What I Did Not Know About the Afghan War

$2+ trillion spent, $6.5 trillion estimated principal and interest owed by 2050. ~200K killed, maybe 1 million injured. 4 million displaced people. More recently 500K jobs lost, 750K more job loses expected. 3.9 million children at risk of severe malnutrition. $9 billion in frozen funds available to feed them. 0 westerners held accountable.

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80 recommended articles and videos in the "What I Did Not Know About the Afghan War" category.

1. 'Victory for the Afghan People' as US Judge Blocks 9/11 Families From Seizing Frozen Assets

2023-02-23

Common Dreams
View In: Afghan HeistA coalition of Afghan-American community organizations on Wednesday welcomed a U.S. federal judge's ruling rejecting a bid by relatives of 9/11 victims to seize billions of dollars in assets belonging to the people of Afghanistan. In a 30-page opinion issued Tuesday, Judge George B. Daniels of the Souther...

2. Biden’s Afghan Shell Game Prompts Media Shrugs and Stenography

2022-09-22

scheerpost.com
View In: Afghan HeistThe story of Biden’s reallocation of Afghanistan’s central banking reserves wasn’t mentioned by a single TV news outlet.

3. I have spent a year helping people flee the Taliban: failure is traumatic, success bittersweet | Ruchi Kumar

2022-08-31

The Guardian
View In: Afghanistan RefugeesWe are still trying to find ways to get visas – writing letters, appealing to governments – but the options are running outIt was past midnight on 9 August 2021, and I was immersed in writing when my phone pinged: a message from a contact at the Indian embassy in Kabul. They said the Indian missio...

4. 6 Million Afghans Facing Famine as US Refuses to Return $7 Billion in Seized Funds

2022-08-30

Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
View In: Afghan Heist“Biden should immediately reverse his executive order,” said one humanitarian. “With millions of Afghans impoverished and starving, the U.S. must return to the Afghan people what is rightfully theirs.“

5. US Judge Says Billions in Seized Central Bank Funds Belong to Afghan People

2022-08-30

scheerpost.com
View In: Afghan HeistThe judge's report, said a Center for Constitutional Rights attorney, “provides some hope that the people of Afghanistan will have access to the resources they so desperately need.”

6. Double Standard: Afghan Refugees Still Seeking to Enter U.S. as Biden Admin Opens Door to 68,000+ Ukrainians

2022-08-30

Democracy Now!
View In: Afghanistan RefugeesWe look at what’s happened to Afghan refugees who have struggled to flee the country since the last U.S. troops left Afghanistan one year ago today. While the U.S. and allied nations helped evacuate some 122,000 people out of Afghanistan, the U.S. has failed to process requests for “humanitarian parole...

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