A Letter to the Taliban
Dr. Ejaz Akram, with Pepe Escobar – posted with permission and widely cross posted. What happened in Afghanistan was not a mere change of government. A puppet state responsible for spreading subversion in the region was overthrown. After the Taliban ...
Read More »The Taliban, 9/11, the Empire, MAGA eastern wet pampers
by Andrei for Ooduarere via the Saker Blog Most of you must have heard it: the Taliban will organize a major celebration on September 11th to mark the liberation of Afghanistan from the US occupation and the creation of the ...
Read More »Back to the future: Talibanistan, Year 2000
by Pepe Escobar for Oodua via The Saker Blog and friends Dear reader: this is very special, a trip down memory lane like no other: back to prehistoric times – the pre-9/11, pre-YouTube, pre-social network world. Welcome to Taliban Afghanistan ...
Read More »Taliban entered into Kabul, Afghanistan.
By Zamir Awan Life is very much normal, internet service, mobile service is functioning in a routine. Shops are opened, traffic is in normal routine, schools are opened, everything seems very much normal. The government is functioning, bureaucracy is functioning, ...
Read More »The Rise of China and Threats in Afghanistan
by Ihsanullah Omarkhail for the Saker blog China’s development has attracted worldwide attention in recent years. The growing economy and advances in military buildup are heatedly debated around the world and particularly in China since it opened up its door to ...
Read More »Afghanistan War Report – September 23, 2017: US Deploys More Troops And Warplanes
The US is increasing its military involvement in the Afghanistan conflict in an attempt to take an upper hand in a battle against the Taliban. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis announced on September 18 that the US will send more ...
Read More »Afghanistan War Report – September 16, 2017: Taliban Attacks NATO Convoy
On Friday, a Taliban suicide bomber driving a car bomb slammed into a convoy of NATO forces near Kandahar Airbase in Trank Pul area of Kandahar province. Kandahar provincial governor spokesperson, Fazal Bari Baryalai, said the attack “totally destroyed” one ...
Read More »Afghanistan War Report – September 2, 2017: New US Strategy Leads To Further Escalation Of Conflict
On August 30, the Taliban claimed that it downed a US helicopter in the Afghan province of Logar and that 20 US soldiers were killed in the attack. A spokesman for the US military in Afghanistan, Bob Purtiman, denied the ...
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