Afghanistan

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Washington Post reports that when US Secretary of State “Benghazi Mike” Pompeo gave his breathless news conference last Thursday to finger Iran for the oil tanker explosions in the Gulf of Oman, he indicted Iran for another act of violence at the same time. Mary Papenfus at HuffPo notes […]

Afghanistan

How US “good guys” wiped out an Afghan family

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

By Jessica Purkiss and Mateen Arian This story was published in partnership with: The New York Times. ( The Bureau of Investigative Journalism) – It was 4am when Masih Ur-Rahman Mubarez’s wife Amina called, an unusually early time for their daily chat. When he picked up the phone, he could hear the panic in her […]

Afghanistan

Trump says ‘it’s time’ to end Afghan war – can he?

AFP

“Ultimately, we need to get to a Taliban-Afghanistan discussion”

Afghanistan

Trump & Taliban Close to Deal on US Withdrawal, but Risk of Free For All

AFP

Trump decided last month to pull half of the 14,000-strong force from Afghanistan

Afghanistan

When America loses the Forgotten Afghanistan War, will it Leave the US Broken?

Tom Engelhardt

Like the Red Army, the U.S. military will finally leave that country in defeat and will bring that defeat home with them.

Afghanistan

Trump Spews Incomprehensible Nonsense on Kurds, Syria, Afghanistan

Juan Cole

“A Commentary on the words that spewed from Trump’s mouth at his news conference during a cabinet meeting on January 2, 2019,” or, “A Ph.D. who has been teaching at a public Ivy since 1984 is forced to spend his time chasing the rabid ferrets running around in the head of a decrepit reality t.v. […]

Afghanistan

With Trump Ready to Leave Afghanistan, can Qatar Broker a Peace?

contributors

Qatar has helped the country with small-scale developmental and education projects

Afghanistan

What Trump Ousting of SecDef Mattis Means for Russia, Syria & Afghanistan

The Conversation

By Scott Lucas | – The last adult in the Trump White House playground has gone – and the president is throwing his toys around. James Mattis, as defence secretary, was one of three retired generals in the Trump administration whose hope was to contain an ill-informed, temperamental, and unpredictable president. Now they’re all gone: […]

Afghanistan

With US Troop Pull-Out, Afghans Fear Return to Taliban Era

Allison Jackson

President Ghani said last month nearly 30,000 Afghan security forces had been killed since the start of 2015