Afghanistan
The US, Pakistan and the “terrorist” Hamid Gul
December 10, 2008
Washington’s targetting of Gul raises an inconvenient fact: that the nexus between the Pakistani military establishment and Islamist militias has its roots in the CIA-backed jihad in the 1980s again...
Australian SAS units function as death squads in Afghanistan
By James Cogan, December 10, 2008
Australian special forces are being used as little more than death squads in the US-led occupation of Afghanistan.
Insurgent attacks on NATO trucks highlight US military crisis in Afghanistan
By Barry Grey, December 9, 2008
A series of attacks on US and NATO military equipment depots in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar have underscored the increasingly dire security situation facing American and allied forces ...
Afghanistan: A rise in civilian deaths and foreign troop fatalities
By Harvey Thompson, December 6, 2008
Conservative estimates put the numbers of Afghans killed in violence related to the occupation in 2008 at around 4,000. Over 1,000 service personnel have now been killed in Afghanistan, the majority b...
Pakistani military launches new offensive in border areas
By James Cogan, November 17, 2008
A Pakistani military offensive against Islamist militants is now being extended into the tribal agency of Mohmand.
Another US massacre in Afghanistan
By James Cogan, November 8, 2008
An Afghan government investigation into US air strikes carried out on Monday in the province of Kandahar has found that at least 37 civilians taking part in a wedding celebration were massacred. Anoth...
Advocate of Afghan “troop surge” selected as head of British Army
By Harvey Thompson, October 30, 2008
Gen. Sir David Richards, recent commander of the NATO’s ISAF in Afghanistan, has been appointed the new head of the British Army.
More recriminations over US/NATO quagmire in Afghanistan
By James Cogan, October 24, 2008
An increasing number of commentators describe the occupation of Afghanistan as a failure.
Afghanistan: Growing talk of a political deal with the Taliban
By James Cogan, October 15, 2008
Seven years after the invasion of Afghanistan, the discussion in US political and military circles is increasingly focusing on some form of political settlement with insurgent organisations, including...
US intelligence, military deliver dire estimates of Afghanistan war
By Bill Van Auken, October 11, 2008
Seven years after the Bush administration launched “Operation Enduring Freedom,” US intelligence agencies have concluded that the situation in the devastated country is on “a downwar...
Continuing US air strikes in Pakistan’s tribal agencies
By James Cogan, October 9, 2008
US aircraft are attacking alleged militant targets inside Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Agencies (FATA) at a growing rate.
British diplomat paints bleak view of Afghan war
By James Cogan, October 6, 2008
With insurgent activity rising and casualties at an all-time high, the representatives of the US and NATO occupation of Afghanistan are growing increasingly pessimistic about the prospect of establish...
