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Tag: 9/11

Posted inUnited States

Time for America to privatize its hybrid wars

by Erik Prince October 19, 2021October 23, 2021

Four and a half years ago I offered the Trump administration an offramp for the continuous loop of failure America faced in Afghanistan. A similar package was previously suggested to Team Obama and finally to Team Biden in January this year. Sadly, the administrations’ set of “credentialed” experts rejected a common-sense rationalization for letting US […]

Posted inOpinion

On 9/11, time for a reckoning of failed US national security policy

by Katrina vanden Heuvel September 11, 2021September 10, 2021
Posted inOpinion

9/9 and 9/11, 20 years later

by Pepe Escobar September 9, 2021September 13, 2021
Posted inAfghanistan

Taliban terrorists take the helm in Afghanistan

by Daniel Williams September 8, 2021September 14, 2021
Posted inOpinion

America has lost the Global War on Terrorism

by Brandon J Weichert September 7, 2021September 7, 2021
Posted inThe Roving Eye

Show us the shooter

by Pepe Escobar January 4, 2020June 18, 2020
Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia, United States, World

Tragedies of the Afghan war

by Manoj Kumar Mishra December 16, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAfghanistan, Russia, South Asia, United States, World

Trump on 9/11 vows to hit Taliban ‘harder’

by Peter Hutchison and Sebastian Smith September 12, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inUnited States, World

We are all hostages of 9/11

by Pepe Escobar September 12, 2019February 18, 2020
Osama bin Laden in June 1999. Photo courtesy of AFP
Posted inAfghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, United States, World

From the archives: ‘Get Osama now’

by Pepe Escobar September 9, 2019February 18, 2020
The Taliban agreed to a ceasefire for a brief three days during Eid. Photo: Ajmal Omari
Posted inAfghanistan, European Union, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, World

After US retreat, an Arab NATO would serve the region

by Jonathan Gornall December 27, 2018
Chief justice William Rehnquist administers the Presidential Oath of Office to George H W Bush during his January 20, 1989, inauguration ceremony at the United States Capitol. Photo: Wikipedia
Posted inAfghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, World

On getting in and out of a swamp

by Norman A. Bailey December 24, 2018
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, seen here at a search and rescue event last month, is expected to nominate Army chief Tjahjanto, on his right, as defense minister if he wins the election in April.  Photo: Donal Husni / NurPhoto/ AFP
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Widodo appoints Gen Perkasa as new Army chief of staff

by John McBeth December 19, 2018February 18, 2020
US President Donald Trump with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House. Photo: Mark Wilson / dpa for AFP
Posted inAT Finance, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

The US-Saudi relationship after Khashoggi

by Barak Barfi October 17, 2018
Conflict and instability continue to plague Afghanistan as the country struggles to achieve an enduring peace after decades of turmoil. Image: iStock
Posted inAfghanistan, India, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Seventeen years later, US has no exit strategy in Afghanistan

by Vivek Katju October 8, 2018
The Pentagon. Photo: Flickr Commons
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

How the last superpower was unchained 

by Tom Engelhardt June 17, 2018
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan July 11, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo
Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia, World

What has gone wrong in Afghanistan?

by Haroun Mir April 24, 2018
A US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber flying over South Korea with US and South Korean fighter jets during a joint military drill this week. Photo: South Korean Defense Ministry via AFP
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

A tale of American hubris

by Tom Engelhardt April 15, 2018April 15, 2018
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inWorld

Message to America: Dream on!

by Tom Velk and Jade Xiao March 31, 2018
Suspected militants and their recovered weapons are presented to the media by Pakistani paramilitary forces at a security compound in the Jamrud area of the Khyber Agency tribal area on March 3, 2017. Photo: AFP / Abdul Majeed
Posted inAfghanistan, China, India, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, World

The Pakistan conundrum

by Richard N. Haass January 21, 2018

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