US aims to keep 10,000 troops in Afghanistan
Daily Star The administration of President Barack Obama aims to keep around 10,000 US troops in Afghanistan after formal combat operations in that country end in 2014, The Wall Street Journal reported late Sunday. Citing unnamed senior US officials, the newspaper said the plan was in line with recommendations presented by General John Allen, commander [...]
Read More →U.S. veterans call for immediate end of Afghan war
Xinhua | ANI U.S. veterans on Friday called for an immediate end of the War in Afghanistan and slashed both U.S. presidential candidates for their identical positions on the war. The appeal came in a strongly worded statement released by Michael Prysner, an Iraq War veteran and co-founder of March Forward, an organization of veterans [...]
Read More →UK to ‘double armed drone fleet’ in Afghanistan
ANI The British government has reportedly planned to double the number of its armed drone aircraft flying combat and surveillance operations in Afghanistan. In the new squadron of unmanned aerial vehicles ( UAVs), five Reaper drones will be sent to Afghanistan. According to the Guardian, they are likely to begin operations within six weeks. The report [...]
Read More →Afghan War veterans in danger of mysterious degenerative brain disease
RT Doctors have discovered an incurable brain disease evident in a large number of soldiers returning from war, and estimate that as many as 250,000 US troops are at risk of being ravaged by the disorder next. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy cannot be diagnosed or adequately treated yet, Col. Dallas Hack of the Army’s Combat Casualty [...]
Read More →US used micro nukes in Afghanistan and Iraq wars: Gordon Duff
PressTV The United States’ use of powerful genetic weapons such as depleted uranium on the battle field is in violation of every conceivable international law, says an analyst. Depleted uranium has a half-life of 4.5 billion years and has thus earned the title “The silent killer that will never stop killing”. Shells, bombs and cruise [...]
Read More →Leaked video shows US pilot singing after killing Afghans
ZeeNews A video from an Apache helicopter’s on-board camera that was leaked online shows a US pilot blowing up an Afghan man while singing “Bye, bye Miss American pie”. As the pilot launches a missile at a group of people in a street (1:22 min), he is seen humming the famous tune from the 1971 [...]
Read More →France to Withdraw 2,000 Troops from Afghanistan by Yearend
RiaN All of the 2,000 French combat troops will leave Afghanistan by the end of the current year, French President Francois Hollande said on Friday. “More than 2,000 troops will leave the country by the end of the year. This is a very important organizational and logistic task,” he said during a meeting with servicemen [...]
Read More →U.S. Has Spent $642 Billion on Afghan War, Including almost $200 Billion for This Year and Next
AllGov While Washington’s rhetoric has focused recently on the coming end to the war inAfghanistan, its spending on the conflict is not at all waning. Between this year and next, the federal government plans to spend nearly $200 billion on the war. If it does so, the U.S. will have spent about $642 billion since [...]
Read More →U.S. seeks cash for Afghan army
DailyStar Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the United States and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 international troops pull out. The alliance’s plans for arm’s-length support for Afghanistan will be a central focus of the summit President Barack Obama is hosting Sunday and [...]
Read More →UK military toll in Afghan war tops 412
PressTV The UK’s military death toll in Afghanistan has topped 412 so far since the US-led invasion of the country in 2001, with the death of two more British troops, news reports said. Britain’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) confirmed the death of two troopers saying in a statement that the “soldiers, from the Royal Logistic [...]
Read More →U.S. secretly releases high-level prisoners to buy peace with Taliban
ANI As part of an effort to quell violence and ensure peace with the Taliban, the United States for several years has been secretly releasing high-level prisoners from a military prison in Afghanistan. According to the peace deal, insurgent commanders or local elders have promised to reduce violence, or cease fighting altogether, if certain insurgents [...]
Read More →All Taliban militants killed for launching several co-ordinated attacks on Kabul
ANI All Taliban militants, who launched co-ordinated weekend attacks on Kabul have been killed. Pakistan Interior Ministry spokesperson Sediq Sediqqi said the attackers’ last two strongholds, in the diplomatic enclave and near the parliament, had been cleared. “All attackers are dead, the fighting is over,” The News quoted Sediqqi, as saying. Kabul was hit by [...]
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