US Wars and Military Action

Why Is the US Paying Off the Taliban? Why Is the US Paying Off the Taliban?

The Nation's Jeremy Scahill appears on MSNBC to discuss his colleague Aram Roston's new investigation into how the US funds the Taliban.

Nov 13, 2009 / MSNBC

Outrage Over US Funding the Taliban Outrage Over US Funding the Taliban

Brave New Films founder Robert Greenwald praises Aram Roston's shocking new Nation piece on how the US funds the Taliban.

Nov 13, 2009 / The Ed Show

New Report Reveals US Funds the Taliban New Report Reveals US Funds the Taliban

Nation contributor Aram Roston on how the US government is financing the very same insurgent forces in Afghanistan that American and NATO soldiers are fighting.

Nov 12, 2009 / Press Room

A Year of Obama A Year of Obama

Since the president took office, his administration has yielded one surrender after another.

Nov 11, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The Fifty-Year War The Fifty-Year War

We learned so much, at such cost, in Vietnam. Why must we learn it all again in Afghanistan?

Nov 11, 2009 / Feature / Jonathan Schell

How the US Funds the Taliban

How the US Funds the Taliban How the US Funds the Taliban

With Pentagon cash, contractors bribe insurgents not to attack supply lines for US troops

Nov 11, 2009 / Feature / Aram Roston

Drone Race to a Known Future Drone Race to a Known Future

Armed drone aircraft in Afghanistan and Pakistan are only the latest wonder weapon to promise us the world.

Nov 11, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt

Keeping Afghanistan Safe from Democracy Keeping Afghanistan Safe from Democracy

The most idiotic thing being said about America's involvement in Afghanistan is that the best way to protect the 68,000 US troops there now is by putting an additional 40,000 in ha...

Nov 4, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Afghanistan: Too Big to Fail? Afghanistan: Too Big to Fail?

Why do America's leaders always opt for "more" in counterinsurgency disasters rather than cutting their losses?

Nov 2, 2009 / Tom Engelhardt

Pentagon Investigating Iraq Electrocution Death Pentagon Investigating Iraq Electrocution Death

Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Carol Shea-Porter argue that since Adam Hermanson died while working on a Defense Department contract, the DoD is obliged to investigate.

Oct 28, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

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