The September 11th attacks in 2001 were quick to ignite America’s ‘Global War on Terrorism’. The main goal of this new conflict was to locate and destroy the terrorists responsible for the attack, ...

Why did the US fight a war in Afghanistan and why did it last so long? Back in 2001, the US was responding to the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, in which nearly 3,000 people were killed.

Human Rights Watch has reported on widespread and serious violations of international human rights by all sides in the ongoing civil war ... 2001 report "Massacres of Hazaras in Afghanistan").

Human Rights Watch is concerned that foreign fighters, as well as their families in Afghanistan ... Conventions envision that prisoners of war and interned civilians who are not subject to ...

What’s more, this figure is just a fraction of the over $14 trillion in Pentagon spending since the start of the war in Afghanistan in total, with one-third to one-half of the total going to military ...

Russia has hosted a landmark international meeting on Afghanistan in Moscow aimed at kick-starting peace talks after decades of war. It is the ... from 1996 to 2001, until they were driven from ...