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Afghanistan
As US-Afghanistan Sign Troop Deal, CIA-Backed Warlord Behind Massacre of 2,000 POWs Sworn-In as VP
Afghanistan's new vice president, Abdul Rashid Dostum is one of Afghanistan's most notorious warlords, once described by Ghani himself as a “known killer.”
Two Afghan Stories
There's a lesson here about folly, if only we would care to draw it.
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Afghanistan Survival Skills
Former US Army Ranger and conscientious objector Rory Fanning says Anand Gopal's book answers the questions that haunted him both during and after his tours.
The Vietnam War Presaged the War in Afghanistan: Civilians Endlessly Suffer
Truthout interviews Anand Gopal about his riveting book, “No Good Men Among the Living,” which offers an intimate portrait of Afghans as they see the US presence in their …
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The US Government Never Understood Afghanistan and Still Doesn’t
Anand Gopal walks readers through the looking glass of US empire into the complex and personal history and impact of the war in Afghanistan.
A Teacher in Kabul
Zekerullah yearns for knowledge as well as justice, and he's willing to sacrifice for both.
Borderfree
The borders now vanishing in the Middle East.
We’re Human Fodder Caught in the Crossfire of Armed Groups and Armed Governments: “No to Wars!”
We wish to live differently.
“A Recipe for Civil War”: Journalist Matthieu Aikins on US Military Legacy and Afghanistan’s Future
Kabul-based journalist Matthieu Aikins talks about the disputed Afghan election, US-backed militias committing war crimes, and the future of the country after the US military drawdown.
Jobless Kabul and the Works of War
Relentlessly, the fighting continues.