Afghanistan | Clipper Media News

9 Minutes

#StandForPeace Afghanistan Dissent enhanced torture prisoner The Cobalt and the Salt Pit

Report: Prisoner at CIA black site used as teaching prop

James Porteous 15 March 2022 0 Comment

The Cobalt and the Salt Pit prisoner was used to teach enhanced torture techniques CIA black site detainee served as training prop to teach interrogators torture techniques 14 March 2022 | Julian Borger |...

5 Minutes

#StandForPeace Afghanistan Russia Ukraine United States

Is Washington reprising the Soviet-Afghan playbook in the Russia-Ukraine war?

James Porteous 12 March 2022 0 Comment

The response to Putin’s aggression evokes memories of the US strategy to bleed Moscow in Afghanistan Photo: A monument to Soviet soldiers killed in Afghanistan during the 1979-1989 war, in Moscow on 2 April...

9 Minutes

Afghanistan bombing Iraq News syria war war on terror

The U.S. drops an average of 46 bombs a day

James Porteous 7 March 2022 0 Comment

The U.S. has dropped at least 337,000 bombs and missiles in 20 years Photo: Afghan residents and family members of the victims gather next to a damaged vehicle inside a house, day after a...

6 Minutes

Afghanistan clippermedia.org evacuation Taliban UK

An insider’s view of UK’s shambolic Afghan exit

James Porteous 11 December 2021 0 Comment

A former Foreign Office diplomat suggested that out of an estimated 75,000-150,000 people who applied for evacuation under the Leave Outside the Rules scheme, fewer than 5% received assistance. Photo: Evacuees from Kabul on their way to...

1 Minute

Afghanistan Australia china documentary media television

Watch: SBS Dateline (Documentaries)

James Porteous 24 October 2021 0 Comment

SBS Dateline features international documentaries on many current affairs topics not covered elsewhere. 24 October 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media ‘Dateline is an Australian award-winning international documentary series with a current affairs...

4 Minutes

Afghanistan Islamic State Taliban terrorism

Islamic State uses Taliban’s own tactics to attack Afghanistan’s new rulers

James Porteous 23 September 2021 0 Comment

While the movement’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has downplayed the threat, saying this week that Islamic State had no effective presence in Afghanistan, commanders on the ground do not dismiss the threat so lightly. Photo:...

10 Minutes

Afghanistan Bagram Airbase enhanced torture Geneva Conventions Taliban torture war on terror

Afghanistan: Ex-Bagram inmates recount stories of abuse, torture

James Porteous 23 September 2021 0 Comment

Former prisoners return to the now-abandoned US-run Bagram jail, which was notorious for ‘enhanced torture.‘ Photo: Hamza recounts the torture he endured during his imprisonment at Bagram [Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska/Al Jazeera] All Photos: Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska/Al...

3 Minutes

Afghanistan Kabul

US admits Kabul drone strike killed civilians

James Porteous 17 September 2021 0 Comment

A U.S. drone strike launched in Afghanistan late last month killed as many as 10 civilians, and not an ISIS-K terrorist Photo: A view of the damage at Zemerai Ahmadi’s family house after a...

1 Minute

Afghanistan Bagram Airbase enhanced torture Geneva Conventions military industrial complex Taliban torture war on terror

Watch: Inside US detention centre at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan

James Porteous 13 September 2021 0 Comment

Photo: Screenshot: US detention centre at Bagram airbase 13 September 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media Sky News has seen inside the detention centre where thousands of suspected militants were held during the...

3 Minutes

Afghanistan Taliban

Head of new Afghan government calls on ex-officials to return

James Porteous 9 September 2021 0 Comment

Speaking to Al Jazeera, acting PM Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund reiterates Taliban promise of amnesty for anyone who worked alongside the US and the gov’t it backed. Photo: Akhund: ‘The stage of bloodshed, killing...

9 Minutes

9/11 Afghanistan documentary economic warfare iran Iraq television terrorism war war on terror

Watch: America After 9/11 (PBS)

James Porteous 8 September 2021 0 Comment

This program centers on the United States’ political and military actions following the 2001 attacks and sheds light on 20 years of a new normal. 08 September 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media...

10 Minutes

Afghanistan Climate Breakdown drought food

Afghanistan: Lack of food, aid, money and prolonged drought put 10 million at risk

James Porteous 7 September 2021 0 Comment

The UN says an additional 18 million people are also facing a humanitarian disaster as money either promised or frozen in the US remains out of reach. Photo: Volunteers label a shipment of humanitarian...