Anand Gopal : US Wars & Military Action
In this interview with Tom Dispatch, Anand Gopal talks about his how he learned about an unreported network of U.S. secret prisons in Afghanistan.
Tom Engelhardt : Afghanistan War
From the point of view of peace or de-escalation, 2010 will be a year of no significance.
Selig S. Harrison : Afghanistan War
A timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan should set the stage for the military neutralization of the country.
CNN : US Military
Rep. John Tierney (D-MA) discusses his subcommittee's investigation into charges that the Department of Defense is essentially bribing Taliban warlords so US supply lines can safely travel through Afghanistan.
Jeremy Scahill : US Wars & Military Action
Escalation in Afghanistan means a surge in contractors, which means that thousands more Afghans will be hired to work at US bases, guard US installations and participate in US training programs.
Jeremy Scahill argues that as the Afghanistan escalation ramps up, President Obama is "surpassing Bush-era level of reliance on...for for-profit war corporations."
Tom Engelhardt : US Wars & Military Action
Despite the seeming specificity of the president's West Point speech on the Afghan War--30,000 new troops at a cost of $30 billion--Americans got little sense of just how big and how expensive this surge is likely to be.
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan has hired a firm with ties to a powerful ex-Republican congressman to help prepare oversight reports on other corporations.
Did Blackwater's owner speak to Vanity Fair to send a message to the Justice Department about the government secrets he could reveal?
Michael Shank : Afghanistan War
A trip to Afghanistan reveals the extent of Washington's disconnect from the reality on the ground.
The Rachel Maddow Show : Blackwater
Jeremy Scahill discusses Blackwater founder Erik Prince's secret involvement with CIA actions against Al Qaeda.
Tom Hayden : US Wars & Military Action
The expediency of Obama's Afghanistan decision was transparent. Satisfy the generals by sending 30,000 more troops. Satisfy the public with a timeline for beginning withdrawals of those same troops, without a timeline for completing withdrawal.
The Nation's Jeremy Scahill appears on MSNBC to discuss his colleague Aram Roston's new investigation into how the US funds the Taliban.
Under the Ft. Hood headlines, a stressed-out Army pushes stressed-out soldiers back into the war zones.
Selig S. Harrison : Afghanistan War
The tenacity of the Taliban insurgency is rooted in opposition to a foreign occupation that is particularly distasteful to the Pashtuns.
Women belong at the center of the debate over the Afghan war, not on the margins.
At a recent Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, former CIA officers offered clear alternatives to escalation in Afghanistan.
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