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17 Ruinous and Fruitless Years After 9/11, US Looks to Face-Saving Peace Talks with Taliban Before Exiting Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, locals will soon mark 17 years of destruction and death across their country, where invading Western forces have accomplished little save for the utter shredding of a country’s social fabric, the erection of a tottering, unstable government, and a swollen price tag for a war that now costs $45 billion per year and is the longest war in U.S. history.

by Elliott Gabriel

Why US Imperialism Loves the Afghanistan Quagmire

Afghanistan may be a seething swamp of suffering. But it’s a swamp that is at the same time spawning immense advantages for a select few overseeing US imperialist interests.

Why US Imperialism Loves the Afghanistan Quagmire

It may seem paradoxical that any American interest would seek to deliberately prolong the Afghan quagmire. Costing trillions of dollars to the national debt, one would think that US planners are anxious to wind down the war and cut their immense losses. Not so, it seems. Like the classic 1960s satire film, Dr. Strangelove, and how he came to

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Finian Cunningham

Finian Cunningham

Finian Cunningham is a former editor and writer for major news media organizations. He has written extensively on international affairs, with articles published in several languages.

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Watch | Taliban Pushes Back Against ISIS Expansion in Afghanistan

The US and US-backed forces are unable to defeat the Taliban insurgency military without deployment of additional US forces and a full occupation of the country.

Watch | Taliban Pushes Back Against ISIS Expansion in Afghanistan

ISIS has increased its efforts in order to expand its influence in Afghanistan. The local ISIS branch is believed to have about 3,000-5,000 members, including local Afghans, Pakistanis and Uzbeks. According to available data, most of the terrorists are in the province of Nangarhar. However, cells of the terrorist group operate across the entire

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Afghanistan Becomes Ground Zero for an ISIS Resurgence

ISIS in Afghanistan has received significant manpower for its expansion from Syria and Iraq where the terrorist group’s self-proclaimed caliphate was recently defeated.

Afghanistan Becomes Ground Zero for an ISIS Resurgence

Over the past few months, ISIS has renewed its efforts to expand its influence in Afghanistan. While ISIS cells are active in most of the country, ISIS’ main stronghold is the province Nangarhar. ISIS in Afghanistan has received additional manpower for its expansion from Syria and Iraq where the terrorist group’s self-proclaimed caliphate was

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With Pompeo Visit, US Seeks New Justification for Ongoing Presence in Afghanistan

Mike Pompeo’s remarks during a recent trip to Afghanistan suggest the promotion peace talks with the Taliban disguise a new approach, one which is set to formalize the U.S.’ nearly two-decades-long occupation of the country.

With Pompeo Visit, US Seeks New Justification for Ongoing Presence in Afghanistan

KABUL – During an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday, a brief speech by Mike Pompeo betrayed what appears to be a major shift in U.S. policy towards the war in Afghanistan, the longest war in American history. Though the

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Whitney Webb

Whitney Webb

Whitney Webb is a staff writer for MintPress News and a contributor to Ben Swann's Truth in Media. Her work has appeared on Global Research, the Ron Paul Institute and 21st Century Wire, among others. She has also made radio and TV appearances on RT and Sputnik. She currently lives with her family in southern Chile.

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Blaming Russia For The Failure Of The War In Afghanistan

Another part of the U.S. mainstream media’s rash of Russia-bashing is to claim that Moscow is arming Afghanistan’s Taliban, but again the evidence doesn’t match the accusations.

Blaming Russia For The Failure Of The War In Afghanistan

News flash: The United States is supplying spiffy new Humvees and Ford Ranger pickup trucks to the Taliban, who brazenly parade their troops in those vehicles “without fear of being targeted by Afghan or Coalition forces,” according to a senior fellow at the neoconservative Foundation for Defense of Democracies. As Bill

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Jonathan Marshall

Jonathan Marshall

Jonathan Marshall is author of many articles on military procurement and contractors, including “US Arms Makers Invest in a New Cold War,” “Feeding the Military-Industrial Complex,” and “New Navy Ship Leaking Tax Dollars.”

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Why The Vengeance Toward Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl

The angry politics around Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s “desertion” in Afghanistan revolve around right-wing hatred for President Obama who engineered Bergdahl’s freedom from the Taliban.

Why The Vengeance Toward Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl

Opinion -- Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl’s guilty plea begins the end of this phase of an embarrassing, sad and morally absurd saga of American history. Sergeant Bergdahl was dismissed from the Coast Guard because of mental illness, was recruited into the

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