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Australian troops to exit earlier from Afghanistan

By AP News Tue, Apr 17, 2012 12:41PM UTC View Comments

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says her country will begin pulling its troops out of Afghanistan earlier than planned. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Tuesday that most Australian soldiers in Afghanistan are expected to be home nearly a year ahead of schedule. Most will likely be back in Australia by the end of 2013....

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Opinion: Rhetoric has consequences, U.S.-Afghanistan edition

By Ahsan Butt Tue, Mar 13, 2012 4:25AM UTC View Comments

An Afghan woman, center, clad in burqa walks past a soldier at a checkpoint following Sunday's killing of civilians by a U.S. soldier in Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Pic: AP.

I recall that when Congresswoman Griffords was shot and almost killed, a number of news outlets in the U.S. (fairly) asked the question of the extent to which Sarah Palin and her rhetoric of “targeting” certain lawmakers mattered. The reasoning was simple: that while one cannot directly “blame” Palin for the assassination attempt, violent and...

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Kandahar massacre, Kristie Kenney and the Philippines Subic rape case

By Andrew Spooner Mon, Mar 12, 2012 10:06PM UTC View Comments

As the news of the Kandahar Massacre circles the globe, the eyes of the international community are once again scrutinising the USA’s dubious and often appalling human rights record – particularly when they are intervening/invading in some foreign land. From urinating on corpses, drones bringing mass slaughter to wedding parties, death squads murdering completely innocent,...

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The U.S. soldier shooting incident is not an isolated one

By Ahsan Butt Mon, Mar 12, 2012 5:24AM UTC View Comments

Even amidst the daily humdrum of violence during war, certain incidents simply belong in a category of their own. The details of the U.S. Army Staff Sergeant’s war crime (if this does not qualify, I don’t know what does) really have to be read to be believed: The unnamed soldier, thought to be a staff...

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Taliban to open Qatar office for peace talks

By AP News Wed, Jan 04, 2012 10:51AM UTC View Comments

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban announced Tuesday that they will open an office in the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar to hold talks with the United States, an unprecedented step toward a peace process that might lead to a winding down of the 10-year war in Afghanistan. Although U.S. and Taliban representatives have met...

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