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The New American Century was a concept promoted by right-wing American hawks. Source: Afghanistan crisis leaves Brexit Britain as a global bit-part player with few friends – Kenny MacAskill MP | The Scotsman
Read More Afghanistan crisis leaves Brexit Britain as a global bit-part player with few friends – Kenny MacAskill MP | The ScotsmanThe Pentagon cannot be pleased with the Washington Post. That’s because the Post has just disclosed a mountain of previously secret documentary evidence within the military showing that the Pentagon has been intentionally lying for years about the “progress” that it was making with its forever war in Afghanistan. While the Pentagon has been publicly […]
Read More Afghanistan: a Pentagon Paradise Built on Lies – CounterPunch.orgA recap of Thursday’s stories: Hope rises as violence abates in Yemen; TB infections slowdown but not fast enough; civilian casualties in Afghanistan hit record level; thousands paint picture of sustainable development in Paris; labour research finds strategies to tackle poverty. Source: Thursday’s Daily Brief: Fragile hope for Yemen, TB and Afghanistan updates, Paris’s fresco for sustainable […]
Read More Thursday’s Daily Brief: Fragile hope for Yemen, TB and Afghanistan updates, Paris’s fresco for sustainable development | UN NewsAl Jazeera: Confronted with a seemingly innocuous question about what he remembers of his deceased father, 14-year-old Khudai Nazar flinched as tears began to stream down his face, betraying his otherwise calm demeanour. It was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Startled by his own reaction, the teenager tried to shield his grief by […]
Read More Growing up too fast in Afghanistan « RAWA NewsMEMBERS of Scotland’s Afghan community celebrated the literary traditions of both nations with a Burns Supper that featured the ancient poems of… Source: PICTURES: Burns and Rumi celebrated by Scotland’s Afghan community | The National
Read More PICTURES: Burns and Rumi celebrated by Scotland’s Afghan community | The National
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