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.
A Truth Commission for the Afghan War
Category: Afghanistan
Biden Threatens More Illegal War in Afghanistan
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.
Estimated Cost of Post-9/11 US Wars Hits $8 Trillion With Nearly a Million People Dead
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.
Closed Borders & Hostile Receptions Await Afghan Refugees
As walls and fences go up, so do the dramatic increases in migrant deaths, writes Farhana Haque Rahman.
Refugees After the American Revolution
The Beltway Media’s Loyalty to Permanent War State
Biden’s popular and long overdue retreat from Afghanistan exposed big media’s de facto merger with the military, writes Gareth Porter.
Call for Drone Moratorium After Latest Civilian Killings
Some fear this latest airstrike in Kabul could presage the future of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan if the Biden administration does not prioritize civilian protection.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Afghanistan: The 20-Year Disaster’
Pepe Escobar, Scott Horton, Scott Ritter and David McBride join CN Live! to discuss two decades of disaster in Afghanistan. Watch the replay.
Blowback: Taliban Target US Intel’s Shadow Army
The latest chapter of CIA ops in Afghanistan started when the 2001 bombing campaign was not even finished, writes Pepe Escobar.
Chris Hedges: The Empire Does Not Forgive
The mandarins who oversee our collective suicide, despite repeated failure, doggedly insist the U.S. can reshape the world in its own image.