Taliban OKs Cease-Fire to Advance Afghanistan Peace Talks

KATHY GANNON and RAHIM FAIEZ / The Associated Press Dec 29, 2019 Washington has demanded that a cease-fire be implemented before signing a peace deal that could end the 18-year war. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

In Historic First, International Criminal Court to Investigate U.S. War Crimes in Afghanistan

By Nika Knight / Common Dreams Nov 2, 2016 The ICC has famously failed to investigate powerful Western nations but has prosecuted African dictators, a disparity so glaring that several African countries recently quit the court, condemning it as the “International Caucasian Court.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Joint Way Forward’ Deal Does Not Lead to Peace or Progress for Afghans

Staff / Truthdig Oct 26, 2016 The bilateral deal between the European Union and Afghanistan is another example of double standards and reinforces how little some people’s lives are valued in today’s world. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Destruction Is All We Have to Show for a 15-Year War in Afghanistan

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Oct 8, 2016 Since 2001, the U.S. has spent more than $103 billion on the Asian country—more than it spent on the entire European continent after World War II. And there is no end in sight for the debacle that George W. Bush began and Barack Obama continued. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Bashar Assad’s Brutality in Syria Is Matched by U.S. Devastation Across the Region

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig May 9, 2016 Why should Facebook users come down harder on the Syrian leader than on the United States government when it comes to horrific actions and war crimes in that part of the world? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Deaths Reported as Hospital Linked to Doctors Without Borders Is Bombed in Yemen

By Sarah Lazare / Common Dreams Jan 11, 2016 The medical charity said it cannot confirm the identity of the attacker but noted that the Saudi-led coalition was responsible for two other airstrikes in the last three months. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Doctors Without Borders Calls U.S. Report on Afghan Hospital Bombing ‘Shocking’

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Nov 26, 2015 The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that "human error" was a factor in the Oct. 3 bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that killed 30 civilians and left 37 wounded. In a statement, Doctors Without Borders, which had previously called the attack a probable war crime, said the report was "shocking" and left "more questions than answers." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

One Night in Kunduz, One Morning in New York

By Laura Gottesdieners / TomDispatch Nov 16, 2015 I know that the strike was carried out by U.S.-backed, Saudi-led forces, and that it happened only a few days after the Obama administration approved an $11 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia. But I can't tell you much more. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Even War Has Rules

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Nov 12, 2015 Neither of the two recent Doctors Without Borders hospital attacks has been mentioned in any of the U.S. presidential debates or forums. Doesn't anyone remember the Geneva Conventions? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Afghanistan ‘After’ the American War

By Ann Jones, TomDispatch Nov 5, 2015 In late September, the Taliban took over Kunduz, Afghanistan's fifth-largest city. London’s Telegraph reported that “the lasting legacy of [the] invasion may ultimately prove to be the dismantlement of the city’s women’s rights network.” Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Yemen Is Bombed by U.S.-Backed Coalition

By Sarah Lazare / Common Dreams Oct 27, 2015 A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins sans Frontières hospital in northern Yemen was bombed Monday night by the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Analysts Knew Afghan Site Destroyed in Airstrike Was a Hospital, AP Says

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Oct 16, 2015 American special operations analysts were gathering intelligence on the Afghan hospital, run by Doctors Without Borders, in Kunduz because they believed it was being used by a Pakistani operative to coordinate Taliban activity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )