Afghanistan
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Afghanistan news Links 19-20 August 2021
20 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 Dumbest headline of the Year Award goes to the New York Times for this: Afghanistan: Watching It All Fall Apart By Douglas Schorzman Yeah, us, too.… Continue reading
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Afghanistan 20/20: The 20-Year War in 20 Documents
Washington, D.C., August 19, 2021 – The U.S. government under four presidents misled the American people for nearly two decades about progress in Afghanistan, while hiding the inconvenient facts about ongoing failures inside confidential channels, according to declassified documents published today by the National Security Archive. Continue reading
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Afghanistan News Links 18-19 August 2021
19 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 HTS Congratulates Taliban, While Ankara And The Kurds Continue Their Fight https://southfront.org/hts-congratulate-taliban-while-ankara-and-the-kurds-continue-their-fight/ As Kabul Is Retaken, Papers Look Back in Erasure https://fair.org/home/as-kabul-is-retaken-papers-look-back-in-erasure/ Continue reading
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Afghanistan’s “Color Revolution”: Who Is Ali Ahmad Jalali?
What is abundantly clear is that the U.S. has not been thrown out of Afghanistan. Quite the opposite. A so-called interim Afghan government is to be headed by Prof. Ali Ahmad Jalali, who just so happens to be a US citizen. “Regime Change” in Afghanistan? Troop withdrawals coupled with a US sponsored color revolution? Continue reading
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How Russia-China are stage-managing the Taliban
18 August 2021 — The Saker By Pepe Escobar: The Saker Blog and cross-posted at the Unz Review. The first Taliban press conference after this weekend’s Saigon moment geopolitical earthquake, conducted by spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, was in itself a game-changer. The contrast could not be starker with those rambling pressers at the Taliban embassy in… Continue reading
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The Return of the Taliban 20 Years Later
18 August 2021 — Consortium News Washington spent more than $2 trillion on a war that it knew could not be won, writes Vijay Prashad. Continue reading
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Afghanistan News Links 17-18 August 2021
18 August 2021 • 20:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back How Russia-China are stage-managing the Taliban Taliban 2.0: Claims Of Rights For Women, Free Media, No Terrorism https://southfront.org/rights-for-women/ Video: Afghans Desperate to Escape as the Reality… Continue reading
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Reflections on Events in Afghanistan — 3
There is immense curiosity about the Taliban’s first moves following the dramatic return to Kabul after two decades. The big question on everyone’s mind is whether the Taliban has ‘changed’ since the 1990s. Opinions vary. But, so far at least, there are no signs of a return of repressive authoritarian rule. Continue reading
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Afghanistan News Links 16-17 August 2021
17 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 Afghan VP Saleh Declares Presidency, Organizes Resistance https://southfront.org/afghan-vp-saleh-declares-presidency-organizes-resistance/ WATCH: Afghan man records video sitting atop FAIRING of US military plane taxiing at Kabul airport https://www.rt.com/news/532336-kabul-airport-video-afghanistan-plane/ Continue reading
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Reflections on the Events in Afghanistan – 2
The explosion of life is unstoppable. The first buds are edging their roots from the dirt no sooner than Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul on Sunday, without telling anyone, carrying a massive loot of ill-begotten wealth stolen from his people. And the green shoots of political recovery are appearing. Continue reading
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Afghanistan News Links 15-16 August 2021
16 August 2021 • 22:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Making a “No Shit” Headline Permanent…For a While. https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2021/08/making-no-shit-headline-permanentfor.html Rapid Taliban Takeover Shows How Little US Understood Afghanistan https://popularresistance.org/rapid-taliban-takeover-shows-how-little-us-understood-afghanistan/ Continue reading
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Reflections on Events in Afghanistan
Social media reported that at the Kabul residence of the Afghan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib who post-haste fled to Tajikistan on Saturday with President Ashraf Ghani, three Toyota Landcruiser SUVs were found stacked with American dollar bills. Continue reading
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Book: Revolutionary Afghanistan
15 August 2021 — The New Dark Age [I got sent a link to this PDF, of a book written I think in 1981 and it’s well worth reading to give some context to current events. WB] The idea for this book arose from a visit to Kabul in March 1979 when it became immediately obvious… Continue reading
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Afghanistan News Links 14-15 August 2021
15 August 2021 • 21:45 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Taliban Officials Interviewed At Afghan Presidential Palace Following Reports Of Explosions In Kabul (Videos, Photos) https://southfront.org/taliban-officials-interviewed-at-afghan-presidential-palace-following-reports-of-explosions-in-kabul-videos-photos/ Afghanistan’s Ghani claims he resigned to prevent Taliban slaughter in… Continue reading
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Afghanistan – Taliban Enter Kabul – Will Announce Interim Government
15 August 2021 — Moon of Alabama All cities are now in Taliban hands as are all border crossings. President Ashraf Ghani has resigned. Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World Paperback – 6 Oct. 2009 English edition by Ashraf Ghani bigger A new interim government will be announced as soon as… Continue reading
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Afghanistan – Taliban Make New Peace Offer And Other Bits
More from Afghanistan where history now happens at a speed seldom seen before. Continue reading
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Afghanistan News Links 13-14 August 2021
14 August 2021 • 17:00 — 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 Fighters Seized More Helicopters, Flew At Least Two (Videos) https://southfront.org/taliban-fighters-seized-more-helicopters-flew-at-least-two-videos/ Taliban Fighters Reach Kabul Doorstep After Capturing Logar Capital (Videos) https://southfront.org/taliban-fighters-reach-kabul-doorstep-after-capturing-logar-capital-videos/ Continue reading
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Afghanistan – Is this the end?
13 August 2021 — Moon of Alabama This was fast. The Taliban have as of now 18 of 34 provinc[ial] capitals under the[ir] control. August 6 – Zaranji (Nimruz) August 7 – Sheberghan (Jowzjan) August 8 – Kunduz (Kunduz) August 8 – Sar-e Pol (Sar-e Pol) August 8 – Talquan (Takhar) August 9 – Aybak… Continue reading
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Afghanistan News Links 12-13 August 2021
13 August 2021 • 23:40 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Selected Articles: What Is the Future of Afghanistan? https://www.globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-future-afghanistan/5752947 “It’s Not So Bad In Afghanistan”: Hypocritical Europe Not To Allow New Refugees https://southfront.org/its-not-so-bad-in-afghanistan-hypocritical-europe-not-to-allow-new-refugees/ Continue reading
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