All of this was highly predictable
#Afghanistan’s Security Forces Versus the Taliban: A Net Assessment – Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
https://ctc.usma.edu/afghanistans-security-forces-versus-the-taliban-a-net-assessment/
#Afghanistan’s Security Forces Versus the Taliban: A Net Assessment – Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
https://ctc.usma.edu/afghanistans-security-forces-versus-the-taliban-a-net-assessment/
Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
Afghanistan’s Security Forces Versus the Taliban: A Net Assessment – Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
Abstract: A key question for the future of Afghanistan is if the United States withdraws the remainder of its forces from the country, would Afghanistan’s security forces or the Taliban be stronger militarily? According to a net assessment conducted by the…
Stanley McChrystal built a corporate empire in the years after he was dismissed as the top general in #Afghanistan, making millions from businesses, governments and universities I wrote about how https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/04/mcchrystal-afghanistan-navistar-consulting-generals/"
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Quelques infos/articles de ces derniers jours sur l'#Afghanistan pour ceux que ca intéresse..
CIA demolished the Salt Pit on their base on the outskirts of Kabul in July: Covert Evacuations and Planned Demolitions: How the C.I.A. Left Its Last Base in Afghanistan https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/world/asia/cia-afghanistan-evacuations-demolitions.html?
Why has so little been said about the Afghan casualties of the past 20 years? | Clive Lewis | The Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/25/afghan-casualties-war-human-cost
Afghanistan War Has Been Hugely Profitable – https://theintercept.com/2021/08/16/afghanistan-war-defense-stocks/?
Bagram’s new Taliban masters uncover horrors of US jail in Afghanistan | News | The Times – https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bagrams-new-taliban-masters-uncover-horrors-of-us-jail-l028tdzxg?
RAWA Responds to the Taliban Takeover « RAWA – http://rawa.org/rawa/2021/08/21/rawa-responds-to-the-taliban-takeover.html?
CIA demolished the Salt Pit on their base on the outskirts of Kabul in July: Covert Evacuations and Planned Demolitions: How the C.I.A. Left Its Last Base in Afghanistan https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/world/asia/cia-afghanistan-evacuations-demolitions.html?
Why has so little been said about the Afghan casualties of the past 20 years? | Clive Lewis | The Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/25/afghan-casualties-war-human-cost
Afghanistan War Has Been Hugely Profitable – https://theintercept.com/2021/08/16/afghanistan-war-defense-stocks/?
Bagram’s new Taliban masters uncover horrors of US jail in Afghanistan | News | The Times – https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bagrams-new-taliban-masters-uncover-horrors-of-us-jail-l028tdzxg?
RAWA Responds to the Taliban Takeover « RAWA – http://rawa.org/rawa/2021/08/21/rawa-responds-to-the-taliban-takeover.html?
Shoddy mainstream media coverage of #Afghanistan has created a safe haven for bad foreign policy ideas — Security Policy Reform Institute – https://www.securityreform.org/commentary/afghanistan-shoddy-media-coverage-bad-foreign-policy
Ep 21 Tom Luongo
Whitney Webb
WikiLeaks (@wikileaks): "Tunnels bombed by US in #Afghanistan were originally built by the #CIA | via New York Times #Taliban https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/11/magazine/lost-at-tora-bora.html"
NY Times
Lost at Tora Bora (Published 2005)
Well past midnight one morning in early December 2001, according to American intelligence officials, Osama bin Laden sat with a group of top aides -- including members of his elite international 055 Brigade -- in the mountainous redoubt of Tora Bora in eastern…
Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years – https://theconversation.com/calculating-the-costs-of-the-afghanistan-war-in-lives-dollars-and-years-164588
#Afghanistan
#Afghanistan
The Conversation
Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years
Following the completion of the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Neta Crawford, the co-director of the Costs of War Project, reflects on 7,268 days of American involvement in the conflict.
The #Economist in 2001 after #Bush invaded #Afghanistan.
The Economist in 2022 after #Putin invaded #Ukraine.
"When we invade, we are spreading peace."
#mockingbird
The Economist in 2022 after #Putin invaded #Ukraine.
"When we invade, we are spreading peace."
#mockingbird
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Elijah J. Magnier 🇪🇺 (@ejmalrai): "EU leaders tell China 'not to interfere' with #Russia sanctions and expect Beijing to help end Russia’s war in #Ukraine or ‘not to interfere with western (not international and not sanctioned by the #UN) sanctions imposed on #Moscow.
"The #EU countries suddenly, after two years, remembered to hold talks with #China and "expect" #China to remain on the side. The EU leaders, submitted to the #US, received no significant response or assurances from #Beijing."
"Did the EU respect international laws in #Palestine, #Afghanistan, #Iraq, #Libyia, #Syria, and #Yemen to name but a few? Did the EU ask the US to lift all its unilateral sanctions that violate the international laws on #Venezuela, #Cuba and the rest of the world?"
"International laws should be applied to all countries w/o indiscrimination. Is it possible for the EU to stop the US from violating international laws? Where was the EU when the US imposed sanctions on the #ICC? #Hipocrisy https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/sep/02/us-sanctions-international-criminal-court-fatou-bensouda" | Nitter | PussTheCat.org – https://nitter.pussthecat.org/ejmalrai/status/1510125553139036162#mthe Guardian
US imposes sanctions on top international criminal court officials
Mike Pompeo says ICC ‘continues to target Americans’ as Fatou Bensouda and Phakiso Mochochoko have assets blocked
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Roll - Back #ICCIn 2018 news the #US threatened to arrest International Criminal Court judges if they prosecuted US military for war crimes in #Afghanistan. https://www.france24.com/en/20180910-usa-trump-threatens-arrest-icc-judges-american-soldiers-afghan-war-crimes
#WarCrimes #Ukraine
France 24
US threatens to arrest ICC judges if they pursue Americans for Afghan war crimes
The United States threatened Monday to arrest and sanction judges and other officials of the International Criminal Court if it moves to charge any American who served in Afghanistan with war crimes.
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Sarah Abdallah (@sahouraxo): "The very same Western governments feigning outrage over #Ukraine, are keeping Julian #Assange imprisoned in a maximum security cell at #Belmarsh prison - where he has been jailed for 3 years today - for the "crime" of exposing their war crimes in #Iraq, #Afghanistan, and beyond." | Nitter | PussTheCat.org – https://nitter.pussthecat.org/sahouraxo/status/1513601607774216202#m
#WarCrimes #Assange #FreeAssange #Wikileaks
#WarCrimes #Assange #FreeAssange #Wikileaks
US post-9/11 wars caused 4.5 million deaths, displaced 38-60 million people, new study shows - Geopolitical Economy Report – https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/05/18/us-911-wars-million-deaths-displace/
Wars the US waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 to 60 million people, with 7.6 million children starving today, according to studies by Brown University.
Indirect Deaths in the Post-9/11 Wars | Figures | Costs of War – https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/figures/2023/IndirectDeaths
#WarOnTerror #Iraq #Syria #Yemen #Afghanistan #Pakistan #NineEleven #Bush #Obama #US #Nato
Wars the US waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 to 60 million people, with 7.6 million children starving today, according to studies by Brown University.
Indirect Deaths in the Post-9/11 Wars | Figures | Costs of War – https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/figures/2023/IndirectDeaths
#WarOnTerror #Iraq #Syria #Yemen #Afghanistan #Pakistan #NineEleven #Bush #Obama #US #Nato
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Schau dir "Taliban clash with Iran's military using missiles, artillery & machine guns at border | Watch" auf YouTube an
https://youtu.be/B9vXPzvWeHo
https://youtu.be/B9vXPzvWeHo
YouTube
Taliban clash with Iran's military using missiles, artillery & machine guns at border | Watch
A major clash is underway at the border of Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province and the Afghan province of Nimroz between the military of the Islamic Republic and Taliban. Videos going viral on social media show Taliban guarding roads leading to the border…
9/9-9/11. 22 Years Ago, 2 Days before 9/11: Shah Masood, leader of the Northern Alliance assassinated - Global Research
While the US media acknowledges the role of Pakistan’s ISI in the assassination of Shah Masood, it fails to dwell upon the more substantive issue: How come the head of the ISI was in Washington, on an official visit, meeting Bush administration officials on the very same day Masood was assassinated?
Had Masood not been assassinated, the Bush administration would not have been able to install their political puppet Hamid Karzai in Kaboul.
Masood rather than Hamid Karzai (a former employee of UNOCAL oil company), would have become the head of the post-Taliban government formed in the wake of the U.S. bombings of Afghanistan.
In other words, the assassination of the leader of the Northern Alliance, was consistent with U.S. foreign policy objectives
#Afghanistan #Masood #Massoud #Panshir #US
While the US media acknowledges the role of Pakistan’s ISI in the assassination of Shah Masood, it fails to dwell upon the more substantive issue: How come the head of the ISI was in Washington, on an official visit, meeting Bush administration officials on the very same day Masood was assassinated?
Had Masood not been assassinated, the Bush administration would not have been able to install their political puppet Hamid Karzai in Kaboul.
Masood rather than Hamid Karzai (a former employee of UNOCAL oil company), would have become the head of the post-Taliban government formed in the wake of the U.S. bombings of Afghanistan.
In other words, the assassination of the leader of the Northern Alliance, was consistent with U.S. foreign policy objectives
#Afghanistan #Masood #Massoud #Panshir #US
Media is too big
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Massoud L'Afghan - French Documentary by Christophe de Ponfilly
French author, director, producer and journalist Christophe de Ponfilly died in strange circumstances . He was found dead on 20 May 2006 in the forest of Rambouillet, having disappeared a week earlier when he and two men left the terrace of a Paris café in a hurry, leaving behind his jacket and bag, according to a colleague. The investigation concluded that he committed suicide with a fire arm..
As early as 1980, during the Soviet occupation, he was clandestinely criss-crossing the rocky, steep tracks leading to the Panshir valley, the stronghold of his friend Ahmad Shah MASSOUD, on foot or on donkeyback".
"Massoud l'Afghan" is pulled from 16 years of footage, he was deeply attached to Afghanistan and it's people, outspoken about the way the west had "abandonned" the country to internal turmoil, and affected by the death of his friend A.Shah Massoud "Lion of Panshir"
#Afghanistan #Massoud #Panshir #Masood
French author, director, producer and journalist Christophe de Ponfilly died in strange circumstances . He was found dead on 20 May 2006 in the forest of Rambouillet, having disappeared a week earlier when he and two men left the terrace of a Paris café in a hurry, leaving behind his jacket and bag, according to a colleague. The investigation concluded that he committed suicide with a fire arm..
As early as 1980, during the Soviet occupation, he was clandestinely criss-crossing the rocky, steep tracks leading to the Panshir valley, the stronghold of his friend Ahmad Shah MASSOUD, on foot or on donkeyback".
"Massoud l'Afghan" is pulled from 16 years of footage, he was deeply attached to Afghanistan and it's people, outspoken about the way the west had "abandonned" the country to internal turmoil, and affected by the death of his friend A.Shah Massoud "Lion of Panshir"
#Afghanistan #Massoud #Panshir #Masood
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2 years ago today the US admitted a mistake...
All the victims had names...
They all had friends, family, interests, hobbies, jobs and life. Most will see this and think it's simply the cost of war. But is it? Have we really become so desensitized that we don't even bat an eye when 7 children are turned into fine red mist with our tax dollars?
Learn More: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/antiwar/they-hate-our-freedom-us-drone-strike-kills-10-afghan-civilians-including-6-children
#Afghanistan #Antiwar4Life
#TheFreeThoughtProject #TFTP
All the victims had names...
They all had friends, family, interests, hobbies, jobs and life. Most will see this and think it's simply the cost of war. But is it? Have we really become so desensitized that we don't even bat an eye when 7 children are turned into fine red mist with our tax dollars?
Learn More: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/antiwar/they-hate-our-freedom-us-drone-strike-kills-10-afghan-civilians-including-6-children
#Afghanistan #Antiwar4Life
#TheFreeThoughtProject #TFTP
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🇵🇸 The use of ‘shock and awe’ in Gaza, Iraq and Afghanistan
During his time reporting in Afghanistan and Iraq, Wadah Khanfar saw the US use the same tactics of ‘shock and awe’ now used by Israel in Gaza.
Source : Middle East Eye
#Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #Iraq #Afghanistan #WOT #ShockAndAwe
07/11/2023
During his time reporting in Afghanistan and Iraq, Wadah Khanfar saw the US use the same tactics of ‘shock and awe’ now used by Israel in Gaza.
Source : Middle East Eye
#Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #Iraq #Afghanistan #WOT #ShockAndAwe
07/11/2023