The authors describe the group’s link to Deobandi Islam, which emerged in 1867 following a major nationalist uprising against the British East India Company.
The Taliban’s Ideological Roots in Colonial India
Category: Until This Day–Historical Perspectives on the News
America’s Merchants of Death Then & Now
Any modern-day probe of U.S. war profiteering could start by reviewing the 1936 conclusions of a special Senate investigation, writes Sam Pizzigati.
The Taliban Surrendered in 2001
Richard W. Began says it is perverse to chastise Biden for a messy ending of the war in Afghanistan and fail to indict George Bush for its illegal beginning.
WikiLeaks & the Crimes of the West in Afghanistan
Fabian Scheidler says so much suffering — including Assange’s imprisonment for exposing war criminals — buries the idea of “humanitarian intervention.”
Create Two, Three, Many Saigons
Vijay Prashad recalls the obliterations of U.S. interventionism, including any memory of the women’s rights leaders who were active in Afghanistan before 2001.
The Return of the Taliban 20 Years Later
Washington spent more than $2 trillion on a war that it knew could not be won, writes Vijay Prashad.
Opening & Closing US Embassies — From Sierra Leone to Afghanistan
No Two Elephants Are Alike
The July riots in South Africa remind Ryan Brunette of those by the Peronists in Argentina in December 2001. But Zuma’s people are moving from a much weaker position.
Impunity for Killings in Service of the State
Anne Cadwallader reports on the U.K. government’s proposals to end prosecutions for killings during the conflict in Northern Ireland.
COVID-19 & Israel’s Strangulation of Palestinian Workers
Among other recommendations, Ihab Maharmeh says the BDS movement should further center the violation of Palestinian workers’ rights in its call for boycotts of Israeli companies.