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Taliban govt harbours big dreams for Afghan rail
AFP via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoOn the edge of the Afghan border with Uzbekistan, where the railway abruptly stops, throngs of young men transfer sacks of wheat or flour from freight...
‘Never Been Done Before’: A True Investigation of a Failed American War
Politico via Yahoo News· 4 days agoCan you nonetheless engage with them? Jackson: Any engagement with groups like the Taliban is complicated. We see this in the story of the Afghan War, the ...
Our recognition of past wars comes with a dose of ambivalence
The Hill· 2 days agoThis Memorial Day was an unintended reminder of how Americans have been ambivalent or even...
Opinion: How should we honor the dead of our failed wars?
The Salt Lake Tribune· 3 days agoAbout 10 years ago, as the war in Afghanistan was slowly, painfully winding down, I walked through...
Counter-Terrorism: The Chinese Loyal Wingman
Strategy Page· 7 hours agoJanuary 15, 2021: In an unusual move Pakistan has moved to seize the assets of former Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour. This is part of its effort to keep itself ...
The US Military's Long History of Killing Innocents
The Nation· 3 hours agoLate last month, the Department of Defense (DoD) released its congressionally mandated annual accounting of civilian casualties caused by U.S. military...
Mines, unexploded ordnance a daily menace for Afghanistan's children
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe black mushroom cloud had barely faded in Ghazni province before kids clustered around the edge...
Anti-Taliban Groups Gaining in Afghanistan
The New York Sun· 22 hours agoThe waxing opposition to the Islamic militants comes amid a warning by one of the resistance leaders that an attack on America from terrorist groups...
Odessa American Legion hold Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony
NewsWest 9· 3 days ago“We had to remember our fallen heroes from the Civil War, World War Two, World War One, Vietnam,...
The Last 7 Russian Defense Ministers
247wallst.com· 3 days agoSince the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia has had seven official and three temporary Ministers of Defense. The position is chiefly...