Via The Cradle The US military’s Kurdish proxies occupying northeast Syria fear an “Afghanistan-like pullout” of US forces that would leave them at the mercy of their long-time enemy Turkey, Middle East Eye (MEE) reported Friday. Turkey has escalated its airstrikes on areas in northeast Syria occupied by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in recent months; at the same […]
Posts Tagged ‘Afghanistan’
Gold Star Dad Arrested After Heckling Biden Over Son’s Death In Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal
President Biden was momentarily distracted from delivery of his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, as the father of a Marine killed during the mishandled withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan yelled from the gallery at the top of his lungs, imploring the audience to remember the bloody bombing that took his son’s […]
Afghanistan has received $11B in aid since U.S. withdrew troops in August 2021, gov’t watchdog reveals
(NaturalNews) The country of Afghanistan has reportedly received a staggering $11 billion in foreign aid from the U.S. since Washington withdrew from Kabul in… Source Views: 0
Afghanistan’s Opium Cultivation Dropped by 95% Since the Taliban took Power
Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has fallen by 95 percent since the Taliban took control of the country, the United Nations’ DEA says in a new report. The cultivation was banned in April 2022 by the Taliban, who announced that violations of the covenant will be punished “in accordance with Sharia law”. Already in 2000, […]
Afghanistan Poppy Cultivations Down 95% In 2023, But…
Afghanistan‘s decades-long history of occupation, conflict and poverty is deeply intertwined with its role as a major global opium and heroin producer. According to the new Afghanistan Opium Survey by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2023 marks a steep departure from this narrative, as cropland used for opium poppy growing was down 95 […]
Powerful Earthquake And Aftershocks Kill Thousands And Injure Many More In Western Afghanistan
The United States Geological Survey reported the 6.3 magnitude tremblors. It said the epicenter was 24.8 miles northwest of Herat city. Source Views: 0
Dem Rep. Quigley: Need Work Permits, TPS for ‘All’ Migrants, Diplomacy to End Crises in Africa, Afghanistan to Stem Tide
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports,” Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) stated that the Biden administration should give all migrants in the country work permits and the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) it recently expanded for Venezuelans, and stated that Source Views: 0
Pakistan reopens key border crossing with Afghanistan after 10 days
Pakistan today reopened a key border crossing with neighbouring Afghanistan for travellers and all types of traffic after ten days of closure, an official said. The Torkham border, which connects Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, was closed on 6 September after skirmishes between border security forces of the two countries. […]
Trump: Taliban Faced Consequences when They Violated Afghanistan Deal
On Wednesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show,” 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump defended his plan to withdraw from Afghanistan and his administration’s deal with the Taliban by arguing that the Taliban faced consequences when they didn’t follow the deal. Source Views: 0
Caught in an endless loop: The complex water dynamics between Iran and Afghanistan
The international media and various think tanks had extensively covered the deteriorating water relations between Afghanistan and Iran, particularly concerning the Helmand River. Source Views: 0
Exclusive — Trump, Waltz to Meet Afghanistan Withdrawal Gold Star Families at Bedminster
Former President Donald Trump and Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) will meet with several Gold Star family members who lost loved ones in Democrat President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from the war in Afghanistan on Wednesday, Breitbart News has learned exclusively. Source Views: 0
Afghanistan: activists sound alarm over surge in suicide among women
A teenage girl ended her life last week by hanging herself at her home in Afghanistan's rugged central province of Bamyan, Anadolu has reported. Her family refrained from disclosing any details about her death, but a neighbour told local media that she was particularly distressed about not being able to go to school, a result […]
Afghanistan two years on
The West is seeking to radicalize and break up the Taliban. It is now two years since the USA withdrew its troops from Afghanistan. In August 2021 the world looked on as the 20-year US campaign ground to an end. What has changed since the US exit from the country? As for the Americans themselves, […]
Iran insists readiness to back regional effort to address Afghanistan issue
TEHRAN- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has stated that the Islamic Republic is willing to help regional efforts on Afghanistan under the auspices of the United Nations. Source Views: 0
Taliban Eradicates Poppy Growing & Strives to Develop Afghanistan With Help From Other Nations
Taliban Urges International Cooperation To Replace Opium, Develop Afghanistan July 13, 2023, 2022 (EIRNS)—In an interview on Arab News “Frankly Speaking” broadcast aired July 10, senior Taliban leader Suhail Shaheen called on the international community to come to Afghanistan’s aid and help the nation to become a thriving part of the global community after 20 years of […]
How the Taliban crushed the CIA’s heroin bonanza in Afghanistan
JUL 07, 2023 The Taliban has not once, but twice eradicated Afghanistan’s poppy cultivation, the world’s largest source of heroin. Despite western accusations, it has never been The Taliban behind the Afghan drug industry, but only ever the US and its allies, with billions in profits breezily laundered through the global financial system. William Van […]
Iran envoy to Afghanistan meets UN official
TEHRAN – Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran’s presidential envoy for Afghanistan who simultaneously serves as Tehran’s Ambassador to Kabul, met on Tuesday with the United Nations secretary-general’s envoy for Afghanistan. Source Views: 0
The War Crime of Illegally Invading Afghanistan Based on Damned Lies
The false flag of the 9-11 Holocaust of 3,000 Americans in New York on 11 September 2001 was used as the excuse to illegally invade Afghanistan. Washington DC run by Israhell Jews was involved up to their child raping eyeballs in pulling off the false flag.Therefore everyone in DC knew Israhell and the USA did […]
Iran defeat Afghanistan at 2023 CAFA U20 Championship
TEHRAN – Iran defeated Afghanistan 4-1 at the 2023 CAFA U20 Championship on Wednesday. Reza Mirzaeian netted a brace and Yousef Mazraeh and Mehdi Mahdavi scored a goal each. The match was held at the CSKA Stadium in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Iran had lost to Uzbekistan 3-2 in their opening match. Iran will play Turkmenistan and […]