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    Default NATO expands military spending and sends thousands of troops to Afghanistan

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    NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that Europe and Canada are raising defence spending at the fastest pace in three years.

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    Default Afghanistan under the Trump regime

    The war in Afghanistan is already the longest in the U.S. history, spanning 16 years at a price of at least $1 trillion. As a private citizen, Donald Trump repeatedly condemned the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, but today, his administration is preparing to send several thousand additional troops. Meanwhile, conditions for Afghan civilians continue to deteriorate.


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    Default Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren joins push for US escalation in Afghanistan

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    Appearing in Kabul alongside Republican John McCain, Warren joined in calling for President Donald Trump to advance a new strategy for the nearly 16-year-old US war.

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    Default Leaked reports expose Australian war crimes in Afghanistan

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    The atrocities, only partly revealed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, underscore the inherently criminal character of the US-led Afghanistan war.

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    Wasn't Trump supposed to pull US troops out of Afghanistan?
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    SAS soldiers suspected of executing unarmed Afghans and covering up potential war crimes --Special forces soldiers allegedly murdered civilians and planted guns on their bodies | 02 July 2017 | A "rogue" Special Air Service (SAS) unit is suspected of executing unarmed civilians in Afghanistan and fabricating reports to cover up potential war crimes, according to reports. Special forces soldiers allegedly murdered Afghans during raids on their homes and then planted guns at the scene to make it appear as though they had been Taliban insurgents. Some of the victims were handcuffed and hooded before being shot dead, Royal Military Police (RMP) sources told the Sunday Times.
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    Default U.S. Airstrike Accidentally Kills 16 Afghan Police

    The number of Afghan police officers mistakenly killed by a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan's embattled Helmand province has risen to 16, officials said Saturday. Friday's strike on a security forces compound in the Gereshk district was part of a U.S.-supported operation against Taliban militants in the area.


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    Default Dropping the mask: A war of plunder in Afghanistan

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    The long stalled plan for reviving the nearly 16-year US war in Afghanistan is being promoted in the Trump White House on the basis of profit and corporate plunder.

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    Default Afghanistan is right here! Lies, myths and legends (part 1)

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    Philosopher, filmmaker and journalist, Andre Vltchek wrote this heartfelt essay on his extensive travels through Afghanistan. He examines the myths about the former Soviet Union and finds hope in contrast to […]

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