• 31 ‘insurgents’ killed in Afghanistan

  Regional police claim Nato, Afghan and allied special forces killed over three dozen insurgent fighters in separate overnight...

   

• Bush admin discouraged probe into afghan killing

  Bush administration officials discouraged an investigation into a mass killing in Afghanistan, government officials and human...

   

• First days of new US offensive sees casualties soar

  The first days of the offensive by US marines into the southern province of Helmand make clear it will result in a massive...

   

• Wikipedia Censored News of Afghanistan Kidnapping

  THE New York Times worked with Wikipedia to keep news of the kidnapping of one of its reporters in Afghanistan off the online...

   

• The kinder, gentler occupation?

  Phil Aliff, a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, analyzes new U.S. rules of engagement governing air power in Afghanistan. DESPITE...

   

• Agents say DEA is forcing them illegally to work in Afghanistan

  As the Obama administration ramps up the Drug Enforcement Administration’s presence in Afghanistan, some special-agent...

   

• Pentagon May Keep Afghan Death Probe Secret

  In early May, a series of US air strikes in multiple villages in the Farah Province of Afghanistan killed 140 civilians,...

   

• Soldier Refuses Deployment to Afghanistan

  Agosto, a soldier based at Fort Hood in Texas, is publicly refusing orders to deploy to Afghanistan. He recently wrote on...

   

• Suspected war criminal to lead U.S. forces in Afghanistan

  On July 22 2006, Human Rights Watch issued a report titled “No blood, no foul” about American torture practices at three...

   

• Afghanistan: Annual report (2008) – protection of civilians in armed conflict

  KABUL AND GENEVA – 17 FEBRUARY 2009 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today publishes its...

   

• Obama set to launch military “surge” in Afghanistan

  By Barry Grey President Barack Obama is set to formally authorize the dispatch of 10,000 to 12,000 additional US combat troops...

   

• Blackwater under review in Afghanistan

  The State Department‘s inspector general will review services provided by Blackwater Worldwide in Afghanistan, only...

   

• Karzai Confirms: US Forces Killed 16 Civilians

  Thousands of Afghan villagers across Laghman Province rallied to protest against the latest incident of US troops killing...

   

• U.S. Keeps Silent as Afghan Ally Removes War Crime Evidence

  McClatchy Newspapers | DASHT-E LEILI, Afghanistan – Seven years ago, a convoy of container trucks rumbled across northern...

   

• Thousands of Afghans Held Without Trial in ‘Telephone Justice’ System

  By Jason Ditz | For the rich and well-connected, the Afghan criminal justice system is remarkably convenient, with a simple...

   

• Fisk: Afghanistan in Crisis

  By Robert Fisk | The collapse of Afghanistan is closer than the world believes. Kandahar is in Taliban hands—all but a...

   

• Amnesty calls on Afghan government to halt executions

  London – Amnesty International has called on the government of Afghanistan to repeal the death sentences against 111...

   

• Most Britons want troops out of Afghanistan: poll

  AFP | More than two-thirds of Britons believe British troops should be pulled out of Afghanistan next year, according to...

   

• British commander in Afghanistan quits

  A commander of Britain’s elite special forces in Afghanistan has resigned, a defence source said on Saturday, declining...

   

• British envoy says mission in Afghanistan is doomed, according to leaked memo

  The official version of the US-led campaign in Afghanistan received a blow today with a leaked report that the British Ambassador...

   

• Winter Soldier: Eye Witness Accounts of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  By John Stauber | Two years ago public revulsion against the Bush Administration’s unnecessary and disastrous attack...

   

• Journalists warned to get out of Afghanistan

  AUSTRALIAN journalists in Afghanistan have been targeted by terrorists and were warned yesterday by the Federal Government...

   

• Marines ordered to stay longer in Afghanistan

  WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has ordered roughly 1,250 Marines serving as trainers for the Afghan security forces to stay...

   

• Afghanistan: Not a Good War

  By Conn Hallinan | Every war has a story line. World War I was “the war to end all wars.” World War II was “the war...

   

• Afghan air war grows in intensity

  By David Wood | WASHINGTON – Daily airstrikes by U.S. and allied fighter-bombers in Afghanistan have almost doubled...