Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s socialist years: The promising future killed off by U.S. imperialism
April 15, 2021From 1978 to 1992, Afghanistan made great strides in education, health care, economic development, and women's liberation - despite intense fighting with U.S.-backed fundamentalist militia forces.
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Ending the United States’ 20-year war in Afghanistan
April 14, 2021The U.S. is ending its longest-ever war, but Afghanistan will pay the price of U.S. invasion and occupation for years to come.
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International Criminal Court rules U.S. to be investigated for Afghanistan war crimes
March 5, 2020It is alleged that a network of CIA dungeons where torture took place existed across Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: Could peace finally be at hand?
November 2, 2018Why things have gone from bad to worse for the U.S./NATO occupation has less to do with the war than a change in Taliban strategy that Washington has either missed or ignored.
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Republican Senate leadership unable to scuttle debate on U.S. wars
September 13, 2017Rand Paul, libertarian and one-time GOP presidential hopeful, threatened to paralyze the Senate unless Mitch McConnell allowed debate on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
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