Ottawa Citizen: There was an interesting report from Reuters news agency which highlighted the growing importance of unmanned aerial vehicles, aka drones. Drones have fired more weapons than conventional warplanes for the first time in Afghanistan, the news agency noted. Citing U.S. military officers, it suggests that the UAVs will play a greater role in the
Common Dreams: Faisal bin ali Jaber wants answers—and an apology—from the Obama administration for a U.S. drone strike that killed members of his family. I read the President said that the deaths of innocents cause him ‘anguish’—then why will he not account for what happened to my family?” Click here to read more (external link).
VOA News Ayaz Gul April 17, 2016 ISLAMABAD—The United Nations said the Afghan conflict has caused nearly 2,000 casualties in the first three months of this year, showing an increase of 2 percent compared to the same period last year. The number includes an increase of 11 percent in civilians wounded – 1,343 – but a
The Independent (UK): I am in the strange position of knowing that I am on the ‘Kill List’. I know this because I have been told, and I know because I have been targeted for death over and over again. Four times missiles have been fired at me. I am extraordinarily fortunate to be alive. I am
Khaama Press: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned a drone strike in eastern Paktika province of Afghanistan, claiming that civilians were killed in the raid. According to a statement released by the Office of the Former President, the drone strike by US forces in Barmal district left a number of civilians dead. The statement further added that the
Press TV April 8, 2016 US airstrikes in Afghan province of Paktika have killed at least 17 civilians, local officials and elders say, rejecting official American and Afghan claims that only militants had been killed. They were killed during three drone strikes carried out by the US in the area of Nematabad on Wednesday, former Afghan senator Hajji Muhammad Hasan
TeleSur: Afghanistan is the country most bombed by drones in the world. Nevertheless, it seems that the world is silent on its devastation. The vehicles were completely destroyed. So, too, was the body of one of the passengers, four-year-old Amir. In April 2013, a U.S. drone strike killed the child in Kunar, one of Afghanistan’s eastern provinces,
Press TV March 8, 2016 The White House will for the first time release the death toll from US terror drone strikes conducted since 2009, officials say. The figures will be disclosed in a review of the US airstrikes worldwide outside of active war zones, Lisa Monaco, President Barack Obama’s top homeland security adviser, said
Anti-War.com: In a New York Times op-ed published on February 21, former CIA director, Air Force general, and “Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror” author Michael Hayden advocated for the continuing use of drone warfare. He urges the public and implicitly, the next U.S. president, to “embrace” this policy for
Press TV / February 24, 2016 Afghan officials say more than two dozen Daesh terrorists have lost their lives in US drone strikes in Afghanistan’s troubled eastern province of Nangarhar. Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for Nangarhar provincial governor, said the aerial assaults took place in the Achin district of the province, which is located 120