Ruminations about the fall of Kabul
By Friedrich Kratochwil Ruminations about the fall of Kabul International September 14, 2021 The hasty retreat of the U.S. from Afghanistan and the re-establishment of Taliban rule in Kabul are […]
Raisi tells UN: Nuclear talks useful only if they lead to lifting all oppressive sanctions on Iran
‘Knowledge that is beneficial to humanity cannot be sanctioned’ Politics September 21, 2021 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – In his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday […]
China senior diplomat says economic sanctions on Afghanistan must end
This content was published on September 23, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the various unilateral sanctions or restrictions on Afghanistan should be […]
Erdoğan urges US to take more responsibility for Afghan migrants
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL DIPLOMACY SEP 22, 2021 4:53 PM GMT+3Afghan migrants hide from security forces after crossing illegally into Turkey from Iran, near Tatvan in Bitlis province, Turkey, Aug. 23, 2021. (REUTERS […]
Military aid for Israel removed from US bill to fund government
Some House Democrats objected to a provision in a stopgap spending bill to provide the additional funding so Israel can replenish its “Iron Dome” missile-defense system. (Shutterstock) Short Url https://arab.news/mghxh […]
‘No Accountability Whatsoever.’ Rula Jebreal on Afghanistan and the War on Terror
September 21, 2021in Democracy In Exile Omid Memarian Omid Memarian is the Director of Communications at DAWN. Born into a Palestinian family in Haifa and raised in an orphanage in Israeli-occupied […]
Biden in UN call for independent Palestine
The world faced a “decisive decade,” Biden said, in which leaders must work together to combat a raging coronavirus pandemic, global climate change and cyber threats. (AP) Short Url https://arab.news/4drn8 […]
Why is Biden Prosecuting Assange for Telling the Truth about Afghanistan? | Opinion
OPINION DANIEL ELLSBERG, ALICE WALKER AND NOAM CHOMSKY , ASSANGE DEFENSEON 9/10/21 AT 1:10 PM EDT As we approach the 20th anniversary of 9/11, in the midst of a wrenching reassessment […]
Video: ‘You lied about WMDs’: Iraq war veteran blasts Bush in public
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AMERICAS SEP 21, 2021 12:46 AM GMT+3 Former U.S. President George W. Bush attends an event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks at the Flight […]
US missteps embolden enemies and unnerve allies
BARIA ALAMUDDIN September 19, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/2fenj Joe Biden was supposed to be the anti-Trump on the world stage — restoring the trust of allies, enhancing multilateralism, and calming […]
How the US neocons’ dreams turned to dust
YASAR YAKIS September 19, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/b2ej4 In a public statement in October, 2007, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen. Wesley Clark revealed details that shed light on […]
The Second Afghan War & US Retreat from Central Asia
CONOMONITOR The Second Afghan War & US Retreat from Central Asia JACK RASMUS SEP 14, 202 Today, September 11, 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of the Afghan war. But which […]
Concerns of proxy wars
Concerns of proxy wars Muhammad Amir Rana Published September 19, 2021 dawn.com THE Afghan Taliban’s retaking of Kabul may be the climax of a 20-year-long war in Afghanistan but it is difficult to […]
Blinken’s remarks
Blinken’s remarks Editorial Published September 18, 2021 – PERHAPS it was his country’s chaotic, humiliating recent withdrawal from Afghanistan — and the attendant war weariness that comes with occupying a country for […]
Bayan Galal: First Arab president of Yale student government, Ivy League
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1931021/offbeat?jwsource=cl Short Url RAY HANANIA September 18, 2021 Bayan Galal said that she won the election to become the first Arab to serve as president of Yale’s student government by […]
Afghan killed by drone praised by co-workers in US aid group
The Pentagon says it is further investigating the strike, but it has no way to do so on the ground in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, severely limiting its ability […]
World should incentivise Taliban instead of trying to control Afghanistan from outside: PM Imran on CNN
World should incentivise Taliban instead of trying to control Afghanistan from outside: PM Imran on CNN Dawn.com Published September 15, 2021 – Prime Minister Imran Khan says there is a need to […]
Why We Need to Stop Calling Afghanistan “The Graveyard of Empires”
ASIAHISTORY Ajam Media Collective 15th September 2021 Labelling Afghanistan “the graveyard of empires” is, at best, historically illiterate and, at worst, utterly self-serving. It not only negates thousands of years […]
Wrong to blame Afghans for Taliban takeover of Kabul
Wrong to blame Afghans for Taliban takeover of Kabul Americans completely failed to appreciate the culture and complexity of Afghanistan Published: September 16, 2021 Sajjad Ashraf, Special to Gulf News ALSO […]
How Scholars of the Islamic Golden Age Saved Ancient Greek Knowledge
By Anna Wichmann September 3, 2021 During the Islamic Golden Age, a period during which science, literature, geometry, astronomy and other fields of knowledge flourished from the eighth to the 13th century. Without the scholars of this period, who translated the works of the Ancient Greeks, it is likely that […]