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News
Updated August 19, 2021 - 12:15 AM EDT
Ex-President Karzai Meets Taliban on New Govt
 
  Taliban Resistance Force Forming in Panjshir Valley
  UK Army Chief Says the Taliban Could Be Different This Time
Biden: Troops Will Stay Until All Americans Out
 
  Taliban Allowing 'Safe Passage' for US Citizens Heading to Airport
  IMF Suspends Afghanistan's Access to Funds After Pressure From US
  SIGAR: A 'Victorious' Afghan Withdrawal Was Impossible to Achieve
Iran: New Enrichment Is Peaceful, in Complete Compliance
Israel Drops Flyers During Syria Strike Threatening Troops
Viewpoints
Antiwar Voices Say Afghanistan Shows Need To Stop Any Further March to War  by Brett Wilkins
The Generals Lied and the Fantasy Died  by Anatol Lieven
We Will Spend Trillions on the Afghan War Long After Its Over  by Eric Boehm
item Now, About That Peace Dividend...  by Thomas Knapp
item Kabul's Collapse and DC's Incurable Arrogance  by James Bovard
item Baby Teeth Will Reveal Damage Caused by US Nuke Tests  by Lawrence Wittner & Joseph Mangano

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Frontline
Nuclear-Test-Ban Body Chief Seeks to Untangle Challenge of Ratification
US to Release Religious Iranian Decorative Tiles to Virginia Mosque
Florida Senator Seeks Probe of Ben & Jerry's for Violating Export Administration Act
 
Afghanistan Today
Costs of the Afghanistan War, in Lives and Dollars
From 300,000 to a Few Hundred: Collapse of Afghanistan's Army
Afghan Girls Return to School in Herat After Taliban Takeover
Afghans Hold Protests While Displaying National Flag
Three Dead After Anti-Taliban Protests in Jalalabad: Witnesses
US Troops Fired Crowd-Control Shots at Kabul Airport: Pentagon
Stampede at Gate of Airport in Afghan Capital Injures 17: NATO Official
Biden Administration Freezes Billions in Afghan Reserves
Afghan Ambassador Says Ghani Stole Millions, Calls for Arrest
The "New" Taliban?
Taliban Going Door-To-Door, Telling Afghans to Return to Work
Viral Videos Show Taliban Riding Bumper Cars, Trying Gym Equipment
Taliban Gained 'Fair Amount' of US Defense Equipment: White House
Taliban Shifts Focus to Governing, but Faces Challenges
Pentagon: US in Talks With Taliban to Ease Kabul Obstacles
Council May Rule Afghanistan, Taliban to Reach Out to Soldiers, Pilots: Senior Member
Taliban Spokesman's Remarks on Media Guidelines Spark Reactions
Mullah's Rise Charts Taliban's Long Road Back to Power
Taliban Unwittingly Gives Interview to Israeli TV
Evacuations & Refugees
Taliban Supporting UK Evacuation Plans: UK Ambassador in Kabul
Factbox: Evacuations From Afghanistan by Country
Where Does the World Stand on Afghan Refugees?
Afghan Refugee Crisis Stokes Fears Among EU Member States
'There's Not Enough Work for Us to Do': Aid Workers at US Base Wait for Refugees to Arrive
FAA Says US Carriers Can Operate Kabul Evacuation Flights With DoD Approval
Uzbekistan Not Keen to Admit Afghan Refugees Fleeing Taliban
Fearing Afghan Refugee Influx, Turkey Reinforces Border
Greece Floats Possibility of Deporting Afghan Asylum Seekers to Turkey
Spain to Airlift 500 Spanish and Afghan Staff From Kabul Airport
Afghan Service Members Fled to Uzbekistan in Dozens of US-Supplied Planes, Helicopters
US Military Aircraft Flying Over Kabul 'Routine' and 'Will Continue' Until End of Evac, Centcom Says
Afghanistan & the World
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in UAE on 'Humanitarian Grounds'
China Seeks Stability in Afghanistan Before Economic Dialogue
Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan Spurs China and Other Neighbors to Consider Their Alliances
Russia Says Taliban's First Statements Suggest Problems Can Be Fixed Via Talks
UK PM Rejects Afghanistan Inquiry as MPs Debate Taliban Takeove
UK Will Double Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan to 286 Million Pounds This Year
Did Ataturk and the Taliban Fight for the Same Thing? This Politician Believes So
 
Palestine/Israel
Bennett Threatens Gaza: We Will Choose Time and Place to Respond to Rockets
Israeli Forces Storm Ceremony Celebrating Palestinian Students' Exam Results
Israeli Army Employs Popular Blogger for Psyops on Social Media
Army Invades Printshop in Hebron, Orders It Shut Until February 2022
Egyptian Intel Chief Visits Israel to Discuss Gaza Truce
Biden and Israel's Bennett to Meet at White House Next Week to Discuss Iran
Hebron: Palestinians Fight to Save the Ibrahimi Mosque
Ten Palestinian Prisoners Remain on Hunger Strike
Iraq
Iraq Daily Roundup: 26 Killed
Iraq Elections: Sadr's Boycott Raises Fears of Political and Security Chaos
Middle East
Shelling in Northern Syria Kills 5; at Least 15 Wounded
Hospitals in Blast-Hit North Lebanon Grapple With Power Outages
China/Taiwan/Hong Kong
Chinese PLA Warplane Enters Taiwanese Military Target Zone Minutes Before Drill Begins
China Conducts Anti-Terror Drill With Tajikistan, as Afghan Spillover Worries Grip Central Asia
US Will Limit Some Chinese Passenger Air Carriers to 40% Capacity in Tit-For-Tat Order
Hong Kong Police Arrest Four Students for 'Advocating Terrorism'
Asia
Malaysia on Knife-Edge as Parties Submit Choice for Next Leader
Right's Group: 1,001 Killed Since Military Took Over Myanmar
Belarus/Poland
Polish Army Deployed to Belarus Border Amid Migrant Surge
Belarus Blocks Another Independent News Site, Raids Staff
Europe
Journalists Fear UK's Proposed Changes to Official Secrets Act
Russia Labels Golos Vote Monitor as Foreign Agent, Month Before Election
Africa
At Least 47 Killed in Northern Burkina Faso Rebel Attack
Seven Killed in Attack at Shell Oil Facility in Southeast Nigeria
New Wave of Ethiopian Detentions of Tigrayans Includes Kids
Tunisian President Saied Appoints New Director General of National Security
Cuba
Cuba Issues Social Media Laws Banning Posts Critical of Government
US Military
Audit Exposes Cybersecurity Lapse in US Pacific Submarine Fleet
DoD Background Check Agency Wants a Social Media Search Tool
Cost of Benefits for Post-9/11 Veterans Could Double to $2.5 Trillion by 2050, New Report Estimates
 
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Columnists

Sheldon Richman
8/19/2021
Afghanistan Aftermath: No Firings? No Resignations?

Doug Bandow
8/18/2021
In a World Aflame, an Antiwar Movement Is Needed More Than Ever

Ted Galen Carpenter
8/17/2021
Why US Foreign Clients Collapse – and Collapse Fast

Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.)
8/17/2021
Self-Delusion Is Cruelest of All: The Collapse of Afghanistan and American Illusions

Daniel Larison
8/17/2021
Recognizing and Combating the Pernicious Effects of Propaganda

Scott Horton
8/17/2021
Blame Bush and Obama for the Afghan Disaster

Ray McGovern
8/14/2021
Hold the Generals Accountable This Time

Ramzy Baroud
8/12/2021
The Murder of the 'Menacing' Water Technician: On the Shadow Wars in the West Bank

Ted Snider
8/09/2021
US-Cuban Relations: How It All Got Started

David R. Henderson
8/06/2021
Remembering Hiroshima

Rick Rozoff
7/09/2021
New Triangular Axis in Greater Middle East: Turkey, Israel, and Azerbaijan

Dave DeCamp
6/16/2021
Despite Pushing Them Together, the US Is Unhappy With Closer Russia-China Ties

Justin Raimondo
9/16/2019
The FBI vs. Antiwar.com

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