Middle East

Training and Arming the Lebanese Army Would Be the Worst Kind of Déjà Vu

Jennifer Kavanagh / Responsible Statecraft Oct 15, 2024 What some in Joe Biden's administration appear to see as an opportunity to sideline Hezbollah is really a trap destined for failure. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

TD Interview

Coming of Age in the Shadow of 9/11

Eoin Higgins / Truthdig Sep 20, 2024 A new book offers a personal and political history of Bush-era America and its imprints on the present. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Film

The Limits of Being a Fly on the Wall

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Jul 18, 2024 With unprecedented access to the Taliban, the documentary “Hollywoodgate” makes promises it can’t keep. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Wounds of War

The Pentagon Refuses Responsibility for the Lives They’ve Ruined

Nick Turse / TomDispatch May 26, 2024 Over the decades, the DoD has been responsible for the deaths of scores of civilians, but compensating those harmed has never been a serious priority. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Opinion

The Peril of Forgetting Guantánamo

Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch Apr 8, 2024 Where’s the headline-making outrage over the never-ending travesty of Gitmo? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Opinion

Moscow Attack Underscores Misguided Priorities of Russia and US

Anatol Lieven / Responsible Statecraft Mar 25, 2024 Russia and the U.S. both have the same enemies but we spend most of the time ignoring that fact. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Wounds of War

The ‘War on Terror’ and the Hell It Wrought After 9/11

Norman Solomon / The New Press Sep 11, 2023 Remembering the day that a war designed never to end began. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Global Voices

Pakistan’s Poppy Problem

Zubeida Mustafa / Truthdig Jul 11, 2023 Crisscrossed by heroin transit routes from neighboring Afghanistan, the country’s youth confront a growing opioid epidemic. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

UN Expert Demands Immediate Shut Down of Guantanamo Prison

People's Dispatch Jun 30, 2023 UN special rapporteur Fionnuala Ní Aoláin demands immediate shutting down of Guantanamo prison, apology to inmates. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Middle East

Confronting Climate Change in Afghanistan

Ruchi Kumar / Undark Mar 13, 2023 Confronting climate change—and the Taliban—in Afghanistan. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Will the Afghanistan Peace Deal Work?

By Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Mar 13, 2020 The much-awaited US-Taliban agreement could finally end the longest U.S. war, but an end to violence is not assured. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Is the U.S. Really Getting Out of Afghanistan?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2020 President Trump may have surrendered to the Taliban, but as Truthdig columnist Danny Sjursen notes, that may not amount to the end of the conflict. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )