Tag: Karzai

"The clear issue we have on NATO is that from day number one this was an illegal war; those who started this war in the US, Britain and elsewhere did so as a war crime.

These last three incidents and in particular, the killing of 18, which has been a more of a shock in the United States than anyone is aware, is that Americans are so ashamed.

- Camp Bastion, Afghanistan (VT) Moments ago, a truck bomb exploded on a British airstrip in Helmand province in Afghanistan, believed to be an unsuccessful attempt to kill US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta.

The U.S. army is telling "lies" about a recent shooting in Afghanistan which left 17 civilians -- mostly children and women -- dead, says Gordon Duff, senior editor of VT.

Taliban and "peace mission" -- these words do not fit together in the minds of Afghans who know the Taliban's history.

President Obama is now exploring avenues for a faster withdrawal from Afghanistan. American is flat broke, busted and our allies in Afghanistan have proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt. that they are far worse than our enemies.

By Hanan Habibzai UN mission in Afghanistan post ponded its office in Mazar -e -Sharif after a violent mob of protesters killed At least seven...

It is typical to scoff at David Miliband’s position for his post-political career. But in a recent New York Times article the former U.K Foreign Secretary showed that his intellect and judgment on a number of key issues, including how to bring the Afghan War to an end, was and remains almost finely honed; but it lacks an indigenous solution to be airborne:

The Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, at the beginning of the 20th century aptly described Afghanistan as “a piece on the chessboard on which is being played out the game for domination of the world.”

The Palace hosted many glittering assemblies, including the coronation of the Kings of Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN:  RUSSIAN ROULETTE RETURNS By Khalil Nouri STAFF WRITER / EDITOR Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s recent trip to Moscow marks an unprecedented state level...

This winter, Iran, a major fuel supplier for Afghanistan, plans to use this position to pressure Kabul into backing their policies.

NATO’s meeting to build political consensus across the alliance for the post-2011 phase of “gradually” handing over security responsibilities to the Afghan forces will be on the table in Lisbon this week. According to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, “The aim is for Afghan forces to be in the lead, countrywide, of security operations by the end of 2014.”

The plans are in place to bring that to an end.

IF THE ELECTION WERE ONLY "MUSICAL CHAIRS" By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor America is now approaching the worst election in its history and it doesn't...

By Mohammed Abdullah Gul On 25 July 2010, the New York Times carried an explosive story by Mark Mazzetti, Jane Perlez, Eric Schmitt, and Andrew...

FLASH:  FOX NEWS EXPOSES 9/11 COVER-UP (VIDEO) By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor "The Supreme Court created a new "corporate"  nobility where, in place of "divine...

GROUND BREAKING INTERVIEW WITH TOP SOVIET/RUSSIAN EXPERT ON AFGHANISTAN Colonel Eugene Khrushchev's last post in Afghanistan was in 2006 as First  Secretary of the Russian...

Arms Merchants of South Central Did the rich and intrigue-filled Botach family get a pass from Henry Waxman? Editor's note:  Congressman Henry Waxman, closely tied to...

AMERICA'S WORST KEPT SECRET   By Gordon Duff , Senior Editor   I learned about 9/11 from the news.  Before the second plane had crashed, people in the crowd...

A water truck backs up to the Euphrates River in Iraq. The driver, a Ugandan or maybe an Ethiopian, gets out, lowers a hose into the sewage ridden flow and fills his truck. 5 miles away, a US Army water purification center sits, too far away. The driver thinks, "water is water." Another of the Pentagon's "Zombie Contractors" take their toll, part of the army of "undead" and unqualified who are the world's most expensive work force.

TODAY'S SUICIDE BOMBING IN QUETTA, PAKISTAN LEAVES A TRAIL TO TEL AVIV   By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Quetta, Baluchistan, September 3, 2003 (VT)  Today, 43 Pakistanis were...

VIETNAM ALL OVER AGAIN....A SONG BY BARRY DAVID BUTLER Posted by Gordon Duff Senior Editor VT Our thanks to Barry David Butler for telling it like...

By Col. Eugene Khrushchev (ret.) STAFF WRITER/Editor UNAMA HR’s 2010 mid-year Report, “Protection of civilians in armed conflict” is an important milestone of the UN’s...

"HIT SQUADS" MEANT TO "LIQUIDATE" TALIBAN LEADERS KILLING EVERYONE BUT... By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Months ago, JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command) began to roll...

WIKI-LEAKS SHOWS "INFILTRATED" NEO-CON OFFICER CORPS FAILS THE TEST IN BATTLE By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Too much Old Testament and too little Sun Tzu has...

THE AFTERMATH OF AFGHANIFEST By Colonel Eugene Khrushchev STAFF WRITER/Editor The latest international conference in Kabul didn’t have any suspense or surprise, but it came up...

Afghanistan: $4.2 billion in mysterious cash flown out of Kabul since 2007 By Jerome Starkey for The Scotsman THE "blizzard of banknotes" leaving Kabul airport is...

CIA TRIES TO PREPARE AMERICAN PUBLIC FOR TRUTH ABOUT BUSH/BIN LADEN DECEPTION By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor This week, CIA director Leon Panetta, admitted there...

IS GENERAL STANLEY McCHRYSTAL THE NEXT "HELEN THOMAS?" By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor General Stanley McChrystal, top US commander in Afghanistan has been summoned home...

CAN ANYONE PROVE KARZAI IS BETTER THAN THE TALIBAN? By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Do we actually call what we are doing in Afghanistan a...

ANALYZING STAGED WORLD CONFLICT   By Gordon Duff    "If those papers have to be produced over the nukes that later got lost in Oman, and on the...

AFGHAN'S DEEP DRUG DIVIDE Colonel Eugene Khrushchev STAFF WRITER/Editor "Since Afghan drug lords’ special rep Richard Holbrooke, in cahoots with CIA and Karzai Bros Drug Inc.,...

LONDON TIMES RUNS SECOND ISRAELI PROPAGANDA PIECE IN A WEEK By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor The second time this week, the London Times has run...

LONDON TIMES STORY OUTLINING NUKE ATTACK ON IRAN CITED AS ISRAELI DECEPTION TO MANIPULATE U.S. STOCK MARKET By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor The London Times reported...

INFORMATION GRADED FROM A TO D BASED ON SOURCE AND NUMBER OF CONFIRMATIONS By Gordon Duff and the Editorial Staff at VT The information provided is...

THE KEY TO PAKISTAN'S SECURITY IS AFGHANISTAN THE KEY TO AFGHANISTAN'S SECURITY IS PAKISTAN By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor US policy in Afghanistan hasn't so much...

A recent analyis has shown the 40 year old American M-16 rifle to be a failure in Afghanistan. The weapon that caused more American deaths in Vietnam than the enemy is still junk technology today, even with its Star Wars derivitives. The result is still "Palinesque" or as I would call it, "lipstick on a pig." The wrong design, the wrong cartridge, no range, no stopping power and poor reliability, 40 years of failure in the most important area of the battlefield, our combat rifle. This wasn't an accident but part of our defense tradition, fighting wars with junk, fighting wars meant to eat money, put fighting men and women under the dirt, fighting wars meant to go on forever, as long as the money flows. A new study, over 40 years late, challenges our basic infantry weapon's effectiveness:

TRIBAL LEADERS SEEING MATURITY AND CHANGE IN KARZAI US DRUG POLICY, SPENDING AND CORRUPTION STILL MAJOR FAILURES By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor "Gordon, Karzai finally quite...

• Kabul prosecutor seeks 'outlaw militia' for killings • Hamid Karzai's brother denies link to accused group Stephen Grey in Kandahar guardian.co.uk, Sunday 16 May 2010...

  AFGHANISTAN:  US DRUG POLICY, TOTAL CORRUPTION OR UTTER INSANITY? By Colonel Eugene Khrushchev (ret) STAFF WRITER/Editor The new American drug policy is easy to understand.  America...

DISCUSSIONS TO "ERASE THE SLATE" AND START AGAIN AMERICANS AND AFGHAN LEADERS LOOK FOR SUCCESSFUL COALITION MODEL By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor President Karzai is scheduled...