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‘Afghanistan is a geostrategic and economic prize that the West will not want to relinquish anytime soon. In an interview at the end of 2015, the former chief of staff to Colin Powell and retired US Army Colonel, Lawrence Wilkerson [pictured left], outlined the realistic timescale he believes the US will be involved in Afghanistan, […]

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‘British armed forces face a criminal investigation over 166 cases of alleged unlawful killing and maltreatment during Britain’s military campaign in Afghanistan, it has emerged. Hundreds of British soldiers face investigation over cases of alleged murder and abuse, in a series of legal challenges waged by two leading human rights law firms. The alleged abuses […]

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‘Known as ISIL-K, the Afghanistan group claiming to be a branch of Islamic State can now legally be targeted by US troops, thanks to White House authorization. Military officials welcomed the move as a “significant step.” The new authorization came Wednesday after Defense Secretary Ash Carter asked for it last month. A military official referred […]

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‘British generals were “arrogant, needy and slow” to act during the “messy” 10-year occupation of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan that cost hundreds of British lives, according to an internal report. Acquired by the Times newspaper following a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to the Ministry of Defence, the Operation Herrick Campaign Study blasts senior […]

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‘The United States has spent nearly half a billion dollars and five years developing Afghanistan’s oil, gas and minerals industries — and has little to show for it, a government watchdog reported today. The project’s failings are the result of poorly planned programs, inadequate infrastructure and a challenging partnership with the Afghan government, the Special […]

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‘The United States is spending billions of dollars on Afghanistan’s “ghost soldiers,” who exist only on paper, a report says. One reason the Afghan National Army is struggling against Taliban is because nearly 40 percent of its force is constituted on “ghost soldiers,” The Associated Press reported. “At checkpoints where 20 soldiers should be present, […]

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‘The tactics used by the U.S. government extended far beyond traditional warfare and entered the realm of psychological warfare. From the Cold War period until very recently, the U.S. government spent millions of dollars supplying Afghan schoolchildren with propagandized textbooks that had violent images and militant jihadi teachings. The motive behind this propaganda was to […]

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‘An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale has jolted northeastern Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan. The seismic activity, which happened at 11:14 p.m. local time (1914 GMT) late on Friday, occurred at the depth of 203 kilometers (126.5 miles) and was centered 82 kilometers (51 miles) southeast of Feyzabad, the capital city of Afghanistan’s […]

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‘Afghan opium is being processed into high-grade heroin in clandestine Turkish drug labs for distribution in Europe and Russia, Russia’s anti-drug chief has revealed. The trafficking route was exposed after a joint Russian-Afghan anti-drug operation. “The cargo traveled through Badakhshan-Doshi-Bamiyan-Herat, then further through Iran and into Turkey, where the opium was processed in well-equipped laboratories…into […]

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‘The US military has confirmed that those six soldiers killed in an attack on NATO forces near an airbase in Bagram, Afghanistan were American troops. During the attack, which was conducted by a bomber at about 1:30 p.m. local time Monday, two other American soldiers and an American contractor were also injured. “We’re deeply saddened […]

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