Below is a statement by the Afghan Socialist Assembly on the International Day of Combating Violence Against Women, held on 25 November. The Afghan Socialist Assembly, a group of socialist activists in Afghanistan, lost a […]
Since the victory of the Taliban last year and its coming to power again, a vicious wave of repression has swept over Afghanistan, along with a widespread collapse of the economy and many aspects of […]
On Sunday 15 August, the Taliban reached the capital of Kabul, forcing the US-backed government of Ashraf Ghani from power. Thousands of residents tried desperately to board planes to flee the hard-line Islamic force. After […]
The Taliban are sweeping across Afghanistan, taking one provincial capital after another. Despite over $80bn spent on “security assistance” from the US, since 2002, along with an annual massive military budget, the Afghan army has […]
As Taliban forces conquer large swathes of Afghanistan, the twenty-year occupation by American and allied imperialist forces is ending in humiliation, chaos, and an ignoble retreat. Describing the war against the Taliban as “unwinnable”, President […]
Imperialism’s 15-year adventure a bloody catastrophe for millions. Fifteen years ago George W Bush and his fellow neo-cons were triumphant when their war on Afghanistan led to the collapse of the Taliban regime after just […]
The large Nato force has been unable to defeat a vastly poorer force of Taliban-led fighters estimated at less than 25,000.
Joe Higgins MEP on the devastation and slaughter of the war on Afghanistan
9 years after invasion and occupation
Obama’s dismissal of general reveals military crisis
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