News | War & Peace After Spending Trillions on War, US Gives Just $64 Million in Aid to Afghanistan The U.S. pledge amounted to about 10 percent of the UN's original request on Monday. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams September 14, 2021 Truthout
News | War & Peace Investigations Find No Proof of Bombs in Car Targeted by US Drone in Afghanistan U.S. airstrikes have killed up to 48,000 civilians during the so-called "war on terror." By Kenny Stancil , CommonDreams September 12, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections 20 Years After 9/11, Republicans Are the Greatest Threat to the United States Twenty years later, and all I can say is, “I had no idea it would be like this.” By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout September 11, 2021 Truthout
Interview | War & Peace Legacy of the US Response to 9/11 Is Terror, Domestic Surveillance and Drones The documentary "Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror" looks at 9/11 and the U.S. response both at home and abroad. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! September 9, 2021 Truthout
Interview | War & Peace Noam Chomsky: The US-Led “War on Terror” Has Devastated Much of the World The 9/11 anniversary this week marks 20 years of slaughter and destruction wreaked by the U.S. across the globe. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout September 8, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace The US Owes Reparations to Afghan Women, Starting With an Open Borders Policy Implementing an open borders policy for Afghan refugees is one way the U.S. must hold itself accountable for the war. By Sumaira Akbarzada , Truthout September 7, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights US Used “Feminism” to Sell Invasion. Now Afghan Women Must Pick Up the Pieces. "Feminism has been delegitimized in Afghanistan because it is associated with an occupying force,” says Rafia Zakaria. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! September 2, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace Biden’s Defense of Afghanistan Withdrawal Had a Side-Serving of Pro-War Rhetoric On Tuesday, an American president said the words: “The war in Afghanistan is now over.” But is it? By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout September 1, 2021 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Could the Taliban Takeover Become a Wedge Issue for the Far Right? Some segments of the far right praise the Taliban for their oppressive practices. By Joseph Keady , Truthout August 31, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace As Biden Threatens More War, Don’t Forget the Afghanistan Invasion Was Illegal The U.S.-led Afghan War led to the commission of war crimes by U.S. forces. By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout August 30, 2021 Truthout