Afghanistan war: Just what was the point?
Afghan forces, battling the Taliban, pulled out of some parts of Helmand this week. After nearly 15 years, what's the point of the Afghan war? By Nick Paton Walsh.
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Let Them Eat Missiles, and Other Myths of the American War Machine
The problem with US military strategy is that it doesn’t fix any of the problems it’s setting out to address. By Tom Engelhardt. -
Russia Sends 10,000 AK-47s to Afghanistan
A cargo plane laden with 10,000 AK-47s landed in Kabul on Wednesday, the first part of a major Russian military aid package aimed at helping Kabul contain a resurgent insurgency. The delivery came almost three decades after the Soviet Union pulled out of Afghanistan in humiliation... By Fazul Rahim. -
Swedish Aid Group Seeks Inquiry Into Afghan Hospital Raid
KABUL, Afghanistan — A Swedish aid group has demanded an independent investigation of a raid on a hospital in Afghanistan last week in which it said that three people, including a boy, were summarily executed by Afghan forces who were accompanied by NATO troops... By David Jolly. -
GOP: Carter overruled Joint Chiefs chairman on Gitmo transfer
Defense Secretary Ash Carter admitted he approved the transfer of a Guantánamo Bay detainee [Shaker Aamer] without the full support of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said, citing a letter from Carter... By Kristina Wong. -
Guantánamo Diary: An Evening of Reading and Conversation
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Guantánamo Diary exposes brutality of US rendition and torture
Memoir serialised by Guardian tells how Mohamedou Ould Slahi endured savage beatings, death threats and sexual humiliation. The groundbreaking memoir of a [then] current Guantánamo inmate that lays bare the harrowing details... By Spencer Ackerman and Ian Cobain. (Jan 16, ’15) -
Guantánamo Diary: ‘They made me drink salt water. The chains stopped the circulation to my hands and feet’
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Pakistan Launches Final Drive on Taliban Bastion
Pakistan on Wednesday launched a push on the remaining pockets of Pakistani Taliban (TTP) fighters holed up in the remote Shawal Valley bordering Afghanistan. Though the advance had long been expected, the timing was surprising. News of the assault came from the military... By Usman Ansari. -
Pakistan police: Shootouts near Karachi kill 12 militants
Pakistani police raided two militant hideouts on the outskirts of the port city of Karachi, sparking shootouts in which 12 militants were killed, a senior police officer said Wednesday. Seven of the slain men belonged to Pakistan's anti-Shiite Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militant group while five were from...
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