Both sides are using the current tension for their own ends, writes Vijay Prashad.
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Media Pushing Hostility to the New Afghan Govt
Gareth Porter reports on the echoing by some corporate press of a counter-terrorism narrative that threatens a goal shared by Washington and Kabul: eradicating the IS-K organization.
Outrage Over ICC Decision to Drop US From Probe of War Crimes in Afghanistan
The decision by the ICC’s chief prosecutor to exclude alleged U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan has drawn the ire of some human rights groups.
What US Defeat in Afghanistan Means for China
For the implications of U.S. global power, the collapse of Kabul was incomparably worse than the fall of Saigon, writes Alfred W. McCoy.
The Taliban’s Choice of Interim Prime Minister
There appears to be a power struggle behind Mullah Akhund’s appointment, writes Ali A. Olomi.
‘The Longest War’ in US History Is Not Over
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.
US Collected 4.8 Million Biometric Records of Afghans
Margaret Hu calls it a lesson in the life-and-death consequences of data collection in conflict zones.
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.
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.
The Taliban’s Ideological Roots in Colonial India
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.