This video from Afghanistan says about itself:
Officials in Western Afghanistan say over 147 innocent civilians, many of them women and children, were killed when US war planes bombed villages of Gerani and Gangabad in Bala Baluk district of Farah Province on May 5, 2009.With his appearance Thursday before a British think tank, Gen. Stanley McChrystal intensified a public campaign for an escalation of the US war in Afghanistan: here.
Growing tensions between sections of the military brass and the Obama administration have emerged openly in the conflict between the top commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, and the White House: here.
Was Gen. McChrystal behind the coverup of Pat Tillman’s ‘friendly fire’ death? Here.
Jon Krakauer: McChrystal’s Explanation For Pat Tillman Cover-up Is ‘Preposterous’ ‘Not Believable’, by Heather Monday Nov 02, 2009: here.
The anti-occupation insurgency has spread from the southern provinces that border Pakistan to the capital Kabul and northern provinces: here.
Join the Afghanistan police for your three-weeks’ quick-fix training and one in five chance of getting killed: here.
The United States military suffered its worst single-engagement losses in more than a year on Saturday, when several hundred insurgents attacked a remote outpost in northeastern Afghanistan, killing eight American soldiers: here.
On the eighth anniversary of the Afghan invasion, Brian Eno, Janie Dee and other voices from the arts, politics and journalism call for an end to the war: here.
USA: Barbara Lee Introduces A Bill To End The War In Afghanistan: here.
Factsheet of Human Development Report 2009: Afghanistan ranked 181 out of 182 countries: here.
An Afghan in the USA: The world needs to start viewing an Afghan life as just as important as any other human life: here.
Massive Fraud in Afghanistan Election: here.
Charlie Wilson’s Peace: Former Rep. Who Armed Mujahideen Calls for Withdrawal Before War in Afghanistan Becomes Another Vietnam: here.
Students on 25 campuses across the US rallied on Wednesday to demand an immediate withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan: here.
Only 40 per cent of US citizens now back the Afghan war, pollsters said on Thursday: here.
Against the backdrop of Picasso’s famous anti-war painting Guernica, speakers addressed a Stop the War meeting in London on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the beginning of the war in Afghanistan: here.
Afghan election recount begins
Afghanistan: Election workers started recounting suspect ballots on Monday and an official said that a ruling on whether President Hamid Karzai won or will face a run-off is due next week.
The August election was hampered by violence and claims of vote-rigging that have plunged the country into a crisis while resistance fighters are expanding from their southern strongholds into the north and west.
About 13 per cent of the country’s approximately 26,300 polling stations are considered questionable.
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/world/World-In-Brief151
Comment by Administrator — October 6, 2009 @ 7:15 pm
Dutch MPs say No to Afghan war
Netherlands: Parliament has approved a resolution calling on the government not to extend its military intervention in Afghanistan.
The motion passed on Tuesday indicates that the country’s cabinet will face strong opposition if it caves in to US and British pressure to prolong the mission beyond August.
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/world/The-world-in-brief183
Comment by Administrator — October 7, 2009 @ 8:11 pm