Ending the War in Afghanistan

Finally! https://thehill.com/policy/defense/570053-last-us-military-plane-out-of-afghanistan-ends-americas-longest-war

Last US military plane out of Afghanistan ends America's longest war The longest war in U.S. history has come to an end with the departure of the last American military flight out of Afghanistan almost 20 years after troops first arrived in the country.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/this-yemeni-man-loves-america-hates-al-qaeda-and-says-drone-strikes-make-them-stronger/275248/

This Yemeni Man Loves America, Hates Al Qaeda, and Says Drone Strikes Make Them Stronger He described the time a Hellfire missile hit his home village in testimony before a U.S. Senate committee.

C.I.A. Delivers Cash to Afghan Leader’s Office Millions of dollars have flowed from the Central Intelligence Agency to the office of President Hamid Karzai, but there’s little evidence that the payments bought the influence the agency sought.

Afghan girls' school feared hit by poison gas TALUQAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - As many as 74 schoolgirls in Afghanistan's far north fell sick after smelling gas and were being examined for possible poisoning, local officials said on Sunday.While

This disgusts me.

The Army Has Issued Anti-Su***de Nasal Spray.
Aug. 18, 2012, 1:50 AM


The military su***de rate doubled in July. That's one of our troops, almost every day.
To come up with an answer, the Army recently gave 3 million dollars to a university of Indiana research center, and those researchers came back with this: Anti-Su***de Nasal Spray.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/su***de-rates-double-in-july-army-issues-nasal-spray-2012-8


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Officials: Six Afghan Police Killed in ‘Insider Attack’ -- News from Antiwar.com An incident of Taliban forces killing six Afghan Local Police (ALP) has been chalked up to an insider attack according to officials, who say that one of the other ALP let the Taliban into the base as the others slept, then joined them.

US bomb kills 30 at Afghan wedding At least 30 members of an Afghan wedding party were killed and many more wounded when a U.S. plane bombed a village in the central province of Uruzgan today, Afghan officials and residents said

Three key lessons from the Obama administration's drone lies Glenn Greenwald: The axiom that political officials abuse their power and lie to the public when operating in the dark is proven yet again

NATO says 2 international troops killed in helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO says two international service members have been killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan.

Ten children killed in Afghan NATO strike — RT News A NATO airstrike has killed at least 10 children in the East of Afghanistan, report local officials.

Afghan attacks kill U.S. diplomat, soldiers, others KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A car bomb blast killed five Americans, including three U.S. soldiers and a young diplomat, on Saturday, while an American civilian died in a separate attack in the east.The

How A Female Photographer Sees Her Afghanistan : NPR At age 13, Farzana Wahidy was beaten in the street for not wearing a burqa. To have carried a camera then would have been unthinkable. But she went on to become a pioneering photographer and, after working and studying abroad, returned to Afghanistan to "show the bigger image, not just show we have…

Afghanistan says Pakistan putting conditions on Taliban peace effort, relations at new low KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan accused Pakistan on Thursday of placing unacceptable conditions on efforts to bring peace to the country after nearly 12 years of war, the latest in a series of barbed exchanges that has sunk relations between the two neighbors to a new low.

Russia rules out setting up bases in Afghanistan A top Russian military official denied reports that Russia may set up bases in Afghanistan, even while reiterating readiness to assist the Afghan armed forces. “I want to state that ...

Afghanistan 2014: A look one year out - by Jim Marshall | The AfPak Channel Term limits preclude Hamid Karzai from seeking re-election in the Afghan presidential election slated to occur one year from today (parliamentary elections will follow in 2015). So, for the first time since 2001, Afghanistan will soon have a new chief executive along with a new parliament, a leaders...

Pilot killed in Afghanistan identified; son of retired 2-star The F-16 pilot killed in an April 3 crash in eastern Afghanistan was the son of retired Maj. Gen. Robert Steel, former commandant of the National War College.

Dempsey: US decision on how many troops to keep in Afghanistan should wait for summer fighting In order to assess the strength of Afghan government forces, the U.S. should wait until summer or later before deciding how many troops to keep in Afghanistan after the combat mission ends in De...

New Zealand pulls troops out of Afghanistan New Zealand has withdrawn its small contingent of troops from Afghanistan.

Report Calculates High Cost of Iraq-Afghanistan War | The Harvard Crimson As the U.S. presence in Iraq and Afghanistan winds down, a recent report by Harvard Kennedy School lecturer Linda J. Bilmes ’80 predicts that the aggregate cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will fall between $4 and $6 trillion.

Security Council extends mission amid calls for continued UN support

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/afghan-taliban-kill-44-in-su***de-attack-on-courtroom-1.1347840

Taliban Kill 44 in Su***de Attack on Courtroom

Top U.S. commander talks extending Afghanistan mission Gen. Joseph Dunford tells CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer he lies awake at night worrying he won't provide the leadership coalition forces deserve

54 killed, 90 wounded in attack on Afghan compound At least 54 people were killed and 90 others wounded Wednesday in an insurgent attack on a government compound in western Afghanistan where Taliban fighters were facing trial, local officials said. Nine insurgents with explosives strapped to their bodies stormed the compound in …

We've heard this all before...

ISAF Commander: Afghanistan not ready to stand on its own, but will be in 2014 On the Radar As commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, Jr. has one of the toughest jobs in the military: preparing Afghanistan to stand on its own by 2014 when the last international troops are set to pull out of the cou...

I don't think this is an April Fools gag. I really hope it isn't.

Russia going back to Afghanistan? Kremlin confirms it could happen Nearly 25 years after Soviet troops left Afghanistan in defeat, Russia may return – in order to service the Russian equipment that makes up the backbone of the Afghan military.

Removing military assets from Afghanistan to cost at least $5 billion | The Raw Story The US operation to remove military hardware and vehicles from Afghanistan as troops withdraw after 12 years of war will cost between five and six billion dollars, officials said Sunday.

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Iraq, Afghan wars ‘most expensive’ in US history, drained defense budget for decades — RT USA The US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will cost taxpayers up to $6 trillion, “the most expensive wars in US history,” a new report has revealed, adding that these campaigns will dominate future federal budgets “for decades to come.”

Bipartisan Group Of Senators Urges Obama To End Afghanistan War WASHINGTON -- Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) urged President Barack Obama in a letter Wednesday to end the war in Afghanistan and provide a minimal number of U.S. troops beyond 2014. "Mr. President, our valiant men and women have fought bravely in Afghanist...

The war is still going on... The neocons want more and I doubt the neodems have a different opinion. When will the military adventurism stop?

McCain, Graham Press For Military Action In Syria Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday responded to conflicting and unconfirmed reports of chemical weapons being used in Syria by increasing pressure on President Barack Obama to approve U.S. military involvement in the Middle East nation's ongoing strife. "President...

Nothing like adding a war on top of a war

Why Washington's War on Drugs in Afghanistan Isn't Working It's time to turn conventional wisdom upside down. Fighting drugs is not a precondition for security. On the contrary, security is a necessary condition for curbing drugs.

Horrifying beyond belief.

Horror Hospital: The Most Shocking Photos And Testimony From The Dawood Military Hospital Scandal If you look at only one story about the Afghan War this year, make it this one. An explosive Congressional investigation revealed horrific new details this week about a U.S. funded military hospita...

Is it Vietnam yet?

Smart move...

French combat troops to leave Afghanistan by year's end | CTV News All French combat forces will pull out of Afghanistan by the end of the year, France's new president said in Kabul Friday, but some trainers will remain to help Afghanistan's nascent security forces.