atrocity in Afghanistan’s Farah province
By David Walsh, May 21, 2009
On Wednesday the American military released the findings of its interim investigation into the mass killing of civilians in Afghanistan’s Farah province May 4. It was a whitewash.
Killing of Afghan civilians covered-up by Australian military
By James Cogan, May 19, 2009
Information has surfaced this month that the Australian military has covered up the role of Special Air Service personnel in the killing and wounding of civilians in Afghanistan.
