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The horrific terrorist strikes in Kabul on Thursday which killed at least 12 US servicemen and dozens of civilians will lead to a higher level of cooperation between the US and the Taliban. The commander of CENTCOM Gen. Kenneth McKenzie disclosed to journalists on Thursday that the US was already sharing information on terror threats in Afghanistan with Taliban. As he put it, “We share versions of this information with the Taliban so that they actually make searches… We think they’ve thwarted some.”
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Terror bombs, gunfire kill at least 72 in Afghanistan capital
by Patrick Martin
In what the US military described as a “complex attack,” several terrorists attacked a screening checkpoint at a gate into the Kabul airport and a nearby hotel on Thursday, inflicting a horrific toll of death and destruction. Unnamed Afghan health officials told the media that at least 60 Afghan citizens were killed and another 140 wounded. The Pentagon said that 12 US Marines were killed and 15 wounded. Many of the wounded civilians and soldiers were in critical condition and the death toll could rise significantly.
Terrorist strikes in Kabul: A political windfall for Taliban
by M K Bhadrakumar
The horrific terrorist strikes in Kabul on Thursday which killed at least 12 US
servicemen and dozens of civilians will lead to a higher level of cooperation between the US and the Taliban. The commander of CENTCOM Gen. Kenneth McKenzie disclosed to journalists on Thursday that the US was already sharing information on terror threats in Afghanistan with Taliban. As he put it, “We share versions of this information with the Taliban so that they actually make searches… We think they’ve thwarted some.”
New Taliban, New Afghanistan?
by M Adil Khan
The fall of the US/NATO/Afghan Puppet Army in Afghanistan has turned all military calculus upside down – world’s mightiest have been defeated by the world’s smallest, a jungle army, the new Taliban!
The Neocons Speak: Afghanistan as Political Real Estate
by Dr Binoy Kampmark
When the tears dry, it is worth considering why there is so much
upset about the fall of Kabul (or reconquest) by the Taliban and the messy withdrawal of US-led forces. A large shield is employed: women, rights of the subject, education. Remove the shield, and we are left with a simple equation of power gone wrong in the name of paternalistic warmongering.
Two Decades After Assassination, the Lion of Panjshir Continues to Inspire Resistance
by Bharat Dogra
Just two days before the horrible 9/11 attack on the USA, on September 9 2001, another extremely tragic attack took place in far-away Afghanistan which resulted in the assassination of rebel commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, the fabled Lion of Panjshir.
Quad meets the “Saigon moment”
by M K Bhadrakumar
The regional tour of Southeast Asia by the US Vice-President Kamala Harris got inundated with
the tsunami of criticism over the United States’ frantic efforts to complete the evacuation out of Kabul Airport by the month-end. Again, Israel being a hugely attractive topic in US news cycles, Harris’ visit to Singapore and Vietnam may get marginalised with the arrival of the new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Washington later today.
Genesis of Right Wing Islamic Activism
by Syed Ehtisham
The US believed that Muslims between Greece and China, ‘The Arc of Islam’ would function as fire wall against the USSR, and might even incite the restive Muslims inside the USSR to open rebellion. The U.S. and other Western countries and Israel have in turn befriended, manipulated, double crossed and cynically used the Mujahideen as cold war allies. After the USSR withdrew from Afghanistan, they disdainfully ditched the fighters and must accept a major share of responsibility for the emergence
of Islamist ‘terrorism’.
Phony War/ Phony Empire
by Philip A Farruggio
Well, you can see on the literally thousands of clips showing the chaos in Afghanistan… as if it only wasn’t always like this. Twenty years ago the Junior Bush Cabal , as I label them, decided to listen to their empire handlers and create a Phony War in Afghanistan and then another one in Iraq
Bangla Sanskriti Manch: Spreading solidarity in Covid times
by Amit Sengupta
The pre and post-Covid era in contemporary Bengal has resurrected several civil society groups who have pushed the threshold in crafting a new secular and progressive discourse, while reaching out to people in crisis and resurrecting old-fashioned values of human compassion, shared spaces, and idealism. Among such groups, the sustained and committed grassroots endevour of the
Bangla Sanskriti Manch has been remarkable.
Voices from the Covid Battlefield – Episode Five
by Dr J Amalorpavanathan
Here we talk to Dr J Amalorpavanathan, a senior vascular surgeon, champion of public health and currently member of the Tamil Nadu State Development Policy Council. He was also the Convenor of Tamil Nadu’s highly successful Cadaver Transplant Program.
Farm Laws and the Farmers Protest – A discussion
by Colin Todhunter
A discussion hosted by the World Sikh Parliament network and run on KTV – a UK-based satellite TV channel for the Sikh diaspora
In India, the number of women farmers is steadily declining and the number of women agricultural laborers is increasing.
by Vikas Parashram Meshram
At present, there is a discussion of farmers’ movement all over the country. The Supreme Court has constituted a four-member committee. However, one of the members withdrew his name. During the hearing of the case, the apex court directed the farmers’ lawyer A.P. Singh said that women, children and old men of the movement should be sent home. The women farmers who have joined the agitation are outraged. They say that women work harder in the fields than men, so why should we leave the movement and go home? We do 73 per cent of the agricultural work – sowing seeds, weeding, etc. – so we will not go anywhere from the place of agitation.
Samar Sen Gave Indian Revolutionary Journalism A New Dimension
by Harsh Thakor
On 23rd August, we commemorated the 34th death anniversary of Samar Sen, one of the most creative and dynamic persons in Indian history. The founding of Journal ‘Frontier’ in 1968 on April 14th , marked a new epoch in the history of progressive or revolutionary democratic journalism in India and worldwide.
Govt of India’s decision to import GM soymeal into India patently illegal
Press Release
The Coalition for a GM-Free India, a civil society platform that had been in the forefront of struggles against hazardous gene technologies being deployed in India, has termed the decision of Government of India to import GM soymeal as patently illegal.
Hate — impact on daily life
by Sheshu Babu
Almost every day one or more news on humiliation or oppression of minorities is heard, especially muslims are
at the receiving end most of the time. They are not even being allowed to eek out a living by continuing petty and small business.
