The Guardian • Afghanistan
End of the forever war?
The United States’ longest war has officially come to an end.
Read moreAfghanistan: no clean end to a dirty war
The Russian Foreign Ministry was the first to announce [last month] that a suicide attack outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport killed at least two people and wounded fifteen more.
Read moreAfghanistan’s socialist years: the promising future killed off by US imperialism
Since the horrific events of the 11th of September, much has been said about the desperate situation of the Afghani people
Read moreAfghanistan: what’s next?
Little was said about the horrendous consequences of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan and the tens of thousands of Afghan lives that were lost, and the wreckage and chaos that was left behind following the hasty withdrawal by US and allied troops.
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Dear Editor, I was disappointed to read Matthew Hole’s article, “Afghans Reclaim Sovereignty as US-NATO Occupation Comes to an End” (Guardian #1977), ironically with a...
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Issue #2046
IWD SA
In her welcome at Fidel’s, a venue belonging to the Workers’ Club, Sally Mitchell, president of the Port Adelaide Workers’ Club and the Port Adelaide...
Read moreDepartment of Defence to pay for war crimes
The Department of Defence has pledged to bring soldiers accused of war crimes to justice and pay reparations to their victims by the end of the year.
Read moreAfghans reclaim sovereignty as US-Nato occupation comes to an end
Celebratory gunfire echoed across Kabul on Tuesday morning, 31st August, as the last US flight took off from Kabul airport, ending twenty years of American occupation in the country.
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Issue #2065
US shapes ICC to its agenda
Anyone supposing that the newfound enthusiasm in Washington for the International Criminal Court (ICC) would open the door for justice for Palestinians ought not to...
Read moreAustralia and the US withdraw from Afghanistan
After Joe Biden’s announcement on 14th April that the United States army will be withdrawing from Afghanistan ...
Read moreAFGHANISTAN: caught between poverty and possibility
The future of Afghanistan will be determined not only in Kabul, where the Taliban is now firmly in power but also in places such as the Wakhan Corridor.
Read moreAfghanistan, will the US lose the war as well as the peace?
It’s little wonder that Joe Biden wants to get his troops out of Afghanistan.
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Issue #2030
“David McBride: declassified” a whistle blower unleashed
There are moments in our lives when we witness someone who has tried to do the right thing to others, to the society in which...
Read moreHow big a security threat does China face as Taliban draws closer to border with Xinjiang?
There are increasing concerns that Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is facing a resurgence of terrorism infiltrating through the Wakhan corridor, on the Afghanistan border.
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Issue #2059
GLOBAL BRIEFS
SRI LANKA: Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is accused in a report of tampering with police records in a bid to hamper investigations into mass graves...
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Issue #2159
HALF THE SKY
It’s four years since the Taliban took full control of Kabul on 15 August 2021. In reviewing the impact on girls and women since then,...
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Issue #2145
GLOBAL BRIEFS
NORWAY: Norwegian unions voted for an economic boycott of Israel, and the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund has sold all of its shares in Israel’s...
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Issue #2182
GLOBAL BRIEFS
GERMANY: Thousands of students protested against a recently adopted law that could reinstate compulsory military service. The ‘School strike’ against the draft brought out more...
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Issue #2044
GLOBAL BRIEFS
CUBA: Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel criticised the inclusion of his country in the US Department of State’s list of “States sponsor of terrorism.” “The US...
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Issue #2181
GLOBAL BRIEFS
LEBANON: Thousands of people are fleeing their homes following relentless bombings by Israel. Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported that at least 52 people were killed and...
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Issue #2173
GLOBAL BRIEFS
HUNGARY: The current corruption scandal in Ukraine is “one of the most serious corruption scandals in the history of European politics,” the Hungarian Foreign Minister...
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Issue #2204
GLOBAL BRIEFS
INDONESIA: China and Indonesia have agreed to deepen their military cooperation while broadening ties in technology, minerals, energy, and other strategic sectors, as both countries...
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Issue #2167
GLOBAL BRIEFS
HUNGARY: Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban accused Ukrainian special services of seeking to meddle in the country’s domestic affairs and supporting the opposition. “The Ukrainian...
Read more20 years of occupation of Afghanistan: crass imperialism and a humanitarian disaster
The withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan has ended with the same Taliban forces taking over even larger parts of the country than they controlled before the occupation.
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Issue #2038
Protest for resettlement
Hundreds of mostly Afghan refugees protested last week in Jakarta calling for resettlement and for basic support while they are stranded in Indonesia. The protest...
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Issue #2116
GLOBAL BRIEFS
ALGERIA: 78-year-old Algerian president Abdelmaijid Tebboune won the presidential election held last Saturday with 94.65 per cent of the vote, according to the official count....
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Issue #2080
GLOBAL BRIEFS
ARGENTINA: Right-wing populist candidate Javier Milei has won in the final round of Argentina’s presidential election, defeating Sergio Massa, who defeated Milei in the first...
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Issue #2092
International Women’s Day 2024
IWD walk for peace – Perth This year on 8 March around 300 women in Perth walked through Perth CBD for the first IWD Peace...
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Issue #2143
GLOBAL BRIEFS
PHILIPPINES: Thousands of US and Filipino military personnel have begun annual combat drills that have antagonised China, including a “full-scale battle scenario” to simulate the...
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Issue #2123
GLOBAL BRIEFS
GEORGIA: In Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, fireworks marked the ruling party’s victory in the parliamentary elections on 26 October 2024. Voter turnout was 56...
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Issue #2059
Stranded in poverty
Hundreds of refugees, mostly Afghan and Sudanese, staged protests on World Refugee Day on 20th June in cities across Indonesia to demand resettlement after years...
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Issue #2168
GLOBAL BRIEFS
BOLIVIA: Rodrigo Paz, a right-wing senator, won Bolivia’s presidential election with 54% of the vote and told supporters in his victory speech: “Today Bolivia can...
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Issue #2164
GLOBAL BRIEFS
IRAN: Iran announced immediate suspension of all cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Israeli Foreign minister Gideon Saar urged European signatories of the...
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Issue #2108
Expose the crime, do the time
The case of Julian Assange is well known. He spent years in tortuous confinement with the threat of deportation to the US and a life...
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Issue #2118
LETTERS
Women’s rights used as ammunition Dear Comrade Editor, ‘Half the Sky’ (Guardian 2117, 23 September) made a very good point in protesting against the use...
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Issue #2100
Assange wins appeal against extradition ruling
Julian Assange can appeal against the decision to grant his extradition to the United States, the UK High Court ruled on 20 May. The WikiLeaks...
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Issue #2142
Business as usual
There are a lot of comments flying around about Donald Trump betraying his country and destroying cherished American principles. A look at past behaviour and...
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Issue #2120
GLOABAL BRIEFS
SYRIA: Bashar Al-Assad, Syria’s head of state and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met in Damascus last week to discuss the current situation in the...
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Issue #2132
PEACE NOTES
The United States is one of the world’s most prolific state sponsors of terrorism. It’s time to remember all the times the USA has sponsored...
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Issue #2131
GLOBAL BRIEFS
USA: The Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim organisation in the United States, described as “delusional” and “dangerous” president Trump’s proposal to relocate...
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Issue #2106
‘Collateral Murder’: the Wikileaks background
Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, received from Chelsea Manning, a US Army intelligence analyst, hundreds of thousands of classified or sensitive military and diplomatic...
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Issue #2074
Cruel Heartless Hypocritical
Last month a 34-year-old Afghan refugee, his heavily pregnant wife and two young children were forcibly evicted from their accommodation in Port Moresby. The eviction...
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Issue #2136
DINGO
The Climate Change Authority’s latest report confirms the risks of delaying a clean energy future in favour of nuclear power will lead to higher emissions...
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Issue #2106
Assange: exposing war crimes
Journalist, activist and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is free after 7 gruelling years holed up in the Ecuadoran Embassy in London and over five years...
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