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  • Reflection on events in Afghanistan-31

    2 November 2021 — Indian Punchline by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR The 3rd Moscow Format meeting on Afghan settlement attended by Taliban and ten regional states, Moscow, Oct 20, 2021 31. India plays Russian card The chances were slim that the Pakistani National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf would accept the invitation from his counterpart Ajit Doval Continue reading

  • Afghanistan News Links 16-28 October 2021

    28 October 2021 — The New Dark Age Reflections On Events In Afghanistan (XXX) https://orientalreview.org/2021/10/27/reflections-on-events-in-afghanistan-xxx/ Becoming Estonians. https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2021/10/becoming-estonians.html Continue reading

  • Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-29

    Taliban government’s deputy prime minister Abdul Salam Hanafi (C) and Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi (R) arrive in Moscow to attend international talks on Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2021 29. Taliban is the winner at Moscow conference The Moscow meeting of ten regional states and the Taliban officials on Wednesday has produced an outcome that by… Continue reading

  • Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-30

    All indications are that the regional states are preparing to accord recognition to the Taliban government. The meeting of regional states and Taliban officials in the so-called Moscow Format last Wednesday signalled that the Taliban government is a compelling reality and constructive engagement is needed. read more Continue reading

  • Airstrike was a “tragic mistake”: Gen. Frank McKenzie (US Central Command)

    Airstrike was a “tragic mistake”: Gen. Frank McKenzie (US Central Command) Posted on October 21, 2021 by admin Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said in a statement late Friday that the United States will make “condolence payments” to families of Afghan civilians killed by mistake in U.S. drone strike on August 29. File photo courtesy the U.S.… Continue reading

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  • Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-27

    Moscow has categorically stated that it will not accept a US military presence in the Central Asian region. This reiteration has come at the level of Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov who told Tass that Afghanistan had been discussed at a meeting with Victoria Nuland, the visiting US Undersecretary of State in Moscow on… Continue reading

  • Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-26

    The US state department admitted belatedly late last night that the first face-to-face meeting between American officials and the Taliban since the regime change in Kabul would take place in the weekend at Doha.  Continue reading

  • Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-25

    The Taliban is getting many suitors lately. It is far from the “pariah” that the Biden Administration thought it was destined to be. During the past month alone, the Taliban received six suitors from the region and beyond offering courtship — the foreign minister of Qatar; the special envoys of Russia, China and Pakistan; the… Continue reading

  • The U.S. Wants Back Into Afghanistan

    9 October 2021 — Moon of Alabama Just six weeks after leaving Afghanistan the U.S. wants to get back in: A U.S. delegation will meet with senior Taliban representatives in Doha on Saturday and Sunday in their first face-to-face meeting at a senior level since Washington pulled its troops from Afghanistan and the hardline group took Continue reading

  • Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-24

    While India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is doing a masterly job to canvass support for the Biden Administration’s project to delay any constructive engagement with the Taliban Government in Kabul by the international community until Washington gets its act together, on a parallel track, the Anglo-American axis has been working systematically to re-engage the… Continue reading

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  • Afghanistan News Links 4-5 October 2021

    5 October 2021 • 15:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Taliban open Salt Pit ‘Dark Prison’ for visits https://www.voltairenet.org/article214305.html Taliban arrests 11 ISIS members in Kabul after explosion outside mosque https://www.rt.com/news/536653-taliban-arrests-isis-members/ Continue reading

  • Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-23

    When Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman lands in Tashkent tomorrow, she will be practically carving on a tiny piece of ivory. This is not to blame Sherman who is arguably a strategic asset for the Biden Administration as she brings into the foreign policy team in Washington a high-level of diplomatic skill that virtually… Continue reading

  • Afghanistan News Links 2-3 October 2021

    3 October 2021 • 16:00 — The New Dark Age The Legacy Of Corporate Democrats https://popularresistance.org/the-legacy-of-corporate-democrats/ Imperialism’s crimes, described by their remorseless perpetrators https://seeyouin2020.blogspot.com/2021/10/imperialisms-crimes-described-by-their.html Continue reading

  • Afghanistan News Links 30 September – 1 October 2021

    1 October 2021 • 21:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Afghanistan Highlights Link Between Religious Soft Power And Gulf Security https://southfront.org/afghanistan-highlights-link-between-religious-soft-power-and-gulf-security/ Lt. Col. Scheller Jailed for Demanding Accountability from Biden and Milley’s Machiavellian Afghanistan Withdrawal https://ghionjournal.com/commonality-of-pains-my-connection-to-us-marine-stuart-scheller/ Continue reading

  • Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-22

    Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has written yet another opinion piece in the Washington Post, sensing a turning point lies ahead with the Biden Administration assembling a sustainable, durable policy toward Afghanistan taking into account the new reality of the Taliban government.  Continue reading

  • Afghanistan News Links 29-30 September 2021

    30 September 2021 • 15:00 — The New Dark Age The Empire Does Not Forgive The Military Industrial Media Complex: How the Pentagon Leaned on Hollywood to Sell the War in Afghanistan https://www.globalresearch.ca/how-pentagon-leaned-hollywood-sell-war-afghanistan/5757220 Afghanistan’s Impoverished People Live Amid Enormous Riches https://countercurrents.org/2021/09/afghanistans-impoverished-people-live-amid-enormous-riches/ On Afghanistan and Legitimate Resistance https://countercurrents.org/2021/09/on-afghanistan-and-legitimate-resistance/ 60 Hours After Publishing A Fake News Report Continue reading

  • 60 Hours After Publishing A Fake News Report On Afghanistan The New York Times Still Spreads The Story

    On Tuesday I provided that the New York Times and CNN were spreading fake news about Taliban policy in Afghanistan by quoting a hoax tweet from an imposter’s Twitter account. Forty-eight hours later both stories are still uncorrected despite the fact that many have have pointed out the ‘error’ in them. Continue reading

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  • Afghanistan News Links 28-29 September 2021

    29 September 2021 • 21:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Saudi Arabia & Iran may re-establish relations after series of discrete meetings – reports https://www.rt.com/news/536186-iran-saudi-relations-talks/ Taliban Accuses US Of Violating Afghanistan’s Airspace With Drones https://southfront.org/taliban-accuses-us-of-violating-afghanistans-airspace-with-drones/ Continue reading

  • To Disparage Taliban NYT, CNN Quote Hoax Twitter Account, Create Fake Story

    28 September 2021 — Moon of Alabama Gareth Porter has described how Corporate media stirred global terror hysteria to push postwar hostility toward new Afghan govt: Following the Taliban’s victory over the U.S. military, U.S. corporate media has churned out a new narrative about the imminent threat of terrorism from Afghanistan that sets the stage for Continue reading

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  • Afghanistan News Links 27-28 September 2021

    28 September 2021 • 16:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Afghanistan: Where’s the Cash? https://www.globalresearch.ca/afghanistan-where-cash/5756988 Afghanistan and China, NATO, Russia https://countercurrents.org/2021/09/afghanistan-and-china-nato-russia/ Continue reading