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Afghanistan
Abdulrahman Al-Awlaki Would Have Been 26 Today If Not for the US Drone War
The U.S. must be held accountable for killing Abdulrahman, and countless other civilians in the course of the drone war.
Trump Ally Erik Prince Is Charging People $6,500 to Fly Out of Kabul
Prince’s company, Blackwater, is perhaps best known for a 2007 massacre in Baghdad in which 17 people were killed.
End of the Longest War in US History Should Wake Us Up to Failure of Militarism
CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin warns against pursuing rivalry with China following the end of the Afghanistan War.
This Afghanistan Vet Became a War Resister and Anti-Racist Activist
Many would choose not to join the military if they could afford college and health care, says war resister Rory Fanning.
Biden Can Avoid Being Defined by Afghanistan If He Learns the Lessons of History
Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald Ford and JFK all survived foreign policy disasters — and Biden can too. The key is honesty.
Will the Voices of Those Who Were Always Right on Afghanistan Still Be Ignored?
The U.S. establishment plunged into a disastrous war after 9/11. But other voices warned us what would happen.
Defense Contractors Spent Big in Afghanistan Before the Taliban Took Control
The Defense Department issued nearly $1 billion in contracts to 17 companies set to continue past the May 1 withdrawal.
Right-Leaning Columnist Calls Forever War a “Myth”
Afghanistan and Iraq were ATM machines for the warmakers for three decades plus a year.
The US’s “War on Terror” Fueled and Excused Right-Wing Extremism at Home
Reporter Spencer Ackerman says U.S. elites consciously chose to ignore white right-wing extremism after 9/11.
Sean Hannity Uses Afghanistan Crisis to Advertise MyPillow Products
As Fox News rails against refugees, Sean Hannity is advertising right-wing pillows.