Tag: Afghanistan

Select period from
to
The Limits of Number One
Editor's Сhoice
The Limits of Number One
January 27, 2023

The world is a mess, but Washington is determined to fix it. The secretary of state flies around the globe issuing instructions to friends and foes alike. When foreign officials refuse to listen, Uncle Sam dons his mailed fist.

Who Were the Afghans Harry Killed?
January 17, 2023

The furore over Prince Harry’s much-criticised remarks about his role as a helicopter pilot in the war in Afghanistan in 2012 reveals more about his critics than they do about him. Much of the abuse is hysterical or attention-grabbing, but it stems also from British amnesia about the failed wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Who Were the Afghans Harry Killed?
Editor's Сhoice
What We Know About U.S.-Backed Zero Units in Afghanistan
Editor's Сhoice
What We Know About U.S.-Backed Zero Units in Afghanistan
January 13, 2023

Deadly night raids. Faulty U.S. intelligence. A “classified” war loophole. Reporter Lynzy Billing’s investigation offers an unprecedented insight into the civilian casualties of Afghanistan’s Zero Units.

Afghanistan One Year On. The West Didn’t ‘Lose’ the War, Actually
August 23, 2022

The real reason why America went there was actually a pipe dream which had nothing to do with fighting the Taliban, Martin Jay writes.

Martin Jay
Afghanistan One Year On. The West Didn’t ‘Lose’ the War, Actually
World
Sign up for
the Strategic
Culture Foundation
Newsletter
Washington’s Assassination Bureau
Editor's Сhoice
Washington’s Assassination Bureau
August 16, 2022

The United States and Israel have a formula down pat whereby they can kill anyone anywhere without any due process or rule of law, even if they don’t know who you are as in the cases of the “signature” or “profile” executions by drone in Afghanistan.

How a Missile in Kabul Connects to a Speaker in Taipei
August 5, 2022

Washington’s hard power display of taking out Al-Qaeda’s Al-Zawahiri will not be reciprocated by Beijing over Pelosi’s provocative visit to Taiwan. It does however, definitively bury the decades-long era of cooperative US-Chinese relations.

How a Missile in Kabul Connects to a Speaker in Taipei
Editor's Сhoice
The Killing of al-Qaeda Chief Ayman al Zawahiri Will Not Make Us Safer
Editor's Сhoice
The Killing of al-Qaeda Chief Ayman al Zawahiri Will Not Make Us Safer
August 4, 2022

Whatever people in the U.S. might think about the killing of al Zawahiri in the middle of the Afghan capital 7,000 miles away, safety and security are hardly likely to top the list.

The Empire Is Not Done Torturing Afghanistan
July 7, 2022

Hell hath no fury like Empire scorned. As if all the bombing, droning, years of occupation and serial collateral damage was not misery enough, a resentful Washington topped its performance by effectively stealing $7 billion from the Afghan central bank: that is, funds that belong to roughly 40 million battered Afghan citizens.

The Empire Is Not Done Torturing Afghanistan
Editor's Сhoice
More