Doing business with the Taliban govt.
Russia and China have refused to tag along with the western ground rules. Instead, both have decided to do business with the Taliban government
Mapping Faultlines: 1 year of Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan and the US trail of disaster
NewsClick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the situation in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban’s takeover. He explains the role of the US and NATO in perpetuating the crisis in the war-torn country
“Occupation brings no progress for any country except destruction, bloodshed and looting”
Abdul Qadir Fazli speaks with Peoples Dispatch about the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan and how US imperialism has weakened and destabilized the country over the past several decades
Mapping Faultlines: Afghanistan is abandoned, NATO faces identity crisis
In this episode of Mapping Faultlines, NewsClick’s Prabir Purkayastha analyses the developments of 2021 in Afghanistan, and how the country has suffered due to the policies of the US and NATO
After repeated appeals, UNSC approves resolution for humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
22.8 million people in Afghanistan are facing potentially life-threatening food insecurity this winter. The World Food Programme has warned that 8.7 million people are nearing famine-like conditions.
Two months after Taliban’s takeover, Afghanistan teeters on the brink
Growing threats of violence, concerns about the future of women, price rise and lack of a concrete economic recovery plan haunt the people of Afghanistan two months after the Taliban’s takeover
Why the world’s eyes are on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border
The Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan has greatly impacted regional relations. Understand why tensions have been rising between Afghanistan and its northern neighbor Tajikistan
Afghanistan’s impoverished people live mid enormous riches
The Taliban government faces an unprecedented situation of economic collapse as it graples with decades of corruption and being shut off international aid
The United States’ recent failures in war and fighting racism should serve as a warning to its allies
As the US messily closes its 20-year war in Afghanistan, it has quickly pivoted and attempted to rally international support around its anti-China campaign. Its allies should be wary.
Post-Taliban takeover, what will happen to healthcare in Afghanistan?
Under the US occupation, Afghanistan’s health system became completely dependent on international NGOs. The country does not have a proper public health system of its own
Afghan crisis must end the US’ empire of war, corruption, and poverty
The United States spent $2.26 trillion on its war in Afghanistan and about $1.5 trillion, went to military spending to maintain the US military occupation
Lawyers urge ICC to probe Saudi-led coalition’s war crimes in Yemen & other stories
Today we look at the latest efforts to prosecute war crimes committed in Yemen at the ICC, the withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan & more
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