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Afghanistan
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Afghanistan War Year 38: Trump Wants More
Another campaign promise out the window.
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Here Are the Hard Numbers on the War in Afghanistan Trump Left Out of His Speech
Truthout has compiled the latest data on the longest running US war.
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We Have Been at War in Iraq for 27 Years
We have been robbed of our present.
Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Urges Trump to Privatize Afghan War and Install Viceroy to Run Nation
Journalist Allan Nairn comments.
With Gen. Inch in Charge, We Can Expect Further Militarization of the Prison System
Gen. Inch supervised prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan that are notorious for torture.
Trump Considers Prolonging Afghan War to Secure $1 Trillion in Untapped Mineral Deposits
On Wednesday, two U.S. soldiers died in Afghanistan after a suicide car bomber rammed a NATO-led convoy near a major U.S. base in Kandahar. The attack came a day …
Watchdog Enumerates Problems in Afghanistan as Trump Considers Replacing US Forces With Private Contractors
Congress has allocated $714 billion to the war since it started in 2001.
It’s a Fairy Tale to Call the US the World’s Peacekeeper
Once new weapons are in hand, the desire to try them out “in reality” is almost irresistible, says author John Dower.
“I Saw Pieces of Bodies”: Afghan Civilians Describe Terrorization by US Drones
Body counts don't begin to capture the psycho-social toll of drone warfare, which leaves survivors living in perpetual fear.
Tread Carefully: The Folly of the Next Afghan “Surge“
Instead of surging yet again in Afghanistan, realize that all the US military in its present mode of operation can do to change that reality is make it worse.