(2021-08-13). Coming War on Taiwan? China Taking over Control of Taiwan's Airspace? globalresearch.ca …
(2021-08-13). Contributions to COVAX reflect China's commitment to global anti-COVID-19 fight: Bangladesh health experts. ecns.cn China's contributions through the COVAX Facility have reflected Beijing's commitment to global anti-COVID-19 fight, Bangladesh health experts said.
(2021-08-13). Next on the US Agenda: War with China? globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-13). 'Capitalism on a Ventilator' ‚àí coming soon in Chinese. workers.org 
As the Delta variant rages through the U.S., a major Chinese publisher last week signed a contract to distribute a timely book comparing COVID-19 responses in the countries' two systems: capitalism and socialism. "Capitalism on a Ventilator: The Impact of COVID-19 in China & the U.S." — originally published last . . . |
(2021-08-13). Headlines for August 13, 2021. democracynow.org U.S. Begins Evacuating Afghanistan Embassy Staff as Taliban Seize Kandahar and Herat, China Closes Shipping Terminal over Single COVID-19 Case; Russia Logs Record Death Toll, FDA Approves Third COVID-19 Vaccine Dose for Immunocompromised People, New Orleans, San Francisco to Require Vaccination Card or Negative Test for Indoor Venues, Four Teachers in Florida's Broward County Die of COVID-19 in One Day, Supreme Court Blocks Part of New York Eviction Moratorium Despite Worsening Pandemic, Israel to Resume Building Illegal Settlements in Occupied West Bank, Jewish American Leaders Demand AIPAC Apologize over Islamo…
(2021-08-13). Estados Unidos trata inútilmente de politizar la pandemia. globalizacion.ca Hace dos años, se conmemoró el 70 aniversario del nacimiento de la República Popular China. Han sido siete décadas de esfuerzo denodado para superar las condiciones de atraso y miseria en que estaba sumido el país. Hace solo 40 años,…
(2021-08-13). Post-mortem on America's longest war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From an interview with Dr. Abdul Latif Pedram, member of the Afghan parliament and leader of the National Congress Party of Afghanistan, in China's Global Times on August 13. Though not an endorsement of him, his party or everything he says in the interview, the following excerpts seem too apt not to share: What Afghanistan …
(2021-08-13). The US continues to obstruct China. indybay.org The United States has again demonstrated its willingness to tighten the approach towards Beijing in the economic sphere.
(2021-08-13). Taliban announces total conquest of Kandahar as Afghan officials confirm fall of 2nd-largest city. rt.com 
The Taliban has claimed complete control over Kandahar following fierce fighting, as officials confirm that government forces have retreated from the second-largest city. | A spokesperson for the militant group posted a statement on Friday announcing that Afghanistan's most important provinces — Kandahar, Helmand, Herat and Badghis — had been completely conquered. | Read more | | The Taliban said it had seized…
(2021-08-13). Humanitarians assess needs of 18.4 mln people in Afghanistan: UN. ecns.cn Relief workers in Afghanistan are determining the needs of 18.4 million people out of the nearly 40-million population as fighting spreads across the country, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.
(2021-08-13). The Great Washington Ponzi Scheme in Afghanistan comes Crashing Down. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The United States lost the Afghanistan War a long time ago, as is quickly becoming apparent as the Taliban take city after city. After 2002, it was never clear what the US war aim was. You can't win a war if you don't have a clear objective. The war is …
(2021-08-13). Biden Must Call Off the B-52s Bombing Afghan Cities. counterpunch.org Nine provincial capitals in Afghanistan have fallen to the Taliban in six days — Zaranj, Sheberghan, Sar-e-Pul, Kunduz, Taloqan, Aybak, Farah, Pul-e-Khumri and Faizabad — while fighting continues in four more — Lashkargah, Kandahar, Herat & Mazar-i-Sharif. U.S. military officials now believe Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, could fall in one to three months. It is horrific
(2021-08-13). US sending 3,000 troops to Afghanistan as major cities fall to Taliban. wsws.org The rout of security forces loyal to the US puppet regime in Kabul accelerated Thursday with the fall of Herat and Kandahar.
(2021-08-13). US Sending 3,000 Troops To Afghanistan. popularresistance.org The Pentagon announced Thursday that the US is sending 3,000 US soldiers and Marines into Afghanistan with the ostensible mission of securing US diplomatic facilities in Kabul and organizing the evacuation of American civilians. Britain is sending 600 soldiers for the same purpose. The US deployment of one Army and two Marine infantry battalions has been ordered as the lightning offensive of the Taliban—and the unmitigated rout of the US-backed Afghan security forces—has steadily tightened a noose around the Afghan capital. | The collapse of security forces loyal to the US puppet regime in Kabul accel…
(2021-08-13). NATO to maintain "diplomatic" presence in Afghanistan: Stoltenberg, North Atlantic Council. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Secretary General statement on Afghanistan NATO Allies met in the North Atlantic Council today to consult on the situation in Afghanistan…. … NATO will maintain our diplomatic presence in Kabul, and continue to adjust as necessary. NATO Allies are deeply concerned about the high levels of violence caused by the Taliban's offensive, including attacks on …
(2021-08-13). Taliban's major offensive plunges Afghanistan into further chaos. peoplesdispatch.org In the latest escalation of the offensive, at least 18 provincial capitals have fallen to the Taliban, while the Ashraf Ghani government has proposed power-sharing to stop the "never-ending protracted conflict" in Afghanistan…
(2021-08-13). Turkish NATO troops at Kabul airport "peace mission": envoy. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ankara's presence at Kabul airport a peace mission: Envoy "This is a peace mission. This is in support of peace and stability," he [Afghan ambassador to Turkey Amir Mohammad Ramin] said, adding that Turkey's extended mission at the airport "will continue to have the support of the Government of Afghanistan, as well as the support …
(2021-08-13). Stop Listening to the Pro-War Idiots Who Got Afghanistan Wrong. counterpunch.org You're going to read a lot of Afghan War postmortems in the coming days. Some have already been published. Don't listen to anyone who was ever in favor of occupying Afghanistan. They were wrong for thinking that the United States could have won. They were stupid to think that invading Afghanistan would prevent another 9/11,
(2021-08-13). Afghan crisis: historical background. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Excerpts from an article by Muhittin Ataman in today's Daily Sabah of Turkey. Who is responsible for the chaos in Afghanistan? Afghan territories served as a buffer zone between the British Empire and the Czarist Russia during the last quarter of the 1800s. To put it correctly, modern Afghanistan is an artificial creation of the …
(2021-08-13). Barack Obama Lied When He Declared End of US War in Afghanistan in 2014, Book Says. sputniknews.com In December 2014, then-US President Barack Obama announced that the Afghan war, which started in 2001 as a response to 9/11 terrorist attacks, had ended. He promised that all US troops would be pulled out of the country, but it took another seven years to kick-start the final step of the withdrawal.
(2021-08-13). The US Is Bombing Its Equipment That Has Been Captured by the Taliban. news.antiwar.com As the Taliban is rapidly advancing in Afghanistan, the US has stepped up airstrikes in the country. A US airstrikes have destroyed tanks, MRAPs, humvees, and D30 artillery pieces. US airstrikes have also killed civilians. In one instan…
(2021-08-13). Afghan Journalist: Only a Political Compromise Can Stop Taliban's Military Takeover of Afghanistan. democracynow.org 
The Taliban claim to have seized 17 provincial capitals across Afghanistan, including Kandahar and Herat, the country's second- and third-largest cities, as the group continues its sweep through the country. The Taliban now have almost full control of the south, west and north of Afghanistan and are advancing on the capital Kabul, where the United States is preparing to evacuate its embassy in case of a Taliban defeat of the Afghan government. The sudden and dramatic Taliban gains come as the U.S. withdraws its ground troops from Afghanistan after nearly two decades of war, with aid groups warning of a humanitari…
(2021-08-13). A Viable—and Perhaps the Only—Path to Lasting Peace in Afghanistan. zcomm.org Blindness to history governs the attitude of several capitals, who know from previous experience that extremism cannot be contained within Afghanistan; it devastates the region…
(2021-08-13). Video: Taliban's Unstoppable Force Rolls Through Afghanistan, Towards Kabul. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-13). Taliban Seized Seven Afghan Air Force Helicopters In Herat, Helmand & Ghazni (Video, Photos). southfront.org 
Illustrative image, Fighter of the Taliban | After capturing vast parts of Afghanistan, the Taliban seized seven military helicopters which were left behind by the Afghan Air Force (AAF). | In the northwestern province of Herat, whose capital was captured by the Taliban on August 12, the group seized four Mi-8/17 military helicopters. | Two of the captured helicopters were in an operational condition while the other two were undergoing maintenance in Shindand Air Base at the time of capture. | Fully functional…
(2021-08-13). The Taliban's Blitzkrieg Continues: Kandahar, Four Other Provincial Capitals Claimed By The Group (Videos). southfront.org 
File image. | The Taliban continues to advance on different fronts across Afghanistan while facing very little, if any resistance from government forces. | On August 13, the Taliban imposed control of Kandahar, the second largest city in the country. The group's fighters stormed the southern city a day earlier. Afghan government forces retreated after failing to stop the Taliban. | In Afghanistan, the Taliban began to take control of the whole of Afghanistan. Afghan soldiers began to surrender to the Taliban.
(2021-08-13). Selected Articles: What Is the Future of Afghanistan? globalresearch.ca 
By In a coordinated blitzkrieg, the Taliban have subdued no less than six Afghan provincial capitals in only four days. The central administration in Kabul will …
(2021-08-13). Roaming Charges: Ain't That America, Something to See, Baby. counterpunch.org For years, the mantra of "anti-war" liberals, including the Peace Prize president, was that by invading Iraq, the US was fighting the wrong post-9/11 war, losing its focus on Afghanistan. In fact, the US shouldn't have been at war with Afghanistan either…
(2021-08-13). Canada Reportedly Deploys Special Op Forces to Evacuate Embassy Staffers From Afghanistan. sputniknews.com Over the last few weeks, the Taliban have established control over several provincial capitals in Afghanistan. On Thursday, the Pentagon announced that it would return several thousand troops to the country to secure the departure of US embassy staffers from Kabul.
(2021-08-13). "It's Not So Bad In Afghanistan": Hypocritical Europe Not To Allow New Refugees. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | The leading EU states have sent a letter to the European Commission calling not to halt the expulsion of illegal migrants back to Afghanistan, despite the ongoing crisis in the country. | Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark, Greece and Belgium representatives (Interior Ministers or in charge of Migration) were among the signatories, who asked the European Commission to guarantee the forced return of certain Afghans."I have sent a letter to the European Commission calling for the…
(2021-08-13). West Might Have No Choice But To Engage With Taliban Government. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageThe Taliban is likely to take complete power sooner rather than later. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | A recent offensive by the Taliban has resulted in major centers in key Afghan provinces to fall to the group. The Taliban are now less than 150 kilometers away from Kabul and it is only a matter of time before they conquer the capital. The rapid spread of the Taliban in Afghanistan is not a consequence of some brilliant military strategy or some…
(2021-08-13). Azerbaijani tank units drill for next Caucasus war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Tank units of the Azerbaijani army began intensive combat training The Azerbaijani army conducts intensive combat training with the participation of tank units.
(2021-08-13). The nationalisation of banks in 1969. mronline.org 
ON July 19, 1969, 14 major banks were nationalised in the country. Today, after 52 years there is some talk again of privatising the nationalised banks, which naturally raises the question: why were banks nationalised at all?>
(2021-08-13). What Fidel Castro means to us. peoplesdispatch.org I first saw Fidel Castro in person during the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in New Delhi in 1983. Castro had come to hand-over the chair of NAM from Cuba, which hosted the 1979 meeting, to India. He was greeted at the Delhi airport by India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, whom he called "sister." | At the meeting, Castro was the star. He held together the 101 countries that gathered under an entirely new leadership. India's Nehru, Egypt's Nasser, Indonesia's Sukarno, and Yugoslavia's Tito — the founders of NAM in 1961 — were no longer present; the new names were Gandhi and Castro with new revolut…
(2021-08-13). Selected Articles: Worse than the Disease? Reviewing Some Possible Unintended Consequences of the mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19. globalresearch.ca 
By So-called Delta or "Indian" variant is spreading like chicken pox we are told, but not what that …
(2021-08-13). The Familiar Stench of the Forced Loyalty Slogan, the Demands for Segregation. zcomm.org It is also apparent that a concerted and barely concealed plan seems afoot to demand that Muslims be kept segregated from the 'true Indians', namely, Hindu Indians…
(2021-08-13). US Supreme Court declines to block Indiana University's vaccine mandate, preserving key precedent for compulsory Covid-19 jabs. rt.com 
The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from students who sought to strike down Indiana University's Covid-19 vaccine mandate, leaving in place a potentially key legal precedent for forced inoculations. | Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejected the emergency request to hear the case on Thursday, meaning the high court won't overturn rulings by an Indiana district court and the US Court of Appeals in Chicago, which upheld the mandate. There were no dissenting opinions cited from other Supreme Court justices. | The Indiana case marked the first legal challenge of a Covid-19 vaccine mandate to come before…
(2021-08-13). Four US Supply Convoys Came Under Attack In Southern, Central Iraq (Video). southfront.org 
File image. | Four convoys moving logistic supplies and equipment for the US-led coalition came under attack in southern and central Iraq in the last few days. | On August 12, two supply convoys were simultaneously attacked in the southern province of al-Diwaniyah. The first convoy was targeted near the town of Dagharah, while the second came under attack near the town of Sommer. Both convoys were targeted with improvised explosive devices (IEDs). | The pro-Iranian Islamic Resistance in Iraq — 'Ashab a…
(2021-08-13). Turkish Soldier Killed In Mortar Attack On Post In Northern Iraq. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | Late on August 12, a Turkish soldier was killed in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh as a result of a mortar attack. | In a statement, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense said that the soldier was mortally wounded in the attack which targeted a military post in the town of Zlican. The Turkish Armed Forces have been conducting a military operation, codenamed "Claw-Lightning," against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) cells in the area since last April. | The ministry held the PKK responsible for the…
(2021-08-13). Has AU Declared War on Member States by Granting Israel 'Observer Status'? orinocotribune.com By Iqbal Jassat — Aug 9, 2021 | In the midst of a full-blown controversy sparked by a decision to allow Israel "observer status" at the African Union, it is crucial to note that the Zionist colonial settler regime hasn't halted its violent plunder of Palestinian rights while relentlessly pushing ahead with illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. | Strange as it sounds, the bizarre fact is that the unauthorized permission by the AU Commission Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat has resulted in leaders of the African continent facing divisive consequences of a rash, unwise and problematic decision.
(2021-08-13). Israeli cities impose beach apartheid on Palestinians. electronicintifada.net Civil rights group slams "illegal measures" on the pretext of coronavirus.
(2021-08-13). Lawmakers Aren't "Progressive" If They Ignore Palestinian Rights. orinocotribune.com By Souzan Naser & Hatem Abudayyeh — Aug 9, 2021 | Even after years of dedicated judo training, both Mohamed Abdalarasool from Sudan and Fethi Nourine from Algeria refused to compete in the Tokyo Olympics when they were slated to perform against an Israeli athlete. In an official statement, Nourine said to an Algerian TV station, "We worked a lot to reach the Olympics… but the Palestinian cause is bigger than all of this." This gesture of sacrifice and solidarity with Palestinians oppressed by Israel earned Abdalarasool and Nourine hero status in the Arab world and beyond. | In another refreshing move, corp…
(2021-08-13). The Murder of the 'Menacing' Water Technician: On the Shadow Wars in the West Bank. counterpunch.org There is an ongoing, but hidden, Israeli war on the Palestinians which is rarely highlighted or even known. It is a water war, which has been in the making for decades. On July 26 and 27, two separate but intrinsically linked events took place in the Ein al-Hilweh area in the occupied Jordan Valley, and
(2021-08-13). Apartheid tech is no climate change solution. electronicintifada.net Israel finds opportunity to rebrand itself in wake of new IPCC report.
(2021-08-13). Tampa activists call for Tampa General Hospital to divest from Israel. liberationnews.org 
On July 16, activists gathered outside Tampa General Hospital (TGH) to denounce the hospital's partnership with Israel and call for it to divest from the "Florida-Israel Business Accelerator" (FIBA).
(2021-08-13). Israel Tries To Bridge Gap With Diaspora Amid Fears Of Strained Relations With The West. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Written by Israel's first post-Netanyahu…
(2021-08-13). Saturday 8/14: Protest US financed oppression in Palestine/Israel. indybay.org Intersection of Water and Ocean Streets, Santa Cruz…
(2021-08-13). IDF Veterans Issue Report About Settler Violence Against Palestinians In The West Bank. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by Dr. Leon Tressell. | There is a broad consensus amongst international institutions that Israel remains the occupying power in Gaza and the West Bank. The Hague regulations of 1907 and the fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 impose certain rights and obligations upon any nation that is illegally occupying a territory. | In December 1975 the United Nations General assembly passed a resolution which recited that "any military occupation however temporary" constituted "an act of aggression…
(2021-08-13). Class forces behind U.S. genocide in Hiroshima, Nagasaki. workers.org 
This article, which has been slightly excerpted, was first published in Workers World, August 13, 2015. On the 70th anniversary of the mass murders of the civilian populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, respectively, a discussion in the U.S. corporate media centered on . . . |
(2021-08-13). Talibanes toman la segunda ciudad más importante de Afganistán. telesurtv.net La captura de las ciudades de Kandahar y Herat representaría la mayor victoria de los talibanes desde que comenzaron una ofensiva en mayo.