"Former military lawyer David McBride sentenced to almost six years in jail for sharing classified information with journalists.
"The material released by McBride was used in the Australian ABC's The Afghan Files story, which revealed allegations that Australian soldiers were involved in illegal killings."
"Former military lawyer David McBride sentenced to almost six years in jail for sharing classified information with journalists.
"The material released by McBride was used in the Australian ABC's The Afghan Files story, which revealed allegations that Australian soldiers were involved in illegal killings."
"It is a stain on Australia’s reputation that some of its soldiers have been accused of war crimes in Afghanistan, and yet the first person convicted in relation to these crimes is a whistleblower not the abusers,”
Daniela Gavshon, Human Rights Watch Australia Director
It is established fact that Australian soldiers in Afghanistan committed war crimes. Today, the man whose courageous act of whistleblowing brought these crimes to light has been sentenced to almost 6 years in gaol.
This is a dark day in Australian history. Democracy needs people to stand up when they see wrongdoing being committed by powerful people. We should be thanking and celebrating David McBride, not imprisoning him.
Investor aus Afghanistan unter Korruptionsverdacht
In Deutschland investiert in Immobilien, von den USA wurde er sanktioniert - der afghanische Ex-Politiker und Geschäftsmann Rahmani. Er soll von massiver Korruption in seinem Heimatland profitiert haben, wie SWR-Recherchen zeigen.
Sturzfluten haben am Freitag im Norden Afghanistans schwere Schäden angerichtet. Nach Taliban-Angaben wurden Tausende Häuser beschädigt. Die Zahl der Todesopfer wird inzwischen mit 315 angegeben.
Im Norden Afghanistans zeichnet sich nach den schweren Überschwemmungen keine Beruhigung ab. Die Taliban gehen inzwischen von mehr als 150 Toten aus. Angehörige suchen nach Überlebenden in den mehr als 2.000 beschädigten Häusern.
Im Norden Afghanistans sind bei erneuten Fluten mindestens 50 Menschen ums Leben gekommen, unter ihnen viele Frauen und Kinder. Viele Menschen werden noch vermisst - und weitere Unwetter werden befürchtet.
The Taliban affirms that stoning will be punishment for adulterers — especially women.
NPR reports on a new message from Haibatullah Akhundzada, the group's supreme leader. "You may call it a violation of women's rights when we publicly stone or flog them for committing adultery because they conflict with your democratic principles... [But] I represent Allah, and you represent Satan," Akhundzada said.
#UK#Afghanistan#WarCrimes: "One of the most senior special forces officers in the British Army broke ranks and reported to police that SAS soldiers under his command committed war crimes by murdering prisoners in Afghanistan, The Sunday Times can reveal.
The officer — who oversaw all special forces operations — told detectives from the Royal Military Police (RMP) that a “cancer had infected” a rogue SAS squadron that had murdered dozens of unarmed detainees.
He came forward despite his fears that SAS soldiers would inflict violent reprisals against his family if they knew he was blowing the whistle. He alleged their crimes were so serious that the entire regiment needed a “complete overhaul”.
The officer, known only by the cipher N1466, revealed to police the location of a safe containing a typed report detailing a disclosure from an SAS soldier that his unit had routinely murdered Afghan prisoners in their homes and planted weapons on their dead bodies." https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a66bc853-d32d-4c54-b44e-d3f7d8fa5a95
150,000 #Russian soldiers #killed during full-scale invasion of Ukraine, France says
“All of this for what? This can be summed up in two words: for nothing.”
If confirmed, the 150,000 figure is around ten times higher than that suffered by the Soviet army during the decade-long war it fought in #Afghanistan from 1979-89.
"After four decades of war, #Afghanistan ranks as one of the countries least prepared to face the effects of #ClimateChange, which is spurring extreme weather and warping natural environments.
Foreign aid to Afghanistan has dwindled since the Taliban takeover in 2021, with donors wary of backing a government considered a pariah, leaving poor and climate-vulnerable communities further exposed."
"More than 300 people were killed in #FlashFloods that ripped through multiple Afghan provinces, the UN's World Food Programme said Saturday, as authorities declared a state of emergency and rushed to rescue the injured.
Many people remain missing after heavy rains Friday sent roaring rivers of water and mud crashing through villages and across agricultural land in several provinces, causing what one aid group described as a "major humanitarian emergency"."
CNN Called Out For Not Fact-Checking Biden Interview With Erin Burnett (www.mediaite.com)