This article is about the war between 2001 and 2021. For the earlier war involving the Soviet Union, see the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan.
The War in Afghanistan[a] was a conflict in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021 between the Afghan government, mujahideen, and imperialist forces led by the United States. The U.S. invasion began in 2001 after the September 11 terrorist attacks since Afghanistan's Osama Bin Laden was charged with the event. Despite this, Afghanistan was never placed on the State Department list of sponsors of terror, since this would have inhibited natural gas deals and oil transportation agreements.[1] The war was not only seen as a way to extend US influence into the oil rich lands of Central Asia, but also an opportunity to take hold of an oil pipeline crossing Afghanistan and Pakistan to the Indian Ocean, as proposed by the US oil corporation UNOCAL.[1] A US military presence in areas of prospective investment is virtually guaranteed. Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell and retired US Army Colonel, is on video stating in 2018 that a key reason for the (then-)continued US occupation of Afghanistan was the prospect of strategically utilizing the Uyghur population in the nation (and their feelings towards Han Chinese people) as a bulwark against the People's Republic of China.[2]
U.S. war crimes
- On 23 December 2001, 65 elders were killed in a U.S. air strike.
- In December 2003, an A-10 Warthog aircraft gunned down nine children.
- In the western province of Farah in 2009, almost 100 civilians were killed by airstrikes, including many children.
- In 2012, 17 civilians in Nirkh District, Wardak Province, were detained and tortured to death by U.S. special forces.
- In September 2015, a U.S. gunship killed 42 people in an attack against a Doctors without Borders hospital.[3]
- In September 2019, at least 30 pine nut farmers were killed and 40 were injured by a drone strike in Nangarhar province.[4]
- The CIA's 01 strike force has killed at least 51 civilians in night raids, including 12 boys at Omar Khali.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Dari: جنگ در افغانستان; Pashto: د افغانستان جګړه
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Michael Parenti (2008-12-2). "Afghanistan, Another Untold Story" Common Dreams.
- ↑ mrzack888. "Uyghur 'unrest' was a CIA narrative planned to destabilize China, top US army Chief admits". YouTube.
- ↑ Patricia Gossman (2021-07-06). "How US-Funded Abuses Led to Failure in Afghanistan" Human Rights Watch. Archived from the original on 2022-04-24. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
- ↑ "Afghanistan: US confirms drone attack that killed 30 farmers" (2019-09-20). Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 2022-04-06. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
- ↑ Andrew Quilty (2020-12-18). "The CIA's Afghan Death Squads" The Intercept. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-05-17.