(2021-08-27). Terror bombs, gunfire kill at least 72 in Afghanistan capital. wsws.org The coordinated attacks on a gate at the Kabul airport and at a nearby hotel killed and wounded at least 200 Afghan civilians and 27 US Marines.
(2021-08-27). Pro-Palestine Activists Rally Against Israeli Prime Minister Visit. popularresistance.org Washington D.C. – Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied near the White House on Thursday to denounce a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to Washington. | Protesters rallied near the White House lawn to call for an end to US military and diplomatic support for Israel, citing Israel's human rights violations against Palestinians. | US President Joe Biden was set to meet Bennett at 15: 30 GMT, but the talks were moved to Friday following developments in Kabul where two suicide bombers killed and wounded scores of Afghans who had amassed outside Kabul airport. | Shortly before departing Israel…
(2021-08-27). "Mayhem": Chaotic Scenes at Kabul Airport as Suicide Bombs Kill 110+ Afghans & U.S. Troops. democracynow.org 
We go to Kabul, Afghanistan, for an update as the death toll from twin suicide bomb attack outside the airport has topped 110 people, including 13 U.S. troops. The suicide bombers struck near the crowded gates of the airport where thousands of Afghans had gathered in an attempt to flee the country before the withdrawal of U.S. troops on August 31. Afghan journalist Ali Latifi, a Kabul-based correspondent for Al Jazeera English, spoke with witnesses who described a scene of shock and panic following the blasts. "When the bomb went off, it was literally, they said, people walking on top of one another," says Latifi…
(2021-08-27). Who Is ISIS-K? Anti-Taliban, Anti-U.S. Terror Group Claims Responsibility for Kabul Suicide Bombs. democracynow.org 
We speak with Haroun Rahimi, assistant professor of law at the American University of Afghanistan, about the Islamic State affiliate that claimed responsibility for this week's devastating suicide bombings at Kabul airport, which killed more than 110 people, including 13 U.S. troops. Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, is a puritanical group that is "critical of all other sects of Islam," says Rahimi. "Whatever Muslim that thinks differently than them is a major target for them." He says the group's name refers to a region of the former Islamic empire and is an attempt to reestablish "some past lost glory" in a bi…
(2021-08-27). US Defeat In Afghanistan Is Opening A Pandora's Box. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageThere is a fear that the horrific scenes at Kabul airport are only the beginning of a grim period in Afghanistan's history which is already spilling beyond its borders… | Written by Johanna Ross, a journalist based in Edinburgh, Scotland. | "Over the last 20 years we have learned things and changed. We want to prove that we are not what anti-Taliban propaganda has portrayed us to be. We want to show that to the world" said Taliban Minister of Information, Zabihullah Mojahed, in an exclus…
(2021-08-27). Twenty Years of War, Occupation & Counter-Insurgency: A Conversation on Afghanistan. itsgoingdown.org On this episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we speak with a former veteran and author of a recent piece on CrimethInc. entitled, Afghanistan: The Taliban Victory in a Global Context: An Anti-Imperial Perspective from a Veteran of the US Occupation. We discuss the current situation in Afghanistan with the Taliban's recent victory, the…
(2021-08-27). "I Was Living Like Scarface": The Ludicrous Costs of the War in Afghanistan Revealed in New Documents, Testimonies. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-27). The Neocons Speak: Afghanistan as Political Real Estate. dissidentvoice.org When the tears dry, it is worth considering why there is so much upset about the fall of Kabul (or reconquest) by the Taliban and the messy withdrawal of US-led forces. A large shield is employed: women, rights of the subject, education. Remove the shield, and we are left with a simple equation of power …
(2021-08-27). Decline and Fall of the US Empire: Lawrence Wilkerson Discusses Afghanistan Pull-Out. orinocotribune.com As the national conversation on Afghanistan turns to what the country's future holds, Adley and Wilkerson have a frank discussion about the U.S. empire, war profiteers and the status of the War on Terror. | After 20 years of war and occupation that have caused the deaths of almost a
(2021-08-27). The 'War On Terror' Scam Continues. popularresistance.org ISIS has reportedly claimed credit for an explosion near Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport. As of this writing there are around 90 dead including 13 US military personnel, though to read western mainstream media reports you'd think only US troops died and not scores of Afghans as well. | This was the deadliest attack in a decade on US troops in Afghanistan, which is odd to think about considering how many people the US military has killed during that time; just between January and July of this year the war killed 1,659 civilians. The way the US war machine has shifted to relying more on highly profitable…
(2021-08-27). How Biden Ruined A Perfectly Good Twenty-Year War, Part II. progressive.org In the second installment of "How Biden Ruined A Perfectly Good Twenty-Year War," we take a look at the various ways the past three U.S. presidents have tried to get out of Afghanistan. Spoiler alert: not very successfully.
(2021-08-27). Afghanistan and the Propaganda of Infinite War. counterpunch.org The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban's re-ascendance are producing some incredible lamentations about the decline of American power. This apprehensiveness about withdrawal is premised on the belief that the U.S. acts as a force for good and is vital to the effort to defeat the scourge of global terrorism. This is familiar ground
(2021-08-27). Decline And Fall Of The US Empire. popularresistance.org After 20 years of war and occupation that have caused the deaths of almost a quarter of a million people and displaced 5.9 million more, the United States appears to have finally (tacitly) admitted defeat in Afghanistan, pulling its forces and representatives out of the country. | The U.S.-installed government fell within days, with President Ashraf Ghani escaping to the United Arab Emirates, reportedly with $169 million in cash stuffed in his suitcases. Ghani's departure is illustrative of the extraordinary grift of the entire operation. Overall, the U.S. spent well over $2 trillion on the Afghanistan War, makin…
(2021-08-27). Washington Arrogance is Incurable. counterpunch.org Americans are finally recognizing that the federal government lied to them for 20 years about progress in the war in Afghanistan. Many of the most brazen liars have long since collected a pension, joined the board of directors for defense contractors, or become ensconced with a "no heavy lifting" job at a Washington think tank.
(2021-08-27). Biden's Gambit: A Finger in the Dike. counterpunch.org Is it unclear whether Joe Biden's presidency and the Democratic control of Congress will survive the Afghanistan debacle. Recalling Malcolm X's great warning following John F. Kennedy's assassination, "The chickens are coming how to roost," the U.S.'s military-driven foreign policy may have hit a wall. The systematic failure of the military and intelligence bureaucracies has
(2021-08-27). Afghanistan Redux: Malala Yousafzai, White Feminism and Saving Afghan Women. counterpunch.org The initial military intervention was then followed up with countless "development" schemes that enriched a few at the expense of the many, and when the cost of this unending war became unpopular with the citizenry "back home" over time—we left the hapless "natives" that included those very women we had been so concerned with "saving," at the mercy of anarchy and chaos.
(2021-08-27). Maj. Danny Sjursen: America's War Machine Refuses to Let Afghanistan Go. scheerpost.com Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of NATO and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan, visits the 1-16th Infantry 2nd Battalion at Qalat Mangwal, Afghanistan, during a battlefield circulation, in support of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. [ U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Joshua Treadwell] | Click to subscribe on: When Ka…
(2021-08-27). After the Afghanistan debacle: German media and parliamentary parties on course for war. wsws.org Faced with a disaster in Afghanistan and broad opposition to militarism, all parties represented in the German parliament are moving closer together. The Left Party supports a war mission for the first time.
(2021-08-27). Will Ukraine Face the Same Abandonment after US Exit from Afghanistan? globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-27). President Biden says US 'could very well have' given evacuees' names to Taliban, as he faces criticism after deadly Kabul attack. rt.com 
Shortly after the deadly Kabul bombing, President Joe Biden has said that the US military may have shared data on Americans and allied Afghans with the Taliban in order to streamline evacuations. | Three US officials, who spoke with the Politico news website on Thursday on the condition of anonymity, said that the Taliban was given a list of names of American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allies slated for evacuation. | The move was said to have been intended to help evacuees safely pass through militant-controlled checkpoints outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport ahead of the looming Augus…
(2021-08-27). Roaming Charges: Hour of the Goat. counterpunch.org Curtis LeMay wanted to bomb Vietnam into the Stone Age, "destroying every work of man." HRC wanted to bomb Afghanistan into modernity, destroying every vestige of misogyny. The bombs fell for years until the US finally left. Amid ruins and graveyards, both nations remain culturally much the same. The US, however, is weaker now, morally, politically, and internationally, than it has ever been.
(2021-08-27). Wednesday 8/25: Supporting Local Aid to Afghanistan Virtual Town Hall. indybay.org Online town hall…
(2021-08-27). In Video: Large US Supply Convoy Entered Northeastern Syria. southfront.org 
U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment provide security support during mission on Sept. 9, 2018, at an undisclosed location in Syria. (Cpl. Gabino Perez/Marine Corps) | While the US is preparing to pull its remaining troops out from Afghanistan, it continues to expand its military presence in Syria's northeastern region. | On August 27, a large supply convoy of the US-led coalition entered northeastern Syria coming from the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. | The convoy consisted of 50 trucks carrying log…
(2021-08-27). Dissenter Weekly: Australian Witness In Afghanistan War Crimes Inquiry Was Bombed—Plus, Ag-Gag Laws. thedissenter.org In this edition of "Dissenter Weekly," Kevin Gosztola goes through whistleblower stories from the week of August 26, 2021. | We cover an investigation by the Australia Broadcasting Corporation that found a witness in an Afghanistan war crimes inquiry was relocated after their home was bombed. | The show highlights Representative Ilhan Omar's letter to President Joe Biden urging him to pardon drone whistleblower Daniel Hale. | Toward the end of the show, Kevin goes over the passage of a law backed by Big Agriculture in Iowa that makes audio or video recording in a "trespassing" crime. He also descri…
(2021-08-27). A tale of two US-Australia military disasters: Saigon and Kabul. greenleft.org.au Jim McIlroy argues that the clear lesson of Saigon in 1975 and Kabul in 2021 are that imperialist invasion and domination lead to disaster. In Afghanistan, it has led to the reinstallation of the tyrants the invaders purportedly went in to dislodge.
(2021-08-27). US Empire Reacts to Afghanistan Loss With Brutality & Terror. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Aug 25, 2021 | As imperialism has run its machinations within the different conditions of the world, it's turned these places into different types of tools for innovating in necro-politics. Israel is the U.S. empire's laboratory in repression, with the brutal anti-Palestinian tactics of the Zionist forces being used to train police in the U.S. and Colombia. Latin America is the empire's laboratory in the paramilitary facets of this repression, with the death squads in countries like Colombia being replicated in domestic U.S. militias like the Proud Boys and the Three Percenters. And Africa i…
(2021-08-27). Ex-Pence Aide: Stephen Miller's "Racist Hysteria" Made It Harder for Afghan Allies to Get Visas. democracynow.org 
As thousands of people in Afghanistan attempt to flee the country before the United States' withdrawal on August 31, we look at how the Trump administration made it much harder for Afghans who worked with the U.S. to apply and receive what is known as a special immigrant visa, or SIV. Oliva Troye, a former top aide to Mike Pence who resigned in protest, has placed the blame on Trump's xenophobic adviser Stephen Miller, saying he peddled "racist hysteria" in White House meetings about bringing Afghan allies to the U.S. "Stephen Miller would say, 'Well, these are terrorist cells in the making if you bring them here…
(2021-08-27). The Defeat Of The US In Afghanistan & Decline Of US Imperialism with George Wright. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews Professor George Wright about the collapse of the US government and military in Afghanistan and the history of US intervention during…
(2021-08-27). Syrian Army Foiled Attack In Eastern Daraa, Killed Six Gunmen (Photos). southfront.org 
Illustrative photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA on April 24, 2013. Via AP. | Early on August 27, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) foiled a plot by gunmen in the eastern Daraa countryside to attack one of its positions near the border with Jordan. | A unit of the army's 15th Division ambushed the group that was supposed to launch the attack between the towns of al-Jeezah and al-Musayfrah. The gunmen, who were moving on motorcycles, were hunted down by the 15th Division's snipers. | As a result of the ambush, at le…
(2021-08-27). Russian Warplanes Took Missile Fire While Carrying Out New Wave Of Airstrikes On Greater Idlib (Videos, Photos). southfront.org 
On August 27, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a series of airstrikes on the northwestern Syrian region…
(2021-08-27). New Conflict In Greater Idlib: Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Arrested Turkish-Affiliated Commanders. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | A new conflict between al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Turkish-backed forces is brewing in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | On August 27, HTS arrested two commanders of the al-Sham Legion, a main faction of the Turkish-backed National Front for Liberation, for no clear reason. | The commanders were reportedly picked up by HTS' security forces on one of five checkpoint established in the morning by the terrorist group around the town of Darkush in the western count…
(2021-08-27). Palestine's Africa Dichotomy: Is Israel Really 'Winning' Africa? counterpunch.org The decision by the African Union Commission, on July 22, to grant Israel observer status membership in the AU was the culmination of years of relentless Israeli efforts aimed at co-opting Africa's largest political institution. Why is Israel so keen on penetrating Africa? What made African countries finally succumb to Israeli pressure and lobbying? To
(2021-08-27). AJC is panicked by United Church of Christ's solidarity with Palestinians under settler-colonialism. mronline.org 
The United Church of Christ resolution calling Israel's continued "oppression" of Palestinians a "sin" has alarmed the American Jewish Committee and for good reason: Other Protestant churches are sure to follow, with measures that pose a real threat to apartheid.
(2021-08-27). Jan Schakowsky, progressive except for Palestine. electronicintifada.net Chicago activists challenge congresswoman on her failure to support Palestinian children.
(2021-08-27). Covid symptoms last a year for many, study finds. asiatimes.com 
Fatigue and shortness of breath still afflict many patients a year after their hospitalization for Covid-19, according to a new Chinese study calling for a better understanding of the pandemic's long-term health effects. About half the patients discharged from hospital for Covid still suffer from at least one persistent symptom — most often fatigue or …
(2021-08-27). Vietnam Says it Will Not Side Against China, as US' Kamala Harris Visits. orinocotribune.com ‚Ä¢ Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh reassures Chinese envoy before he meets US vice-president during her Asian tour | ‚Ä¢ But Pham says negotiations for a code of conduct on the disputed South China Sea should be stepped up via the Asean bloc | In a meeting on Tuesday…
(2021-08-27). Quad Meets the "Saigon Moment" asia-pacificresearch.com
(2021-08-27). Vaccine rollout in North Africa and West Asia: inequities rampant as conflict-hit regions suffer. peoplesdispatch.org Vaccination rates remain low in West Asia and North Africa even as these regions see an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases. As the health emergency deepens, sluggish vaccination campaigns and extreme disparities within the region remain a challenge…
(2021-08-27). Corporate media politicize WHO investigation on Covid origins to vilify China. mronline.org 
One key factor in spreading suspicion that the coronavirus might have escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) is media's early and ongoing politicization of the World Health Organization's investigation into the pandemic's origins. Much of this politicization weaponizes Orientalist tropes about China being especially, perhaps genetically, untrustworthy—the sort of people who would unleash COVID-19 on the world.
(2021-08-27). You won't believe the clickbaity chaos of Chinese apps. mronline.org 
For China's tech companies, user growth is increasingly all about having the pushiest push notifications.
(2021-08-27). China-Russia drill signals new era in joint exercises: spokesperson. ecns.cn A joint military exercise between China and Russia, code-named ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021, has charted the course for a new high-point in bilateral relations, opened new horizons for military drills between major countries.
(2021-08-27). China, 2049: a Climate Disaster Zone, Not a Military Superpower. counterpunch.org In recent months, Washington has had a lot to say about China's ever-expanding air, naval, and missile power. But when Pentagon officials address the topic, they generally speak less about that country's current capabilities, which remain vastly inferior to those of the U.S., than the world they foresee in the 2030s and 2040s, when Beijing
(2021-08-27). La OMS culpa a China por el COVID-19: øApoya la aplicación de inyecciones criminales llamadas erróneamente "vacunas"? globalizacion.ca 
En febrero de 2021, una misión de 4 semanas de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) a China para estudiar los orígenes de la covid plandemia, llegó a la conclusión de que era poco probable que el virus hubiera…
(2021-08-27). Selected Articles: CDC Counts People Dying Within 14 Days of Jab as "Unvaccinated" globalresearch.ca 
By It is this oncoming financial meltdown that underlies the war drive against China which certain western geopoliticans …
(2021-08-27). Ukraine's Threats To Turn To The East Will Not Force Concessions From The West. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageUkraine hopes China can alleviate major economic issues. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | Since the 2014 Maidan coup, different administrations in Kiev have continued with a single-minded goal — absorbing Ukraine into Western organizations and blocs like NATO and the European Union at the expense of having cordial relations with Russia and China. With this foreign policy, one would expect that a priority would be deepening Ukraine's financial relations with the…
(2021-08-27). USA wants its corporations to ditch China. indybay.org The leadership of the United States again raised the issue of the Uyghurs and attempted to provoke an "allergic reaction" of Beijing. The economic agenda goes in parallel with it.
(2021-08-27). Corporate Media Politicize Who Investigation to Vilify China. orinocotribune.com By Joshua Cho — Aug 26, 2021 | FAIR (
(2021-08-27). 150 years since the birth of Theodore Dreiser, the great American novelist. wsws.org August 27 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of writer Theodore Dreiser in Terre Haute, Indiana. Dreiser was the author of a number of the most important American novels ever written.
(2021-08-27). Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab Fights Latest US Extradition Maneuvers. popularresistance.org Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab remains defiant after over 14 months under US-ordered arrest in the African archipelago country of Cabo Verde. A special envoy of the Venezuelan government, he is fighting extradition to the US for the "crime" of trying to procure humanitarian supplies of food, fuel, and medicine from Iran in violation of illegal US sanctions. To date, Saab's legal appeals for freedom have been either denied, rejected, or ignored as his extradition to the US is becoming increasingly imminent. | Saab continues to fight this flagrant attempt of extra-territorial judicial overreach by the US. In respons…
(2021-08-27). Biden says he's prioritizing Human Rights, but is welcoming an Israeli Prime Minister who boasts about War Crimes. juancole.com ( Otherwords.org ) — Biden can't say he's putting human rights first and then welcome a prime minister who boasts about war crimes to the White House. By Sahand Yazdanyar | August 25, 2021 In April 1996, Israeli artillery shells rained down on a United Nations compound where hundreds of civilians were taking refuge. As …