The inquiry comes amid a volley of investigations by Australian media outlets into the alleged war crimes and the “culture of impunity” that enables such violations.
Al-Qaeda still ‘heavily embedded’ within Taliban in Afghanistan, UN official warns
Qaeda is still “heavily embedded” within the Taliban in Afghanistan, in spite of a historic US-Taliban agreement earlier this year, a senior United Nations official has told the BBC. Earlier this year …
The U.S. is torn between two goals in Afghanistan
In our 19 years in Afghanistan, we have been torn between counterterrorism goals and counterinsurgency goals. During my time as ambassador, I attributed the lion’s share of popular and official Afghan …
US unseals charges over kidnapping of journalists in Afghanistan
The US claims Haji Najibullah was involved in the 2008 kidnapping of a US journalist and two Afghan nationals.
Arrest Made in 2008 Kidnapping of Journalists in Afghanistan
An Afghan man has been brought to the United States to face charges in the 2008 gunpoint kidnapping of a journalist for The New York Times and two other men in Afghanistan.
The US has little show for 2 decades of war in Afghanistan — not even a mention at the presidential debates
That these debates went on without scrutiny of active US wars is outrageous, writes Defense Priorities fellow Bonnie Kristian.
Afghanistan vital for regional peace, stability: Suri
Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri Wednesday said that Pakistan and Afghanistan were interlinked with shared social, cultural and economic ties which date back to centuries. He also …
The US has little to show for 2 decades of war in Afghanistan — not even a mention at the presidential debates
That these debates went on without scrutiny of active US wars is outrageous, writes Defense Priorities fellow Bonnie Kristian.
Surviving a week in Afghanistan
Last week in Afghanistan there was at least one atrocity every single day. Latif’s parents were just two of the many family members left bereaved by the violence, which despite ongoing peace talks …
Drop in insurgent attacks, coalition airstrikes leads to fewest civilian casualties in Afghanistan since 2012
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a police special forces base in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, setting off a gunfight with police that was followed by two more suicide …