[Link] The CIA’s Afghan Proxies, Accused of War Crimes, Will Get a Fresh Start in the U.S.

Read: 7/11/2021 theintercept.com

Before the Taliban took control of Kabul in August, the U.S.-backed Afghan commandos known as Zero units were the ghosts of the Afghan battlefield. Along with their CIA advisers, they were feared and, in recent years, virtually invisible.

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[Link] ‘Honest mistake’: US strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians was legal, says Pentagon

Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

A US drone strike in Kabul in August that killed 10 Afghan civilians was a tragic mistake but did not violate any laws, a Pentagon inspector general said after an investigation.

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[Link] Behind a Billboard of Bowe Bergdahl, Khost Maintains Anti-Taliban Ways

Read: 4/11/2021 coffeeordie.com

KHOST, Afghanistan — It’s one of few stretches of road among these winding hills and twisting valleys that remains paved and intact, untouched by the two-decade war that crippled most of Afghanistan’s land arteries.

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[Link] Australia expresses ‘sorrow’ after Afghan army deserter Hekmatullah, who killed three ADF soldiers, set free

Read: 11/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

The Australian government has expressed “sorrow” after a former Afghan soldier convicted of murdering three Australian soldiers in Afghanistan was released from custody in Qatar.

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