Hacker News with Generative AI: Afghanistan

I Think Lt Clint Lorance Is a Murderer (2021) (taskandpurpose.com)
For a soldier deployed to a place where suicide bombings are a routine threat, as they were in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, back in 2010, the sound of an approaching vehicle can be enough to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.
Military, War Crimes, Afghanistan
6 points by Tomte 4 days ago | 0 comments
Ex-UK Special Forces break silence on 'war crimes' by colleagues (bbc.com)
Former members of UK Special Forces have broken years of silence to give BBC Panorama eyewitness accounts of alleged war crimes committed by colleagues in Iraq and Afghanistan.
War Crimes, Iraq, Afghanistan, Military
140 points by tartoran 11 days ago | 81 comments
Soil from the moon's far side suggests drier conditions than side facing Earth (apnews.com)
US restores urgent food aid but not in Afghanistan and Yemen, where millions need it
Space Exploration, Moon, Science, Afghanistan, Yemen, Humanitarian Aid
17 points by mooreds 44 days ago | 3 comments
The Taliban Hands over Bagram Air Base to the United States (medium.com)
In a surprising development with significant geopolitical implications, the Afghan Taliban has reportedly handed over control of Bagram Air Base to the United States.
Afghanistan, Taliban, United States, Geopolitics
15 points by Teever 45 days ago | 2 comments
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Taliban leaders for 'persecuting Afghan women' (bbc.com)
The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he will seek arrest warrants against senior leaders of the Taliban government in Afghanistan over the persecution of women and girls.
International Law, Afghanistan, Taliban, Human Rights, Women's Rights
6 points by walrus01 120 days ago | 0 comments
Three years after U.S. withdrew, former Afghan forces are hunted by the Taliban (text.npr.org)
Afghanistan, Taliban, Military, Politics, War
26 points by everybodyknows 240 days ago | 1 comments
Taliban Militants Fed Up with Office Culture, Ready to Quiet Quit (time.com)
Taliban, Afghanistan, Social Commentary, Culture, Work
33 points by tobijkl 339 days ago | 13 comments
Details of U.S. Backed Kidnapping, Torture and Murder in Afghanistan (nytimes.com)
Afghanistan, War Crimes, Human Rights, Politics, International Relations
28 points by racional 366 days ago | 1 comments
New evidence refutes Pentagon account of attack as US withdrew from Afghanistan (cnn.com)
Afghanistan, Pentagon, Military, Politics, News
22 points by rntn 394 days ago | 0 comments