afghanistan
Afghanistan has always held a central position on the grand chessboard of the middle east, and this is doubly true today – control of oil distribution (the puppet Karzai is a former UNOCAL executive), CIA drug income, and proximity to Iran all motivate the continued occupation of the nation that stymied Alexander and the British Empire. Back home, domestic media need only brandish the spectre of terrorism, Osama bin Laden, the Taliban (eg; loosely knit Afghan resistance) and just like magic, civilian drone strikes and torture are justified in the name of the ‘war on terror’. Meanwhile, the Afghan people suffer the charade of development and liberation.
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Archive (Most recent headlines first)
2010
U.S.: Afghan officials derail corruption cases | Bin Laden’s location still unknown: CIA boss | UN pulls foreign staff out of Afghanistan amid rising violence | US officials back away from July 2011 Afghan withdrawal deadline | Blackwater/Xe Awarded New Contract as More Afghan Civilians Said to Be Killed in an Airstrike | US May Unleash Microwave Weapon in Afghanistan | US officials back away from July 2011 Afghan withdrawal deadline | Blackwater/Xe Awarded New Contract as More Afghan Civilians Said to Be Killed in an Airstrike | US May Unleash Microwave Weapon in Afghanistan | Army Preps ‘Unblinking Eye’ High Altitude Airship for Afghanistan | WikiLeaks to release video of deadly US airstrike in Garani | Prepare for tough summer in Afghanistan, Canadian commander warns | Deal reached on detainee documents – but NDP pulls out | Surprise! That Story About Afghanistan’s $1 Trillion In Commodities Came Out Just Ahead Of Major Mining Auction | US Knowledge of Aghan Mineral Bonanza Confirmed in 2002, 2007 | Military wanted detainee whistle-blower pulled from Afghanistan | Lithium, gold, iron, copper: Massive mineral discovery in Afghanistan could alter the war | Moscow opens Central Asian supply route for Afghan mission, NATO believes tide turning in Kandahar | Canada’s Dhala Dam development project hobbled by connections to Karzai security firm | Tories worked hard to paint bloody Afghan war as peace mission: MEP documents | Karzai’s Afghan peace conference ends with agreement on Taliban amnesty | Afghan deployment past 2011 possible: MPs | US acknowledges mistaken attack on Afghan civilians | Afghan president’s half-brother denies corruption | Abuses at US ‘Black Jail’ in Afghanistan confirmed | MPs reach agreement to share Afghan detainee document information | Afghan torture documents release talks get extension | Afghan authorities beat citizens on ‘whim’: Military inquiry | Omar Khadr turned down plea deal | Speaker orders Harper government to cough up Afghan detainee documents | Khadr pretrial hearings begin | Taliban fighters lay down their guns to harvest opium poppies | NATO to begin handing control to Afghans | ‘Vast’ biometric database prompts troops to open fire on vehicle, 4 unarmed Afghans killed | Censors threaten detainee hearings | Afghan torture allegations erupt in UK | Canadian Afghan withdrawal could pass through Pakistan | Canadian forces covered up shooting of sleeping 17-yr old: Afghan translator | Canada knew in 2007 Kandahar governor tortured prisoners in dungeon, bombed UN personnel | U.S. officials say Pakistani spy agency released Afghan Taliban insurgents | Taliban support strong in Kandahar: poll | Military Police begin Afghan detainee torture investigative hearings, reporters barred | US special forces ‘tried to cover-up’ botched Khataba raid in Afghanistan | Controversial use of mercenary forces surges in Afghanistan | Afghan tension mounts as NATO offensive looms | Tories table thousands more censored Afghan files | Afghan parliament says no to Karzai bid for more control over election watchdog | MacKay knew of Afghan detainee concerns: diplomat | Full Afghan withdrawal ‘wrong,’ top Tory says | Tories flood Ottawa with blacked-out documents in response to Afghan torture scandal | U.S. to press for Canada to keep troops in Afghanistan | New policy shrouds number of Canada’s Afghan campaign injuries in secrecy | Opposition threatens contempt motion over Afghan torture documents | Defence Department official used private contractors for spy network in AfPak | Ottawa anticipated Afghan torture allegations: memo | CSIS secretly interrogated Afghan prisoners | Canada wanted Afghan prisoners tortured: lawyer | Harper grilled over prorogation, Afghan detainee torture documents | Russia blames Nato for heroin surge from Afghanistan | NATO prepares for major Kandahar offensive, refugee camps | Afghan ministers voice anger as civilians killed in Nato air strike | Hamid Karzai takes control of Afghanistan election watchdog | White House welcomes Afghan Taliban No. 2 capture | Five civilians killed in Nato rocket attack in Afghanistan | NATO’s novel battle tactic spawns opposite effects as 12 civilians killed | NATO, Afghan troops launch largest air assault of Afghan war | Blackwater accused of defrauding US government, billing for hooker under ‘morale’ | Marjah, Afghanistan: Countdown To A Battle | Omar Khadr’s rights were violated: Ruling sees top court clash with Tories | Military probes beating of Afghan prisoner | Afghanistan conference agrees on exit timetable, Taliban bailout | British and US troops to launch new Afghanistan offensive | General McChrystal indicates talks with Taliban to be discussed | Killer of CIA agents in Afghanistan called for revenge for Baitullah Mehsud | Ex-Blackwater contractors charged with Afghan killings
2009
Claims troops mistreated prisoners unfounded: military police | Peter MacKay, Red Cross discussed detainees in 2006 | Canada’s troops investigated for Afghan abuse | Colvin disputes witnesses’ detainee testimony | Tories sabotage Afghan committee meeting | Canada ‘defended’ torturer | Ottawa won’t release Afghan torture documents | US Air Force confirms new ‘Beast of Kandahar’ drone | Top general’s Afghan detainee reversal hikes pressure for public inquiry | Another 7,000 NATO troops going to Afghanistan | Afghans rejected Canadian-captured prisoners for ‘insufficient evidence’ | Torture claims unreliable, officials say, despite having found evidence of torture | Obama sends 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan | MPs vote public inquiry into Afghan detainees, Tories ignore majority motion | Torture claims weren’t probed, official testified | U.S. ‘missed chance’ to capture bin Laden in 2001 | Harper government changes tune on Afghan prisoner issue | Colvin’s testimony true: former Afghan MP | David Mulroney testifies war confused issue of torture | German army chief resigns over Afghanistan air strike | Nato will send 5,000 more troops to Afghanistan, says Brown | Hillier says he saw no credible reports of torture | Afghan torture emails reached MacKay’s office | Opposition wants documentation prior to government torture rebuttal, PM cries foul | US pours millions into anti-Taliban militias in Afghanistan | Canadian officials discussed torture in 2006 | Canada shamed on Afghan prisoner torture | Canada ignored torture warnings: Diplomat | Afghanistan announces latest ‘corruption crackdown’ | British PM says 5,000 more NATO troops may be deployed in Afghanistan | UK ‘backs Taliban reintegration’ | Omar Khadr to face Military Commission trial in US | How the US Funds the Taliban | Nobel Peace Laureate Obama Will Send 40K More Troops To War | Forces begin planning for Afghan withdrawal | Military lawyer stonewalls on Afghan torture claims | Ex-diplomat says Afghanistan in ‘civil war,’ calls for US withdrawal | Karzai ‘wins’ as Afghan run-off cancelled | Ethnic hostility is a big, maybe the biggest, part of the Afghan war | Occupiers involved in drug trade: Afghan minister | Afghan challenger drops out of election | The universality of war propaganda | Omar Khadr ‘innocent’ in death of U.S. soldier | Afghan leader’s corrupt brother paid by CIA, U.S. officials say | No way to escape Afghan combat post-2011, Hillier says | Afghan probe voids thousands of Karzai votes | Afghan election appears headed to a second round | French troops were killed after Italy hushed up ‘bribes’ to Taleban | Ottawa was warned Afghan detainees might be tortured | UK to send more troops to Afghanistan, hints Obama to follow suit | Troops get non-combat role in Afghanistan after 2011 | Military stress injuries on rise | Military commission suspends torture hearings, gags witness | Kuebler dropped as Omar Khadr’s lawyer | Obama rules out Afghanistan troop cuts | I was ordered to cover up President Karzai election fraud, sacked UN envoy says | Torture probe delayed; Tories deny gagging witness | Conservatives claim ‘no decision’ made on leaving some troops in Afghanistan past 2011 | Obama considers new strategies for Afghanistan and Pakistan | US braced for surge of protest over war in Afghanistan | Federal court limits Afghan detainee torture probe | U.S. commander warns of failure in Afghanistan, calls for more troops | Canada, at war, to urge peace for everyone else during Olympics | Body of 130th soldier killed in Afghanistan comes home | EU observers say a third of Karzai’s votes might be suspect due to fraud | ‘Regrettable’ if Canada quits Afghanistan: Chertoff | Top US commander signals troop increase in Afghanistan | Canada sees worsening security in Afghanistan | Canadian media watched closely in Afghanistan | In wake of 9/11, ‘War on Terror’ spawned more terrorism | NATO pledges probe of deadly Afghan air strike; civilians killed | Supreme Court to hear government’s appeal of Khadr case | UK: Brown defends Afghan campaign in wake of aide’s resignation | Obama’s effort in Afghanistan ‘just beginning’: U.S. defence secretary | Afghanistan Drug Raid Snares Border Police Commander | Afghanistan’s Hidden Heroin Addicts | Afghan vote called ‘mockery’ | Olympics push army to edge | Ottawa to appeal Khadr ruling to top court | Accusations over Afghan vote rigging | Selling Canada on Afghanistan | Canada should stay in Afghanistan: NATO head | Has Karzai overstayed his welcome? | U.S. military seeks ’second surge’ for Afghan mission | A Sibel Edmonds Bombshell — Bin Laden Worked for U.S. Until 9/11 | Britain and US prepared to open talks with the Taliban | UK PM Gordon Brown plans troop surge in Afghanistan | Military to get $5B for armoured vehicles | Taliban flee new U.S. drive in Afghanistan | Afghan Airstrike Video Goes Down the Memory Hole | New Afghan mission commander vows to protect civilians | Homing chips are CIA’s latest weapon against ‘al-Qaida’ targets hiding in Pakistan’s tribal belt | Skepticism greets launch of Afghan detainee inquiry | Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear Afghan detainee torture case | US arms sent to Afghan forces ‘in Taliban hands’ | MacKay to discuss security concerns with Pakistan | New US brigade ‘bringing in plenty of firepower’ to Afghanistan | Canadian Forces: Worries about child abuse by Afghan allies ‘unfounded’ | CIA: Our Drones are Killing Terrorists. Promise. | US air strikes kill dozens of Afghan civilians | Afghan President Karzai registers for re-election, picks warlord as running mate | U.S. troops will have big impact on Afghan mission: Canadian commander | PM must press U.S. for Khadr’s return from Guantanamo, court rules | Afghan front lines take mental toll on military and RCMP | NATO denies air strike killed Afghan civilians | Khadr’s military lawyer reinstated | NATO agrees to Afghan troop increase | Pentagon fires Omar Khadr’s lawyer | Afghan rape law spurs anger | Obama adds another brigade to Afghanistan troop surge | UK Anti-war MP banned from Canada | Afghanistan needs 4,000 extra soldiers for elections: NATO | Supporters defy law, buy plane ticket for Montrealer stuck in Sudan | Canada, allies will never defeat Taliban, PM says | Cost of Afghan mission jumps to $11.3-billion | Afghanistan victory unlikely, says DND manual | Obama backs Bush: No rights for Bagram prisoners | New Canadian commander in Afghanistan welcomes U.S. troop influx | Canadian troops could soon target Afghan drug trade: top soldier | Tories seek extra $331-million for Afghan mission | Obama eyes 3 more brigades for Afghanistan | United States’ short-term goals hurt Afghanistan mission: report
2008
‘Abusive’ coalition raids stoking anger in Afghanistan: report | Canada ‘not onboard’ with U.S. plan to arm Afghan militias | Top U.S. general boosts troop pledge to Afghanistan | Reports reveal concerns over drug use among Canadian military | Brown: British military to withdraw from Iraq, to ’share burden’ in Afghanistan | Canadian Junior Hockey team gets ‘military training’ | Khadr, interred in rubble, couldn’t have thrown grenade in firefight: Evidence | Afghan war boosts recruiting | 3 new deaths in Afghanistan push Canadian toll to 101 | CFR-Brookings to Dominate Obama Strategy | Afghan government sacks Kandahar governor | Obama’s planned troop surge in Afghanistan could lead to more violence: ISAF | Military to probe response to sex charges | US General David Petraeus to take CENTCOM helm for Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan | ‘Reconstruction’ efforts in Khandahar not apparent to Afghanis | Peace activists demand Canada leave Afghanistan | NATO to let troops fight Afghan drug lords | US faces downward spiral in Afghan war, says leaked intelligence report | Afghan mission cost: up to $18B | Delta Force Officer: We Weren’t Allowed to Kill Osama Bin Laden | Victory impossible in Afghanistan: senior British commander | Defiant military watchdog widens detainee hearings | ‘Some’ Troops to stay in Afghanistan past 2011: McKay | CSIS faces review in Khadr case | Blackwater-linked firm to train Canadian troops | Canadian troops continue gearing up, to receive US counter-insurgency training | Asia’s new ‘great game’ is all about pipelines | MacKay dismisses Taliban threat as ‘propaganda’ | Controversial Kandahar governor replaced | America to assume command in Afghanistan | Canadian military acquiring new helicopters, drones | Low Level Driver Convicted Of Terror Charges While Bin Laden’s Senior Body Guard Was Let Go | Afghani Narco-state Continues to Blossom under Puppet President | Protesters push for Omar Khadr’s release | Obama promises 10,000 more troops for Afghanistan | Afghanistan suggests Pakistan responsible for embassy bombing | Canadian, NATO forces stood down during Afghan jailbreak | Canadian military silent on Afghan civilian deaths: UN investigator | US Counterinsurgency Manual Leaked, Calls for False Flag Operations, Suspension of Human Rights | Report: U.S. Gave Green Light For Taliban Prison Attack | Don’t look, don’t tell, troops told in response to Afghani child abuse | Post-traumatic stress disorder’s hidden scars | Over 100 complaints about access to govt. info on Afghan mission: report | Canada sets up new military spy unit | Bid to Block Afghan Detainee Inquiry Slammed | Army begins using $150,000 artillery shells | FBI documents contradict 9/11 Commission report | Truth or Terrorism? The Real Story Behind Five Years of High Alerts | 9/11 widows call for new investigation after revelations of White House, commission ties | Director of 9/11 commission “secretly spoke with Rove, White House” | Eight U.S. State Department Veterans Challenge the Official Account of 9/11 | Twenty-five U.S. Military Officers Challenge Official Account of 9/11
2007
Ex-Italian President: Intel Agencies Know 9/11 An Inside Job | Afghan poll not as clear as it seems | 9/11 — the big cover-up? | New Bin Laden Video: 100% Forgery | What Ottawa doesn’t want you to know: Government was told detainees faced ‘extrajudicial executions, disappearances, torture and detention without trial’ | The Lies that Led to War
2006
U.S. Government Caught Red-Handed Releasing Staged Al-Qaeda Videos
2001
US Allowed Taliban, Al-Qaeda Airlift Evacuation
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