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A race against destruction: In search of Afghanistan’s lost civilizations

2nd February, 2023 · admin

El Pais: With the return of the Taliban regime to power – following the chaotic American withdrawal in the summer of 2021 – many archaeologists fear a return to the days of the Taliban’s iconoclastic fury. The Taliban are also known to use the lucrative antiquities trade to finance their crimes. Click here to read

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Posted in Art and Culture, History, Taliban |
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“Ex-Afghan President Total Fraud, Hampered Peace Talks”: US Ex Top Official

29th January, 2023 · admin

PTI: Ashraf Ghani, the former Afghanistan President who fled the country when the Taliban grabbed power in Kabul, was “a total fraud” solely focused on his own desire to stay in power and a big hurdle in any peace talks, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Click here to read more (external

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Posted in History, Political News, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Corrupt Ghani, Ghani Government Failure |
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Pompeo’s book full of lies, Afghanistan not an obstacle to peace: Former Afghan VP Amrullah Saleh

26th January, 2023 · admin

ANI: Former United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday released his memoir titled “Never Give an Inch, Fighting for the America I Love”. In his memoir, Pompeo said that Afghanistan’s former president, Ashraf Ghani, and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah “led cartels that stole millions of dollars in aid money from the United States.”

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Posted in History, Political News, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Amrullah Saleh, Ashraf Ghani, Corrupt Ghani |
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Ghani wanted “real peace”: Saleh

15th January, 2023 · admin

Aamaj: Former vice president, Amrullah Saleh, reacting to remarks of former United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, stated that Ghani wanted “real peace”, but the US hidden decision delivered Afghanistan to Pakistan. Saleh calling Pompeo as “impostor” blamed the US for the fall of Afghanistan. Saleh claimed that the US was preparing for a

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Posted in History, Political News, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Amrullah Saleh, Ashraf Ghani, United States handing Pakistan control of Afghanistan, US betrayal of Afghans |
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Pompeo Says Ashraf Ghani “Stole The Election”

14th January, 2023 · admin

Tolo News: Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Mohammad Ashraf Ghani stole the election just more effective than his competitor at stealing votes. Pompeo added that Ghani was never asked to step down from power. “He would think that I did, but I didn’t. I was incredibly frustrated with president Ghani, it

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Posted in History, Political News, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Corrupt Ghani, Election Fraud |
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Anas Haqqani to Prince Harry: ‘History will remember your atrocities’

6th January, 2023 · admin

Ariana: Anas Haqqani, a senior member of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) [Taliban], condemning UK Prince Harry’s statement on killing people during his mission in Afghanistan, said that those who were killed were not “chess pieces” but they were humans. In his memoir, Spare, the Duke of Sussex has said that he killed 25

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Posted in Britain-Afghanistan Relations, History, Taliban | Tags: Anas Haqqani |
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Prince Harry reveals that he killed 25 people in Afghanistan

5th January, 2023 · admin

The Telegraph (UK): Prince Harry has disclosed that he killed 25 people in his role as an Apache helicopter pilot during his second tour of duty in Afghanistan. In his autobiography, Spare, the Duke of Sussex says he flew on six missions that resulted in “the taking of human lives”, something of which he says

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Posted in Britain-Afghanistan Relations, History, Taliban |
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A Timeline of Women’s Rights in Afghanistan

4th January, 2023 · admin

US News and World Report: Afghan women have seen their rights disappear since the Taliban regained control of their country in August 2021. In August 2021, after 20 years of war, the United States withdrew its troops from Afghanistan. Following America’s exit, the Taliban – a predominantly Pashtun, Islamic fundamentalist group – quickly regained power

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Posted in Afghan Women, History, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Pashtun Taliban |
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Anti-Pakistani Militants Find ‘Strategic Depth’ in Afghanistan

3rd December, 2022 · admin

Michael Hughes: General Mirza Aslam Beg as a chief instructor at the National Defense College during the early 1980s allegedly first articulated Pakistan’s version of the military doctrine known as “strategic depth,” which posits Islamabad’s hegemony in Afghanistan as critical in case of war with India. Many in Rawalpindi felt the Taliban seizing Kabul (again) was crucial

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Posted in History, Opinion/Editorial, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Political News, Taliban | Tags: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan |
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Afghan activist Zarifa Ghafari: ‘They sold Afghanistan to the Taliban’

2nd December, 2022 · admin

FT: Ghafari is scathing about the 20 years of US intervention. “It was not a ‘war on terror’. It was war to produce more terrorism,” she says. “They [US forces] destroyed entire villages. And if you asked, they would say, ‘There was one or two Taliban.’” In Afghanistan’s perennial woes she sees the traces of

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Posted in History, Opinion/Editorial, Political News, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: US betrayal of Afghans, Zarifa Ghafari |
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