Afghanistan

Régis Le Sommier est un des plus grands reporters de guerre français. Comme directeur adjoint de Paris Match, il a interviewé plusieurs fois Bachar el-Assad, s'est rendu l'an dernier chez les Talibans en Afghanistan et a couvert le conflit en Irak. Ancien correspondant aux États-Unis, il a également interviewé Bush et Obama. Il raconte tout cela dans son dernier ouvrage La Vérité du terrain. Avec lui, une question que nous nous posons : peut-on parler aux dictateurs ? 0:00 - Générique 0:51 - (...)

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A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in a remote area of Afghanistan has killed at least 1,000 people and injured at least 1,500. While the worst affected area is the mountainous Paktika province, deaths have also been reported in the eastern provinces of Khost and Nangarhar. Many more bodies are thought to be buried in mud as heavy rain hampers rescue efforts. The[Read More...]

An earthquake which has been called the deadliest in two decades hit Afghanistan on June 22. The latest reports indicate that nearly 1000 people have died and the death toll is likely to increase as more reports are received from remote, cut-off areas. It is feared that crucial rescue help needed in the first 24 hours or so may not[Read More...]

A powerful earthquake in Afghanistan killed more than 900 people and injured hundreds more on Wednesday, flattening homes and devastating entire villages in a nation already ravaged by decades of U.S.-led war and an ongoing economic collapse. The earthquake, which hit overnight, had an estimated magnitude of 6.1 with an epicenter near the nation’s border with Pakistan. “The death toll is likely to[Read More...]

Book review. The Ledger: Accounting for Failure in Afghanistanby Ian SinclairPeace NewsJune-July 2022 Presumably hastily put together after the disorderly US-UK-NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, The Ledger is written by two advisors to the Western militaries and Afghan government: David Kilcullen and Greg Mills. Their roles gave the pair an enviable level of access to […]

As evidenced by information coming from Afghanistan, the situation and socio-economic position in the country is deteriorating. Every second Afghan resident is now suffering from hunger, and in the near future the food situation in the country may worsen further, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said on May 27 during the fourth […]

New York Post, June 4, 2022 Biden vs. Musk? Bet on the guy who speaks full sentences regardless of what he smokes By James Bovard President Biden derided Elon Musk Friday after Musk said he had a “super bad feeling” about the economy and wanted to lay off 10% of Tesla’s workforce. Biden’s message to […]

US agencies have directly and indirectly trained and empowered Nazis and ultra-nationalists at home and abroad to fight Russians in Ukraine. This program follows the blueprint established by Western intelligence agencies in Afghanistan and Syria. From 1978 (not ’79 as many believe), the administration of Jimmy Carter decided to “draw the Russians into the Afghan trap,” in the words of the President’s National Security Advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski. US intelligence called on its British counterparts to activate networks of Afghan fighters. […]

In my latest piece for Shadowproof I outline the production history of Top Gun: Maverick, using documents from the Pentagon,...
The post How the Pentagon Shaped Top Gun: Maverick into a PR Vehicle first appeared on Spy Culture.(Read more...)

The government of India shut down the consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, the biggest city in the north of Afghanistan, considering a threat to the embassy staff from the Taliban which took over the reins of the government on 15 August, 2021. It is a fact that there is a perception among the international community including Indians that the Taliban would commit[Read More...]