Tag: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

If the roles were reversed between the Taliban and the UK

21 August 2021|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi
What if it was London which had ‘fallen’ to a UK insurgency following the withdrawal of Taliban forces that had occupied the country for 20 years? The following thought experiment, conceived of by a former UK Army intelligence analyst who served in Afghanistan, offers a somewhat satirical counter-factual example which may assist those seeking to understand the current situation amid the flurry of shock and outrage expressed in much of the Western media.

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Investigation Into NATO Airstrike That Killed 91 Afghan Civilians Was Valid, European Court Says

16 February 2021|Sputnik|Mohamed Elmaazi
In 2009, a German Colonel in Kunduz ordered the bombing of two hijacked fuel tankers in Afghanistan, killing and injuring over 100 people, mostly civilians. The father of two pre-teen children killed by the airstrike challenged the failure of German authorities to properly investigate the incident at the European Court of Human Rights.
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NATO-Linked Think Tank Proposes Biden Adopt Venezuela-Style ‘Regime Change’ Policies Towards Belarus

16 February 2021|Sputnik|Mohamed Elmaazi
The Biden administration should be massively boosting its funding to opposition groups in Belarus while increasing sanctions on the country in order to force out the current government, according to a discussion hosted by the highly influential Atlantic Council.

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