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Taliban Play Soccer With Decapitated Human Heads

I have pity for anyone who would do something like this.

(SALEM) - Right-wing stalwart Pamela Geller has released this revolting clip of men reported to be Taliban, picking up, and then playing soccer, with decapitated heads. Geller uses the opportunity to bash Islam, not unexpectedly, however this behavior wasn't taking place during the 1960's or 1970's, before war began courting the Afghan countryside.

Maybe if Pashtun country hadn't been divided in half in the 1920's by the British Maginot Line, which divided the historic Pashtun people, who are the basis for the Taliban today....

Haqqani Network Leaders Sexually Abuse Teenager Boys

This comes as the National Directorate (NDS) announced late in September that the suicide bombers are sexually abused and raped while they are trained on how to carry out suicide attack and terrorist activities, in training camps.

(KABUL) - The Afghan intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) accused Haqqani Network leaders for sexual abuse of children after hiring them for terrorist activities.

NDS following a statement said Thursday, “Haqqani terrorist network members are sexually abusing children in training camps Haqqani’s commanders are sexually abusing teenage boys who are being trained to carry out terror acts.”

Afghan Men Now See Women as a Challenge, Says Farkhunda Zahra Naderi

"Our democracy is very fresh and fragile and people are critical of it. But I tell them, you have the power to change the status quo." - Farkhunda Zahra Naderi

(KABUL) - Farkhunda Zahra Naderi, member of the National Assembly of Afghanistan, has unveiled a few myths about the oppressed Afghan women.

While speaking during a round table organized by Asia Society, Farkhunda Zahra Naderi said that women were venturing out of the houses despite being war in the country.

PRESS TV: SEAL Team 6 - The Ultimate Burn

Will a House Committee further burn the legacy of SEAL Team 6?

(SALEM) - The crash was the costliest in the history of U.S. Naval Special Warfare, but what really happened to 17 members of U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6? Is Congress really going to investigate? These nagging questions are part of a scheduled U.S. House of Representatives probe in January, that may be nothing but smoke and mirrors.

This brings little solace to the families of warriors who were credited with capturing and killing bin Laden.

Why Did the Army Refuse to Aid Fallen Marines at Ganjgal? (VIDEO)

Never before in American history were U.S. troops intentionally sent on a mission where their "brother" Americans refused to help, allowing them to simply die.

(SALEM) - As a team of Marines were killed at Ganjgal village in 2009, U.S. Army commanders made a conscious decision to leave them to die. This is a stone cold documented fact. They could have been aided and their deaths avoided, but they were left to die.

As the Marine Lieutenant in charge of the team made his final call to the army for artillery and air support, he told the officers he was about to die. The army staff at nearby Camp Joyce replied, "Try Your Best".

How Much Betrayal Does it Take, Before you Admit you Have Been Betrayed?

A review of all the Obama broken campaign promises, would take an entire separate article.

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - Many voted for and supported the Obama candidacy because it was thought he offered a new refreshing view of society, and were highly encouraged by his campaign promises, but at this point must admit, they have been “had” by a con-man in an empty suit.

It is no longer possible to support his presidency or his party, for he and the Democratic Party have abandoned long held Democratic Party values and sold out to corporations.

Hamid Karzaï: `The United States behaves in Afghanistan like a colonial power`

There is corruption in Afghanistan, no doubt. There is corruption within the Afghan system, no doubt. There is corruption also within the international community, especially regarding American contracts and the way those contracts are implemented. - Hamid Karzai

(KABUL Le Monde.fr) - In a interview with Le Monde, afghan president, Hamid Karzaï, blames the United States for acting like a "colonial power" in the way it "pressures" Kaboul to sign a security agreement.

This accord is meant to provide military assistance to Afghanistan after 2014. M. Karzaï says he is not ready to sign it unless certains conditions are met.

Three Arrested Dec 9 Trying to Deliver an Order of Protection to the 174th Reaper Drone Attack Wing at Hancock Air Base

This afternoon, December 9, 2013, two Yale Divinity School students and a Catholic Worker were arrested as they attempted to deliver an Order of Protection on behalf of Afghan children and their families at the Hancock Air Base main entrance on East Molloy Rd. near Syracuse, NY.

(SYRACUSE) - Since October 25, 2012, over 50 citizens have been arrested – and issued Orders of Protection – for protesting the killing of children by Reaper drones piloted from Hancock Air Base.

The local DeWitt Town Court has issued these Orders at the request of the Hancock colonels. Such Orders suppress the First Amendment right of all those arrested to petition their government for redress of grievances at Hancock.

Open Our Eyes

A golden rule for all of us: welcome every idea, however strange it seems, as long as it doesn’t claim to be the absolute good, and as long as it doesn’t refuse differences, and let go of every idea that shuts the door for creation and progress.

(KABUL) - While catching up with each other over the challenges facing ordinary Afghans and Egyptians, Sherif Sameer and I talked about how ‘opening our eyes’ could go a long way toward building a better world. We decided to co-write this piece, from Ismailia, Egypt and Kabul, Afghanistan.

The truth is there, clear and burning like a sun. We only need to open our eyes and take a look. ‘Our eyes’ means ‘our minds’. The mind is that big thing on top of our necks inside of our heads, and it has a function called ‘thinking’.

The Beat Goes on and the Anger Grows

In this murderous drone bombing, 14 civilians were killed, including a baby and women. Baby killing does not elicit love and compassion from destroyed families; it promotes an intense hatred of the US government.

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - Three events occurred this week explain the ever growing worldwide anger towards the US. The first is the continued murder of innocents by US drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

‘There were pieces of my family all over the road,’ said Jan, recalling the deadly Sept. 7 late afternoon incident in an interview with the Los Angeles Times last week.