Robert Scheer — Afghanistan: High on Opium, Not Democracy

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 6, 2006 While Bush was distracted with Iraq, the patrons of terrorism were very much in business back where the 9/11 attack was hatched, turning Afghanistan into a narco-state that provides a lucrative source of cash for the "evildoers" Bush forgot about. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

More Than 200 Taliban Fighters Die in Afghan Clash

Staff / Truthdig Sep 3, 2006 Two thousand NATO and Afghan soldiers are involved in the largest military operation to occur in southern Afghanistan since NATO took over the area in early July. The explosion of violence in the area has taken the lives of over 200 Taliban fighters and of four Canadian soldiers. A UK reconnaissance plane also crashed, killing 14 people. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Taliban Resurgence Produces Record Opium Harvest in Afghanistan

Staff / Truthdig Sep 2, 2006 Opium production in Afghanistan is at the highest level ever recorded and shows an increase of 50 percent from last year. The increase in opium cultivation is a result of the resurgence of Taliban rebels. The head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Antonio Maria Costa, said in a statement: ?The southern part of Afghanistan was displaying the ominous hallmarks of incipient collapse, with large-scale drug cultivation and trafficking, insurgency and terrorism, crime and corruption.? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Yale Both Stonewalls and Attacks on Taliban Student Issue

Staff / Truthdig Mar 14, 2006 In the wake of The New York Times Magazine's cover story on the former Taliban official attending Yale, alumni are setting up protest websites designed to hurt fundraising efforts. Yale mostly won't talk, but one university official responded by calling the critics "retarded." (Hat tip: Huff Po) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Taliban in Afghanistan Stronger Than Ever

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2006 A New York Times reporter writes: "Four years after the Taliban were ousted from power by the American military, their presence is bigger and more menacing than ever, say police and government officials, village elders, farmers and aid workers across southern Afghanistan." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dubai: Great Theater

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 1, 2006 It's the season's big hit, a zany farce with pompous officials in the Bush administration and their hysterical courtiers in the mass media asserting positions that are patently absurd but hilarious to watch. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Freshman

Staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2006 How did the Taliban's chief spokesman abroad end up a student at Yale? The New York Times Magazine has the story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Meanwhile, Back in Afghanistan

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 18, 2006 With Al Qaeda and the Taliban on the rise in a country we supposedly "liberated," Bush is cynically hoping Afghanistan will once again recede from the global stage into unseen anarchy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

High School Teacher Beheaded in Afghanistan

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2006 Suspected Taliban insurgents targeting educated community leaders | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )