Where are Britain’s Armed Drones? Deployed in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan

Where are Britain’s Armed Drones? Deployed in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan

At the first stage of what is likely to be a lengthy appeals process, the Information Commissioner has upheld the Ministry of Defence’s refusal to reveal to Drone Wars UK the number of Britain’s armed drones currently deployed.  Despite the fact that the MoD are happy to give such details about other surveillance and attack aircraft taking…

4 Killed as Blast Rocks US Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan

4 Killed as Blast Rocks US Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan

An explosion rocked Bagram airfield, the largest US base in Afghanistan, early Saturday morning, killing at least four people and injuring 14 others, according to a NATO-led Resolute Support Mission press release. “An explosive device was detonated on Bagram Airfield resulting in multiple casualties. Four people have died in the attack and approximately 14 have…

The ICC and Afghanistan: The Game Continues

The ICC and Afghanistan: The Game Continues

A few days after Burundi, South Africa and The Gambia announced their intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court an article appeared in the American journal, Foreign Policy, stating that the ICC is considering investigating allegations of war crimes that may have been committed in Afghanistan. The allegations are spread among the Afghan resistance…

Drugs and Surging Violence — The Afghanistan Disaster

Drugs and Surging Violence — The Afghanistan Disaster

Perhaps Donald Trump has a valid point about Mexico’s threat to the United States, because the 2016 US National Heroin Threat Assessment notes that «Mexican traffickers have taken a larger role in the US heroin market, increasing their heroin production and pushing into eastern US markets». The report points out that 10,574 Americans died of heroin overdoses in…

US War in Afghanistan Silently Slips into the Abyss

US War in Afghanistan Silently Slips into the Abyss

Despite the United States being engaged in what it calls “reconstruction” in Afghanistan, quarterly reports on their progress doing so reveals expanding violence and deepening poverty. Washington Times in an article titled, “Afghanistan failures rising, progress eroding 15 years after U.S. intervention,” reports that: Opium production is up 43 percent in Afghanistan, the economy is…