September 11 Aftermath
Letters on "Oil company adviser named US representative to Afghanistan"
January 12, 2002
A number of readers have commented on the article by Patrick Martin, posted January 3, 2002, which detailed the connections between Zalmay Khalilzad, the new US special envoy to Kabul, and the Califor...
US bases pave the way for long-term intervention in Central Asia
By Patrick Martin, January 11, 2002
Recent statements by US government officials and reports in the American and international press indicate that the Bush administration and the Pentagon are carrying out a military buildup in Central A...
Thousands of POWs held in appalling conditions in Afghanistan
By Peter Symonds, January 8, 2002
Thousands of captured Taliban fighters, many of whom have been detained since mid-November, continue to be held in terrible conditions in jails and makeshift prisons across Afghanistan. Access to the ...
The strange case of Zacarias Moussaoui: FBI refused to investigate man charged in September 11 attacks
By Patrick Martin, January 5, 2002
The case of Zacarias Moussaoui raises many questions about the conduct of the FBI and other US intelligence agencies in the period leading up the September 11. It is the clearest example of the almost...
Open-ended US bombing campaign results in further Afghan casualties
By Peter Symonds, January 4, 2002
Amid a rising toll of civilian casualties, pressure is mounting on the newly-installed interim Afghan administration, led by chairman Hamid Karzai, to call for an end to US bombing.
Oil company adviser named US representative to Afghanistan
By Patrick Martin, January 3, 2002
President Bush has appointed a former aide to the American oil company Unocal, Afghan-born Zalmay Khalilzad, as special envoy to Afghanistan. The nomination was announced December 31, nine days after ...
As US bombs more civilian targets, Bush insists Afghan war must go on
By Kate Randall, December 29, 2001
Speaking with reporters on Friday, George W. Bush defended the US war in Afghanistan, making the case for an open-ended military campaign in the Central Asian country and giving no timetable for a wit...
Report estimates Afghan deaths exceed Twin Towers figure
By Julie Hyland, December 22, 2001
The US bombardment of Afghanistan has killed at least 3,767 civilians, according to the first independent study made into civilian casualties in the war-torn country.
Washington’s man to be installed as Afghan prime minister
By Peter Symonds, December 22, 2001
The new Afghan interim administration headed by Hamid Karzai is due to be sworn into office in Kabul today. While UN officials are withholding details of the two-hour ceremony for security reasons, it...
The bin Laden videotape: the reactionary politics of terrorism
By the Editorial Board, December 18, 2001
The recently released videotape in which Osama bin Laden gloats over the World Trade Center atrocity and avows responsibility for it provides a graphic demonstration of the political bankruptcy of ter...
Afghanistan: US rules out surrender and turns Tora Bora into a killing field
By Peter Symonds, December 17, 2001
The US military is continuing its relentless bombing of the Tora Bora area of Afghanistan after sabotaging a surrender deal negotiated last week between Afghani militia leaders and pro-Taliban fighter...
More evidence of US war crimes in Afghanistan: Taliban POWs suffocated inside cargo containers
By Jerry White, December 13, 2001
Scores, if not hundreds, of Taliban prisoners of war suffocated to death inside metal cargo containers where they were imprisoned after surrendering to Northern Alliance and US forces in the Afghan ci...
