(2021-09-07). How Elite US Institutions Created Afghanistan's Neoliberal President Ashraf Ghani, who Stole $169 Million from His Country. orinocotribune.com 
By Ben Norton — Sep 2, 2021 | Before he stole $169 million and fled his failed state in disgrace, Afghanistan's puppet President Ashraf Ghani was formed in elite American universities, given US citizenship, trained in neoliberal economics by the World Bank, glorified in the media as an "incorruptible" technocrat, coached by powerful DC think tanks like the Atlantic Council, and given awards for his book "Fixing Failed States." | No individual is more emblematic of the corruption, criminality, and moral rot at the heart of the 20-year US occupation of Afghanistan than President Ashraf Ghani. | As the Taliban…
(2021-09-07). Taliban claims victory over rebel forces in Panjshir valley, announces end of war in Afghanistan. peoplesdispatch.org According to reports, the leader of the resistance in Panjshir valley, Ahmad Massoud, and vice-president in the Ashraf Ghani-led government, Amrullah Saleh, have fled the country…
(2021-09-07). Protestors launch Global Week of Action for Democracy in Swaziland and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at renewed protests in Swaziland with the launch of the Global Week of Action for Democracy; the members of a new 'caretaker' government appointed by the Taliban following the takeover of Panjshir; protests and counter-protests organized across Brazil as far-right President Jair Bolsonaro rallies his supporters to march to Brasilia; the partial agreements signed between the Venezuelan government and the right-wing opposition after another round of talks in Mexico; and the 'Kisan Panchayat' rally held by over 500,000 protesting farmers in India.
(2021-09-07). Afghan Women Take Initiative Of Resistance After Panjshir Was Conquered By Taliban. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Residents of the Afghanistan's capital of Kabul went out to the streets, demonstrating against the Pakistan's support to the Taliban, its involvement in Afghanistan's national affairs. The protests were held in support of resistance forces that have On September 7th, the protests involved hundreds of Kabul residents, most of th…
(2021-09-07). Headlines for September 7, 2021. democracynow.org Jobless Benefits for Millions Expire on Labor Day After Congress and White House Fail to Act, Over 1,000 U.S. Schools Cancel In-Person Classes Due to COVID-19, Taliban Defeat Last Pocket of Resistance, Step Up Attacks on Afghan Women, 90% of Afghanistan's 2,300 Healthcare Centers May Soon Be Forced to Close, Warns WHO, Millions in Ethiopia's Tigray Are on Brink of Famine, Warns World Food Programme, Guinean Army Colonel Deposes President Alpha Condé in Military Coup, Millions Rally for Brazil's Far-Right President, Raising Fears of Trump-Like Insurrection, Mexico Breaks Up Caravan of Asylum Seekers; U.S. Deports…
(2021-09-07). Georgian, Ukrainian military chiefs continue to collaborate on LOOT. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com LOOT: Liberation of occupied territories, in which endeavor they're fully backed by the U.S., NATO and the EU. Those territories are Abkhazia, Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk and South Ossetia. Wars have been and are being waged in the last three. Commander of the Ukrainian Guard inspects the base of the 20th cadre brigade of the National …
(2021-09-07). After Syria, Libya, Karabakh wars, new Turkish drones are "heavily-armed and dangerous" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Heavily-armed and dangerous: The Akinci drone in the skiesOne should not forget that the underlying success in the Karabakh, Syria, and Libya frontiers were not merely Turkish drones, but Turkish way of drone warfare. Recently, the Turkish Armed Forces have started receiving the first batch of its new Akinci unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Designed and …
(2021-09-07). Military Situation In Syria On September 7, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On September 5, Russian military police entered the Daraa al-Balad neighborhood | On September 5, the Daraa al-Balad militants started to hand over their weapons to the Syrian Arab Army | On September 5, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in Fatirah area | On September 5, Turkish forces and Russian military police conducted a joint patrol near the city of Ain al-Arab | On September 5, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positio…
(2021-09-07). BBC Admits Documentary on Syria Chemical Attack Contained 'False Claims'. orinocotribune.com UK's propaganda outlet BBC has admitted that a Radio 4 documentary about an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria, in 2018 contained serious inaccuracies. | On Sunday, the UK corporation's Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) upheld a protest by The judges agreed that BBC investigative journalist Chloe Hadjimatheou's show failed to meet the "corporation's editorial standards for accuracy" by reporting false c…
(2021-09-07). Should the Cuban Revolution Hold on to Power? Part 4: Lenin's New Economic Policy and the Cuban Situation. orinocotribune.com By Sam King — Sep 4, 2021 | The following article outlines some theoretical considerations to help place Cuba's contemporary situation into a Marxist framework. A relevant reference point seems to be another revolutionary country that also found itself in the situation of isolation — Russia. | In the broadest possible terms, the objective situation in Cuba today approximates aspects of the situation the Russian revolution faced in 1921 after its victory in the civil war. There are countless differences in detail and emphasis, however, in broadest terms, in both countries state power had/has been consol…
(2021-09-07). Afghanistan and the Purdue Pharma Case are Reminders That the U.S. is a Failed Narco-State, Too. counterpunch.org Official figures state that 841,000 Americans died from drug overdoses between 1999 and 2019, and that opioids caused 70.6 percent of drug overdose deaths in 2019. The CDC also reports that in 2020, overdoses spiked by about 30 percent for all drugs and nearly 37 percent for opioids, the highly predictable result of the fear and economic hardship caused by COVID-19. It reported 93,000 overdose deaths that year, which, when combined with deaths in 2021, undoubtedly takes us past the 1 million mark as a modest estimate for drug overdoses over the past two decades, and more than 660,000 deaths from opioid overdoses…
(2021-09-07). War is a Racist Enterprise. popularresistance.org The debacle in Afghanistan exposes how racism oozes from every edifice of the U.S.'s imperialist wars. War requires the dehumanization of its subjects. It is assumed that Afghanistan needs the United States to achieve any modicum of (white) "civilization." The people of Afghanistan have been deemed incapable of expressing self-determination without the almighty hand of the U.S. military. The Taliban, on the other hand, represents the "heart of darkness" that must be wiped away in order for the people of Afghanistan to leave their "primitive" existence behind.
(2021-09-07). A Letter to Americans About Afghanistan. counterpunch.org Dear Americans, I wanted to share some thoughts with you on Afghanistan, as it sits atop the rubble of another indifferent imperial folly with the dread of once again living under a fundamentalist authoritarian regime on the horizon. And especially on the American public's disconnect from its own government's culpability in spreading misery there and
(2021-09-07). Actual Facts: Here Are the Top 5 Military Contractors Who Got Big Afghanistan Money Bags. moguldom.com A hasty U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as the Taliban overpowered the government and took control of the capital left many wondering what happened to the trillions of dollars spent over the last two decades since the 2001 U.S. invasion, and who benefited from the money. One thing is clear. More than $2.3 trillion — $300 …
(2021-09-07). The Decline and Fall of the Roman… Whoops!… American Empire. tomdispatch.com They weren't kidding when they called Afghanistan the "graveyard of empires." Indeed, that cemetery has just taken another imperial body. And it wasn't pretty, was it? Not that anyone should be surprised. Even after 20 years of preparation, a burial never is. In fact, the shock and awe(fulness) in Kabul and Washington over these last weeks shouldn't have been surprising, given our history. After all, we were the ones who prepared the ground and dug the grave for the previous interment in that very cemetery. That, of course, took place between 1979 and 1989 when Washington had no hesitation about using the most ex…
(2021-09-07). Afghanistan, Corporate Media and the Declining Image of the United States. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-07). Video: David Swanson on RT on Afghanistan and Lives That Matter. warisacrime.org
(2021-09-07). Biden Exits Afghanistan, Heads in the Wrong Direction. dissidentvoice.org On August 31, Joe Biden accepted the inevitable and announced the final departure of all open military personnel from Afghanistan. Perhaps, the most important part of the speech had to do with the future, and here Biden was unequivocal: And here is the critical thing to understand: The world is changing. We're engaged in a …
(2021-09-07). A CIA Drone Analyst Apologizes to the People of Afghanistan. counterpunch.org
(2021-09-07). Former US Marine sharpshooter murders four in Florida, including mother, baby and grandmother. wsws.org The shooter, Bryan Riley, 33, was a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and had worked as a private military contractor for multiple companies including Academi, formerly known as Blackwater.
(2021-09-07). US' recognition of Taliban 'a long way off,' Biden says. tass.com Last week, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki stated that the US administration was "in no rush" to recognize the Taliban as the new leaders of Afghanistan…
(2021-09-07). Afghanistan debacle sends shockwaves through Australian ruling circles. wsws.org The ignominious end of the 20-year occupation of Afghanistan is provoking anxiety in the Australian capitalist elite about its dependence on US imperialism.
(2021-09-07). State Department, Then Taliban, Reportedly Blocking Private Rescue Planes From Departing Afghanistan. southfront.org 
On this satellite image taken on Friday, planes can be seen near the main terminal of the airport in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. Credit…Maxar Technologies/Reuters | Originally published on Several reports began to trickle in over the weekend about planes stuck in Afghanistan which are trying to evacuate stranded Americans and Afghan allies. | While a 'senior Congressional…
(2021-09-07). Taliban Perpetuate Muslim World's Failed Governance Paradigm. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan perpetuates a paradigm of failed governance in the Muslim world based on a centuries-old alliance between Islamic scholars and the state that, according to
(2021-09-07). Resistance Rejects Taliban Victory, Says Fighting Isn't Over. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA) continues to clash with the Taliban, its spokesman Ali Nazari said on Twitter. | #Freedom — Ali Maisam Nazary (@alinazary)
(2021-09-07). THE "LONGEST WAR" IS NOT OVER. warisacrime.org Speaking from the White House on August 31, President Joe Biden lied to the people of the U.S. and to the world: "Last night in Kabul, the United States ended 20 years of war in Afghanistan — the longest war in American history." The U.S. war on Afghanistan did not end— it has only adapted …
(2021-09-07). Tomgram: Engelhardt, Post-Afghanistan, Nation (Un)Building Comes Home. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. The Decline and Fall of the Roman… Whoops!… American Empire What Really Matters in the U.S. of A. By Tom Engelhardt They weren't kidding when they called Afghanistan the "graveyard of empires." Indeed, that cemetery has just taken …
(2021-09-07). 'Civilising Missions' of the Past are 'Humanitarian Interventions' of the Present. orinocotribune.com By Saheli Chowdhury — Sep 5, 2021 | Over the past weeks we have witnessed crocodile tears for Afghanistan, as the United States started evacuating in haste, and the Taliban retook power. In the last two weeks, "Afghanistan" has been mentioned more times than during the last twenty years of US and allied occupation of the country. Despite international "concern" for Afghan women and their rights under a "violent theocratic regime"—with even individuals like former US President George W. Bush and Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the destroyers of Afghanistan, jumping on the bandwagon—the <...
(2021-09-07). Afghan Acting Government Announced. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On September 7, the Taliban announced the names of several members of a new interim government in Afghanistan. It will be led by Mohammad Hasan Akhund. | Hasan Akhund was the head of the group's decision-making body the Quetta Shura or chief council that was formed in Pakistan by Taliban's leaders following the U.S. invasion in 2001. In 1996-2001 he was foreign minister and then deputy prime minister in the Taliban regime. | He was born in Kandahar and he has Pashtun lineage from Ahmad Shah Durra…
(2021-09-07). BBC Xinjiang/Uyghur Lies Spread to Afghanistan. newatlas.report September 7, 2021 (The New Atlas) — What happens when British state media — the BBC — combines its war propaganda in Afghanistan with its anti-China propaganda in Xinjiang? New Sinophobic narratives depicting Beijing as hunting Uyghurs down far beyond its borders and for apparently no real reason. References: BBC — Afghanistan's Uyghurs fear the …
(2021-09-07). Afghanistan War shows we need war power reform. greenleft.org.au The decision to join the United States' invasion of Afghanistan was made by one man. Joel MacKay argues that any decision to go to war should only be made after exhaustive scrutiny.
(2021-09-07). Australia: Weaponized Refugees and Hybrid Attacks. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2021-09-07). LOOT prototype: Turkey, Azerbaijan launch military exercise in conquered Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com LOOT: liberation of occupied territories. With Nagorno-Karabakh as model, the next "occupied territories" in the former Soviet Union to be "liberated" are Abkhazia, Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk, South Ossetia and Transdniester, with perhaps Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kaliningrad, the Kurils and others to follow. Turkey, Azerbaijan launch joint military drill in Lachin Turkey and Azerbaijan on Sept. …
(2021-09-07). US Targets China with Mekong River Meddling. newatlas.report September 7, 2021 (The New Atlas) — The US is using multiple artificial crises to justify its continued meddling across the Indo-Pacific region. This includes interfering in nations through which the Mekong River flows — under the basis of "protecting" the environment and human rights. In reality, the US seeks simply to block infrastructure projects …
(2021-09-07). Jinan conference to seek global unity in fight against food waste. ecns.cn China will hold an international conference in Shandong province to bolster global cooperation in curbing food waste.
(2021-09-07). China to roll out pilot scheme for green power trading, build system focused on new energy. ecns.cn China will roll out a scheme of green power trading in an effort to build a new power system with new energy as a mainstay and achieve China's goals of peak emissions and carbon neutrality, the National Development of Reform Commission (NDRC) said on its website on Tuesday.
(2021-09-07). NATO chief denounces China, North Korea over nuclear weapons. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From the head of history's only nuclear alliance. Nato chief alarmed by construction of new Chinese nuclear missile silos Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has expressed concern about the construction of new missile silos by China that could significantly step up the country's nuclear capabilities. China was also rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal with more …
(2021-09-07). Chip War: Can the U.S. Really Gain From China's Pain? counterpunch.org With the U.S. imposing technology sanctions on China, the world's electronics industry is facing turbulent times. After the sanctions, Huawei has slipped from its number one slot as a mobile phone supplier—which the company held during the second quarter of 2020—to number seven currently. Commenting on this slide, Huawei's rotating chairman Guo Ping has said that the company's battle is for survival right now. According to Reuters, Guo in a note circulated internally maintained that Huawei "will not give up and plans to eventually return to the industry's 'throne.'" On that count, Huawei is not only s…
(2021-09-07). Gazprom Neft Switches to Yuan Payments in China. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-07). U.S. escalates threats to Ethiopian and Eritrean sovereignty. mronline.org 
The U.S. and its Western European allies have been trying to pass some kind of resolution censuring Ethiopia that will lead towards military intervention, but so far, they have not succeeded. Why? Because China and Russia have been blocking it. They say that this is Ethiopia's internal affair, and we shouldn't engage in any undue interference. Everyone is saying the same thing they have been saying all along.
(2021-09-07). Los talibanes, la decadencia estadounidense y el poder de China y Rusia. globalizacion.ca En términos generales, la derrota de Estados Unidos en Afganistán significa no sólo su fracaso militar local, sino que ha cedido terreno a sus rivales por el control asiático y mundial, en especial a China y Rusia. | *** | La retirada…
(2021-09-07). El sueño de Soros: Convertir a China en otro de sus negocios neoliberales. globalizacion.ca En un artículo del Financial Times, "Los inversores en la China de Xi se enfrentan a un rudo despertar" (30 de agosto de 2021), George Soros escribe que "la represión de Xi contra la empresa privada demuestra que no comprende…
(2021-09-07). At a massive rally, India's farmers plan to intensify struggle. peoplesdispatch.org Around 500,000 farmers attended the rally. The farmers' umbrella organization, Samyukt Kisan Morcha, organized the mass gathering, which was aimed at giving the nine-month-long farmers' movement a new direction…
(2021-09-07). Indian officials shed crocodile tears over Sri Lankan Tamil refugees. wsws.org Refugees are trying to commit suicide in desperation over the conditions in the squalid camps where they have been kept since fleeing the 1983-2009 Sri Lankan communal war.
(2021-09-07). 'Left in Tatters': New Report Describes Israeli Attack's Impact on Gaza's Productive Sector. orinocotribune.com The Israeli military attack on the Gaza Strip in May 2021 had catastrophic economic effects, especially on the productive sector, and caused direct and indirect losses exceeding half a billion dollars in various sectors, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said in a report released last week. | Titled "Left in Tatters," the report stated that the Israeli army carried focused air and guided artillery attacks on economic facilities including various factories and production units. | In addition to targeting production facilities in different areas in Gaza, the Israeli army deliberately targeted the Gaza Industr…
(2021-09-07). Malaysia gets a new unelected government. greenleft.org.au On August 20, 2021, Malaysia got its second unelected government in a row when the king appointed Ismail Sabri Yaakob prime minister. The new PM is from the United Malaysia National Organisation (UMNO), which lost the 2018 general elections. Green Left's Peter Boyle spoke to Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) deputy chairperson S. Arutchelvan (better known as Arul) about the political situation in this COVID-19 ravaged country and the disturbing fanning of race politics by its ruling elite. The interview was conducted by Zoom on September 7.
(2021-09-07). Illegal Woman: The plight of immigrants in Spain. wsws.org The film, streaming on Netflix, exposes the brutal Spanish immigration policy, and more broadly, the European and global mistreatment of immigrants and refugees.
(2021-09-07). Crimea Pipeline Explosion Was Allegedly Orchestrated By Ukrainian Intelligence. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The explosion of a gas pipeline in Crimea was organized by Ukrainian intelligence, Russia's security service — the FSB reported. | On August 23, unidentified persons damaged the gas pipeline, located in Crimea's mountainous area and used for supplying gas to a military unit and to the village of Perevalnoye. The gas pipeline operation was restored on the next day. On 6 September, four suspects were arrested."It was established that this act of sabotage was orchestrated by the Uk…
(2021-09-07). Russia's New Space Station To Be Autonomous, Begin Deployment In 5-6 Years. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Russia's new orbital station will operate autonomously to a large extent and will be kitted with artificial intelligence, head of the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said."The system itself, the station itself with artificial intelligence elements should demonstrate intelligence of the highest level," the Roscosmos chief said, responding to a question about the principal distinctions of the future orbiter from previous systems. | The Russian station should…
(2021-09-07). Has Biden Now Lost Saudi Arabia? globalresearch.ca