Afghanistan – Page 2 – People's World

Poverty and possibility: Terror could sabotage Taliban economic relations with China

November 10, 2021 By Vijay Prashad

Afghanistan could become a key stop along China’s Belt and Road Initiative, but its Taliban rulers will have to control their terrorism problem first. That’s why its future might be determined in places like the Wakhan...

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers circulate ‘kill list’ targeting LGBTQ people

November 4, 2021 By Combined Sources

NGO Rainbow Railroad says hundreds are desperate to escape.

Union women hail Afghanistan war end, say it was always a mistake

September 27, 2021 By Coalition of Labor Union Women

We support Biden’s refusal to spill more blood and expend more U.S. resources on a war we cannot win, an occupation we cannot sustain.

U.S. imperialism’s original sin in Afghanistan began in 1979, not on 9/11

September 10, 2021 By Ed Rampell

As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 is observed, we also must pay attention to what led up to it back in 1979.

Nearly 1 million people killed in 20 years of US ‘war on terror’ – report

September 3, 2021 By Steve Sweeney

The U.S. war on terror has killed almost one million people across the world and cost the country some $8 trillion over the past 20 years, according to a new report. The Costs of War Project...