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Archives: Taliban
![Back to Quagmire: Beware endless US Troop Escalations in Afghanistan](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/back-to-quagmire-beware-endless-187x137.jpg)
![Popular Protest against US-backed Government in Kabul: What is going On?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/popular-protest-against-us-backe-187x137.jpg)
Popular Protest against US-backed Government in Kabul: What is going On?
By Solaiman M. Fazel | (Informed Comment) | - - Two days after a deadly blast in Kabul’s diplomatic quarter, why did thousands of residents and civil society activists participate in a…![Could public anger over Kabul Bombing shake Afghan Government?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/could-public-anger-over-kabul-bo-187x137.jpg)
Could public anger over Kabul Bombing shake Afghan Government?
By Frud Bezhan. ( RFE/RL) | - - How did a sewage tank truck packed with explosives penetrate a heavily fortified area of the Afghan capital and carry out the deadliest attack…![Is US Winning its Longest War? Huge Bomb Hits Kabul Embassy Row, kills at least 80](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/is-us-winning-its-longest-war-hu-187x137.jpg)
Is US Winning its Longest War? Huge Bomb Hits Kabul Embassy Row, kills at least 80
TeleSur | - - Health ministry spokesman Ismael Kawoosi said: "They are still bringing bodies, and wounded people to hospitals." A powerful vehicle bomb has hit the diplomatic area of the Kabul.…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/ghostriders_hc-180x137.jpg)
How America’s Myth of the Infallible Generals gets us in Trouble
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - More, more, more. I was guilty of it myself. Commanding a small cavalry troop of about 85 soldiers in southwest Kandahar Province back…![Taliban Attackers Kill at Least 140 Soldiers at Afghan Base: Officials](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/taliban-attackers-kill-at-least-187x137.jpg)
Taliban Attackers Kill at Least 140 Soldiers at Afghan Base: Officials
TeleSur | - - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani visited the base on Saturday, and in a statement condemned the attack as "cowardly" and the work of "infidels." At least 140 Afghan soldiers…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/9781682470794-2-636x960-1-187x137.jpg)
“Dear Nasemi: ‘I’m Sorry.'” (ICE doesn’t Keep out Afghan-American Coffins)
By Jonathan S. Addleton | (Informed Comment) | - - Dear Nasemi – I’m sorry. It is hard to believe that it was almost four years ago that we walked together along…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/splinterlandspbk-180x137.jpg)
Afghanistan: We Lost a long Time Ago, and are Still at War
William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - America’s war in Afghanistan is now in its 16th year, the longest foreign war in our history. The phrase “no end in…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/ghostriders_hc-180x137.jpg)
The Misuse of American Military Power and Mideast Chaos
By Danny Sjursen | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - The United States has already lost -- its war for the Middle East, that is. Having taken my own crack at combat soldiering in…![Afghan Women Take Up Arms Against The Taliban](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/afghan-women-take-up-arms-agains-187x137.jpg)
Afghan Women Take Up Arms Against The Taliban
By RFE/RL's Afghan Service The leader of a fledgling women's militia in northern Afghanistan says dozens of volunteers have joined the fight since a handful of women recently took up arms to…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/spend-1-trillion-1-187x137.png)
What did we buy with the $5 Trillion that the Iraq & Afghanistan Wars have cost us?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A Boston U. political scientist estimates that as of 2016, The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars have cost the American taxpayers $5 trillion. That…![US still in Conventional War in Afghanistan via . . . Drones?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/us-still-in-conventional-war-in-187x137.jpg)
US still in Conventional War in Afghanistan via . . . Drones?
By Jack Serle | ( Bureau of Investigative Journalism) | - - US drones hit Taliban more than terrorist networks despite end of Afghan war The majority of US airstrikes in Afghanistan…![The Taliban Threat to Northern Afghanistan](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/the-taliban-threat-to-northern-a-187x137.jpg)
The Taliban Threat to Northern Afghanistan
By Bruce Pannier | ( RFE/RL) The security problems in northwest Afghanistan continue despite several trips to the region by Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum, a former general who comes from…![Afghanistan: New Taliban leader between Drones, ISIL & Negotiations](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/afghanistan-new-taliban-leader-b-1-187x137.jpg)
Afghanistan: New Taliban leader between Drones, ISIL & Negotiations
By Michael Semple | (The Conversation) | - - The May 21 drone strike that killed Taliban leader Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor was no ordinary assassination; it was an act of armed politics…![Afghanistan: Washington’s Twenty-First-Century Opium Wars](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/afghanistan-washingtons-twenty-f-187x137.jpg)
Afghanistan: Washington’s Twenty-First-Century Opium Wars
By Alfred McCoy | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - In October 2001, the U.S. launched its invasion of Afghanistan largely through proxy Afghan fighters with the help of Special Operations forces,…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/LastThousand-187x137.jpg)
A Teacher in Afghanistan: Is the Future Democracy or Muslim Extremism?
By Jeffrey E. Stern | (Informed Comment) | - - A few months ago, in downtown Kabul, a small man stood on top of a car with a megaphone in a city…![6 US Troops killed by Taliban Suicide Bomber in Afghanistan](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/12/6-us-troops-killed-by-taliban-su-187x137.jpg)
6 US Troops killed by Taliban Suicide Bomber in Afghanistan
Curated by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - BBC Monitoring translates from Pushtu a report from the 'Afghan Islamic Press' from Kabul on 21 Dec., which says that "A suicide…![America’s Never-Ending Wars: #1](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/11/americas-never-ending-wars-1-187x137.jpg)
America’s Never-Ending Wars: #1
By Ann Jones | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - Ten months ago, on December 28, 2014, a ceremony in Kabul officially marked the conclusion of America’s very long war in Afghanistan. President Obama…![Putin says Afghan Situation ‘Close to Critical’: Will he intervene there, Too?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/putin-says-afghan-situation-clos-187x137.jpg)
Putin says Afghan Situation ‘Close to Critical’: Will he intervene there, Too?
By Frud Bezhan | ( RFE / RL) | - - Russia has signaled its willingness to boost its involvement in Afghan security in a power play that could help President Vladimir…![Still underestimating al-Qaeda & Taliban despite 1500 Military Analysts](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701003406im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/still-underestimating-al-qaeda-t-187x137.jpg)