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‘At least five people, including a Spanish national, have been killed in an attack by Taliban militants on a diplomatic quarter in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The attack began with a huge car bomb during the rush hour in the heavily-protected area on Friday; the assailants subsequently laid siege to a “guesthouse,” and engaged in […]

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‘The Pentagon isn’t known for being frugal with its spending habits, and new reports have surfaced which show that US taxpayers footed the bill for nearly $150 million in luxury villa rentals and fine dining in Afghanistan. When Pentagon personnel travel abroad, they’re typically placed in government housing, perfectly livable accommodations which save taxpayers millions. […]

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‘A highly secretive CIA-trained paramilitary unit, known as the Khost Protection Force (KPF), operating in eastern Afghanistan, has been implicated in civilian killings, torture and resorting to excessive force under the guise of counterterrorism activities, a new report says. Paid, equipped, and directed by the US Intelligence Agency to allegedly fight against the Taliban and […]

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‘Doctors Without Borders is challenging the Pentagon over the findings of internal probes into the bombing of a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz on October 3, saying the military’s conclusions offer “more questions than answers” and that claims of “human error” simply don’t correspond to the available facts. The pair of investigations, which […]

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‘The United States says the deadly airstrike that recently destroyed an Afghan hospital in the northern city of Kunduz was the result of a “human error, compounded by process and equipment failures.” General John Francis Campbell, the US commander in Afghanistan, made the remarks at a press conference in the capital Kabul on Wednesday, further […]

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  ‘The International Criminal Court (ICC) says it has evidence indicating that US-led foreign forces in Afghanistan have subjected detainees to physical and psychological abuse. In an annual report on the court’s various preliminary investigations released on Thursday, the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor said the US-led troops had caused serious harm to Afghan prisoners […]

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‘The medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders released its internal report on Thursday about the October attack on its hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, and again cast doubt on the U.S. government’s insistence that the attack was not intentional. The report, which found that the U.S.-led attack killed at least 30 people, describes in brutal detail […]

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‘Doctors Without Borders, also known by its French acronym MSF, says it has not yet found any evidence that US fighter jets attacked one of its hospitals in Afghanistan’s embattled city of Kunduz by mistake, saying the raid seems to have had no purpose but to “kill and destroy.” Christopher Stokes, the general director of […]

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‘Calls for global support for a full inquiry into the U.S. bombing of a charity-run hospital in Afghanistan have gone ignored, according to the head of Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) which is mourning the loss of 30 lives in the attack. Joanne Liu, president of the charity also known as Doctors Without Borders, said the […]

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  ‘The US Defense Department spent $43 million of American taxpayers’ money to build a gas station in Afghanistan that should have cost roughly $500,000, according to a new government watchdog report. One of the most “troubling” issues is how the Pentagon was unable or unwilling to explain why the “ill-conceived” project was so expensive, […]

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The Associated Press provided new evidence Monday that the U.S. military knew that the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan was an active medical facility before they bombed it, bolstering the aid agency’s charge that the attack—which killed at least 30 people—amounted to a war crime. Read more: Evidence Mounts that US Military Knew […]

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‘WikiLeaks is at it again, this time releasing the contents of CIA Director John Brennan’s personal email account after it was allegedly hacked by a teenager. The documents address multiple issues, including torture, relations with Iran, and more. A group calling itself only “Crackas With Attitude” claimed responsibility for the hack, which it allegedly carried […]

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‘The U.S. media has failed to expose the civilian toll of recent wars by largely ignoring burn pits’ toxic effects on local people, a U.S. researcher argues in a new report, suggesting the burn pits are this generation’s Agent Orange. The coverage gap helps legitimize war and overlooks the undeniable humanitarian impacts, said Eric Bonds, […]

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”US military leaders have recommended that Washington should leave as many as 20,000 American troops in Afghanistan after 2016, says Senator John McCain. “Well, [the]first recommendation I’m told was 20,000,” the Arizona Republican said in an interview aired Monday night, according to The Hill. “I would have, I think, been comfortable with, say, 10,000 to […]

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‘US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has expressed support for President Barack Obama’s decision to keep thousands of American troops in Afghanistan. On Thursday, Obama announced plans to keep 9,800 US troops in Afghanistan through 2016 and 5,500 in 2017, reneging on his promise to end the war there and bring home most American forces […]

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