31 August 2021 • 16:45 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Let’s Take The Profit Out Of Wars https://popularresistance.org/lets-take-the-profit-out-of-wars/ The Shadow of Afghanistan Affects the Taiwan Problem https://journal-neo.org/2021/08/31/the-shadow-of-afghanistan-affects-the-taiwan-problem/ Continue reading

30 August 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 Chris Hedges: The Empire Does Not Forgive https://www.mintpressnews.com/chris-hedges-afghanistan-empire-does-not-forgive/278346/ Did the US Support the Growth of ISIS-K in Afghanistan? https://www.mintpressnews.com/did-the-us-support-the-growth-of-isis-k-in-afghanistan/278339/ Viral Infographic Reveals the Shocking Amount of Continue reading

29 August 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 The Futility Of The Afghan War And “War On Terror” https://popularresistance.org/the-futility-of-the-afghan-war-and-war-on-terror/ Continue reading

28 August 2021 •  20:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Here comes China: Afghanistan, 7 Deadly Sins, Space, Common Prosperity Taliban Takeover Alarms The Gulf https://popularresistance.org/taliban-takeover-alarms-the-gulf/ Continue reading

28 August 2021 — The New Dark Age ‘Accountability to the People of Afghanistan Should Remain Our Focal Point’ https://fair.org/home/accountability-to-the-people-of-afghanistan-should-remain-our-focal-point/ Taliban orders Kabul residents to hand over weapons, ammo & ‘state property’ https://www.rt.com/news/533308-taliban-order-weapons-ammunition-handover/ ‘So Much of This War Has Got Almost Nothing to Do With the Afghans Themselves’ https://fair.org/home/so-much-of-this-war-has-got-almost-nothing-to-do-with-the-afghans-themselves/ Continue reading

This week will stand out as a pivotal moment in President Joe Biden’s presidency. It has been a humble moment yet bold and decisive, far-sighted but tactical, and focused on America’s self-interests. It underscores that the US’ capacity to force its will on other countries (or even non-state actors) has dramatically diminished. Continue reading

In 2010, I was in Washington and arranged to interview the mastermind of Afghanistan’s modern era of suffering, Zbigniew Brzezinski. I quoted to him his autobiography in which he admitted that his grand scheme for drawing the Soviets into Afghanistan had created “a few stirred up Muslims”. “Do you have any regrets?” I asked.“Regrets! Regrets!… Continue reading

The Taliban has warned that there will be consequences if the Biden Administration were to extend the timeline for its deployment at Kabul Airport beyond August 31. The G7 meeting that Britain has called for Tuesday regarding Afghanistan will take a call on the timeline.  Continue reading

23 August 2021 • 1 7:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back FIRE reported at Kabul airport amid frantic evacuation, VIDEOS show billowing smoke (update) https://www.rt.com/news/532831-fire-kabul-airport-afghanistan/ More than 500 tons of medical supplies unable to reach Afghanistan Continue reading

6. The untold secrets of Panjshir Valley Many Indian analysts are ecstatic that the Taliban’s goose is cooked, as Amrullah Saleh, deposed president Ashraf Ghani’s former deputy, is on the march to marshal an anti-Taliban resistance movement, a la the Northern Alliance of the late 1990s. The cold air of realism should have taught them… Continue reading

22 August 2021 • 21:00 — The New Dark Age Taliban Sends Hundreds Of Fighters To Impose Control Of Panjshir Valley Holdout (Videos) https://southfront.org/taliban-sends-hundreds-of-fighters-to-impose-control-of-panjshir-valley-holdout-videos/ Mujahideen v Taliban: Battle for strategic valley looms as anti-Taliban warlord & remnants of Afghan military refuse to surrender https://www.rt.com/news/532764-afghanistan-panjshir-northern-alliance/ Continue reading

21 August 2021 • 22:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back The Road from Kabul to Idlib. Afghanistan and the Role of Al Qaeda ‘IMPOSSIBLE’ to evacuate Afghan allies by end of August: EU foreign policy chief Continue reading

The Chinese commentaries vehemently reject the western claims of democratic transformation in Afghanistan. A conversation on Tuesday between the Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his American counterpart Antony Blinken (at the latter’s initiative) brought this out sharply. Continue reading