Afghanistan Misses Deadline for Cabinet Formation
Back in September, I called the final agreement between Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah a graft-sharing agreement when it paved the way for Ghani to take office as President while Abdullah would...
View ArticleAs Obama Embraces Multi-Fronted War, He Fires Chuck Hagel
In recent days, the press has reported that President Obama signed an order (or on second thought, maybe it’s just an unsigned decision that can’t be FOIAed, so don’t start anything, Jason Leopold)...
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Ghani Institutes Night Raids While Facing Treason Accusations Over Absence of...
Despite the rampant corruption of his administration and his many other faults, Hamid Karzai was a consistent critic of US-led night raids that led to many senseless civilian deaths, disappearances and...
View ArticleSIGAR Finds Huge Problems With $300 Million Afghan National Police Payroll
SIGAR, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, has released a report (pdf) describing very disturbing problems with salaries for the Afghan National Police. The report concludes:...
View ArticleAfghan Cabinet: Nominate First, Screen Later
Just under two weeks ago, it appeared that one of the final hurdles in getting the Afghan government functioning after the disputed election may have been cleared, as a full slate for the cabinet was...
View ArticleMilitary Just Can’t Kick Its Afghanistan Habit, Picks Up Pace of Night Raids
The US military’s addiction to war in Afghanistan is now in its fourteenth year. Such a long addiction can’t just be ended in a weekend of going cold turkey. Much of the effort to end the war has been...
View ArticleObama’s Extends Forever War in Afghanistan before MSF Report Comes Out
President Obama, as you’ve likely heard, just announced an extension of the Afghan mission. He insists combat operations in Afghanistan are over. He insists the role of the “train, advise, assist”...
View ArticleUnrepentant War Criminal Dostum Sworn in as Vice President in Afghanistan
The worlds largest vendors of death and destruction, US defense contractors, must be at their highest state of euphoria ever. Last week, they were able to add Syria to the newly expanded list of fronts...
View ArticleThere May Well Have Been an Intelligence Failure in Afghanistan
Almost as quickly as Republicans and Democrats rushed to blame the other for the humiliating fall of Afghanistan, and as quickly as bipartisan NeoCons and bipartisan anti-Imperialists blamed the other...
View ArticleJournalists Getting Suckered by Ass-Covering Sources on Afghanistan
Rather than explaining why the government didn’t know that Ashraf Ghani was going to flee the country, allegedly with bags of cash, national security sources are busy suckering journalists to report...
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