When Western media discusses terrorism against the West, such as 9/11, the motive is almost always left out, even when the terrorists state they are avenging longstanding Western violence in the Muslim world, reports Joe Lauria.
Wars were planned, writes Caitlin Johnstone. And the public was psychologically brutalized into accepting them.
There appears to be a power struggle behind Mullah Akhund’s appointment, writes Ali A. Olomi.
Two recent instances of “force and precision” ordered by Biden marked the presumed end to the war in Afghanistan just as it had begun, writes Brian Terrell.
The U.S. retaliatory drone strike in Kabul against ISIS-K reminds Ann Wright of her personal experience in helping to relocate large numbers of people in short order from Freetown, Sierra Leone, 25 years ago.
Far to the southwest of the IS-K stronghold of Nangarhara in eastern Afghanistan, and across the Arabian Sea, are the northern provinces of Mozambique, writes Vijay Prashad.
Margaret Hu calls it a lesson in the life-and-death consequences of data collection in conflict zones.
Ho hum, life goes on, writes Robert C. Koehler. Especially if you call it collateral damage and refuse to imagine the corpse of your own loved one lying in the rubble.
The bombing of Afghanistan was not legitimate self-defense under the UN Charter because Afghanistan did not attack the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Brown University’s Costs of War Project assesses the toll of war and military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan, and elsewhere over the last two decades.