Afghanistan
: Eric Ruder Barack Obama's midnight run to Afghanistan last week was an act of political theater designed maintain a U.S. troop presence in the country.
May 7, 2012 : Nicole Colson After 10 years of war and occupation, it's long past time for ordinary Afghans to be able to decide their own fate without U.S. interference.
April 10, 2012 : Phil Aliff The massacre of Afghan civilians by a U.S. soldier is the predictable consequence of a war sustained by an enormous lie.
March 28, 2012 : Helen Redmond The latest atrocity committed by a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan is the inevitable result of 10 years of war and occupation.
March 26, 2012 La masacre en Afganistán fue una atrocidad causada por el imperialismo de EE.UU.--y la única manera de poner fin a esa violencia es acabar con la ocupación.
March 16, 2012 The massacre in Afghanistan was an atrocity caused by U.S. imperialism--and the only way to end such violence is to end the occupation.
March 14, 2012 : G.I. Voice Organizers of an anti-war coffeehouse document the systemic problems that helped lead to a massacre in Afghanistan.
March 13, 2012 : Eric Ruder A week of furious protests at the burning of the Koran by U.S. troops at Bagram Air Base is shaking Afghanistan.
February 29, 2012 : Rory Fanning An independent report by a U.S. Army colonel sharply criticizes the rosy assessments of the U.S./NATO occupation of Afghanistan.
February 21, 2012 : Eamonn McCann After 10 years of war in Afghanistan, neither the U.S. nor British governments can point to a single significant achievement.
October 24, 2011 : Eric Ruder The Afghan government--and the NATO occupation that props it up--was shaken by the killing of Hamid Karzai's brother.
July 19, 2011 : Daphne Eviatar The author of a new report explains how Afghan men disappear into the U.S. prisons at Bagram--and don't come out for years.
June 29, 2011 : Phil Gasper As the U.S. prepared for war on Afghanistan in September 2001, Socialist Worker explained the history of a country already devastated by imperialism.
May 6, 2011 : Rory Fanning The horrific photos of U.S. soldiers posing with the dead and mutilated bodies of Afghan civilians have shocked the world.
March 28, 2011 : Helen Redmond The barring of Malalai Joya from the U.S. underlines the hypocrisy of the U.S. claim that it is liberating women in Afghanistan.
March 23, 2011 The U.S. government has denied a visa to Malalai Joya, the acclaimed antiwar and women's rights activist and former member of Afghanistan's parliament.
March 21, 2011 : Michael Skinner The conditions of Afghans living under NATO's occupation are secondary to corporate profit-seeking and the geopolitical interests of powerful states.
January 7, 2011 : Rory Fanning A soldier who did two tours of duty in Afghanistan reflects on the futile--and costly--efforts of the U.S. to "win" the war.
December 17, 2010 : Eamonn McCann A man from Quetta in Afghanistan got away with at least $100,000 after impersonating a Taliban commander in negotiations with NATO forces.
December 6, 2010 Nine years into the U.S. war in Afghanistan, thousands of air assaults and ground attacks later, and the end is...nowhere near in sight.
December 1, 2010 : Amir Bar-Lev The director of a new film about a football star who joined the military and was killed by friendly fire goes beyond the myths.
September 16, 2010 : Eric Ruder Twelve U.S. soldiers are facing trial for the horrific murder of Afghan civilians "for sport" and the cover-up that followed.
September 15, 2010 It is a lie of massive proportions to say that the war in Afghanistan ever had anything to do with protecting or liberating women and girls.
August 17, 2010 : Eamonn McCann Barack Obama may heave a sigh of relief at the lack of response to the WikiLeaks documents, but the war on Afghanistan remains a failure.
August 12, 2010 The wrenching photo on Time magazine's cover uses the issue of women's rights to justify the continued occupation of Afghanistan.
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