Afghanistan

United States withdraws from Afghanistan? Not really

17 May 2021 - by Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad

The US invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001 was criminal. It was criminal because of the immense force used to demolish Afghanistan’s physical infrastructure and to break open its social bonds. On October 11, 2001, journalist Anatol Lieven (...)
Why should Pakistan trust us?

28 July 2010 - by Nick Dearden

The Afghan ‘war leaks’ have revealed in stark detail the mistrust and tension that lies at the heart of the West’s relationship with Afghanistan and Pakistan. But this mistrust is not merely the product of a nine-year war, but of decades of (...)