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Pentagon feigns concern over civilian-killing Afghan drone strike…after 20 years of indiscriminately mowing down the innocent

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has been placed in charge of the investigation, which will be conducted by Air Force…

3 years ago

Amazon, Facebook & Uber pledge to hire Afghan refugees to support US economic ‘vision’

Some 34 companies joined the Tent Foundation’s Coalition for Afghan Refugees and have pledged to train, hire, and “help integrate”…

3 years ago

Russia to upgrade tanks on Afghan border as part of plan to protect former Soviet states after chaotic US withdrawal from Kabul

In a statement issued by Russian defense chiefs on Friday, officials said that the latest hardware would be shipped to…

3 years ago

White House pauses Afghan flights to US after 4 evacuees test positive for MEASLES

Four cases of measles have been diagnosed among Afghans who have recently arrived in the US, White House Press Secretary…

3 years ago

Afghan invasion was never a ‘good war,’ it was always an imperialist project, John Pilger tells RT

Pilger joined RT’s Going Underground program to reflect on the lessons that should be learned from two decades of occupation…

3 years ago

‘Islam doesn’t allow them to be seen like this’: Taliban official says ‘not necessary’ for Afghan women to play sports

Speaking to Australian broadcaster SBS, Ahmadullah Wasiq suggested that it would be inappropriate for women to take part in sporting…

3 years ago

‘They attacked us & killed our children’: Grieving Afghan fathers demand fair investigation of US drone strike in Kabul (VIDEO)

President Joe Biden urged the US military commanders in Afghanistan to “stop at nothing” to make ISIS-K (Islamic State Khorasan…

3 years ago

MORE Afghanistan spending: Biden asks Congress for $6.4 billion for ‘full resettlement’ of Afghan refugees

By the time the last American plane left Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul a week ago, more than 120,000…

3 years ago

US working with Taliban on securing additional flights from Afghan capital – secretary of state

Speaking at a news conference in Qatar on Tuesday, Blinken said the US has been communicating with the Taliban to…

3 years ago

‘First order security threat’ akin to revolutionary communism: Afghan war didn’t solve radical Islam, Tony Blair says

In a much-hyped address on Monday, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted that leading powers must “unite to develop…

3 years ago