The Taliban have received improved weaponry in Afghanistan that appears to have been supplied by the Russian government, according to exclusive videos obtained by CNN, adding weight to accusations by Afghan and American officials that Moscow is arming their one-time foe in the war-torn country. US generals first suggested they were concerned the Russian government… Read more.
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Killing of U.S. General Betrays Tragic Folly of U.S. Presence in Afghanistan
I have become a veritable Cassandra with my warnings about the folly of America’s involvement in Afghanistan. Instead of wondering why I keep beating this dead horse, however, my only wonder is why more people aren’t doing the same… Hell, even the recent spate of U.S. soldiers being killed by the Afghans they’re supposedly training… Read more.
Afghanistan: How Many More U.S. Soldiers Must Die for a Mistake…?
Yet another Afghan police betrayed his U.S. trainers on Sunday by opening fire on them, killing four. This brought to 51 the number of NATO soldiers killed in these so-called “green-on-blue” attacks so far this year. Ominously, this happened just days after Afghan authorities ejected some 700 members of the Afghan security forces for suspected… Read more.