Afghanistan

  • After 10 years of war in Afghanistan, neither the U.S. nor British governments can point to a single significant achievement. October 24, 2011

  • The Afghan government--and the NATO occupation that props it up--was shaken by the killing of Hamid Karzai's brother. July 19, 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • The horrific photos of U.S. soldiers posing with the dead and mutilated bodies of Afghan civilians have shocked the world. March 28, 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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. August 9, 2010

  • As further revelations about the brutality of the U.S. war on Afghanistan emerge, the Washington establishment is countering the truth with more lies. August 4, 2010

  • U.S. officials say leaked documents about Afghanistan "put our soldiers at risk." But who sent the soldiers there in the first place? August 3, 2010

  • WikiLeaks' release of thousands of documents on Afghanistan has left the Obama administration and its war partners trying to defend the indefensible. July 29, 2010

  • Despite the hand wringing over Gen. Stanley McChrystal's "inappropriate" comments, the real issue is the failure of Obama's war in Afghanistan. June 29, 2010

  • The U.S. military is preparing for its largest assault yet in the nine-year war--while the battlefield news gets worse by the day. June 17, 2010

  • The U.S. military is taking bids from private contractors to ship massive amounts of equipment through Pakistan to Afghanistan. June 10, 2010

  • The U.S. is hyping the success of a bloody attack on a supposed Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan and the capture of a top Taliban commander. February 22, 2010

  • Students at Castro Valley High School organized to let the White House hear their opposition to the war in Afghanistan. January 18, 2010

  • The British Army arrested and jailed Lance Cpl. Joe Glenton for the crime of telling the truth about the war in Afghanistan. January 8, 2010