Archive for the ‘Afghanistan’ Category.
July 23, 2010, 12:54 am
Back Story spoke to William Astore about the close to decades long United States military occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. Why is the US still involved in these countries and what kind of arguments or reasons are given for this continual state of war?
William Astore is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force. He now teaches history at the Pennsylvania Institute of Technology and is a regular contributor to Tom Dispatch.
This interview was broadcast on Radio Adelaide on the 21st of July.
September 17, 2009, 9:02 am
The war in Afghanistan is always presented in a positive light in the mass media and so have the recent elections despite the fact that they were held under the United States occupation of the country. The Afghani elections have been marred by allegations of mass voter fraud and corruption.
Ramzy Baroud is an analyst and author of several books including the upcoming “My Father was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story”. His work has been published in many newspapers and journals and he is the editor of Palestinian Chronicle.
Julia Terreu started by asking Ramzy whether the media’s cheerleading of the US involvement in Afghanistan is typified by the way in which the use of unmanned drones are given such a positive spin.
This talk was broadcast on Radio Adelaide on the 16th of September.
July 29, 2009, 11:38 am
The United States has been covertly intervening in Afghanistan since 1979. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the events of September 11 we have seen a complete military occupation of the country for the last 8 years. So far, the Obama Administration has continued the previous Bush policy in Afghanistan, recently sending in more troops and expanding the war into Pakistan.
Malalai Joya is a female Member of Parliament and women’s rights activist in Afghanistan. She was recently in Australia to promote her book Raising My Voice and her message that Australia and its allies should not be fooled by Afghanistan’s claims to have become a democracy or the US insistence that this is their primary motive in their intervention. You can see her personal website here.
This interview was conducted by Catherine Zengerer for The Wire, our news and current affairs program here at Radio Adelaide. A shorter version was broadcast on The Wire on the 8th of July. We bring you the extend interview from that session with thanks to Catherine Zengerer.
Catherine started by asking Malalai about her background as an activist in Afghanistan.
This talk was broadcast on Radio Adelaide on the 22th of July.
April 30, 2009, 6:00 am
Freelance journalist Musafa Qadri talks about U.S. President Obama’s new strategy concerning the war in Afghanistan and the role Pakistan is to play in that conflict. How have things changed with the new administration?
This talk was broadcast on Radio Adelaide on the 15th of April
August 3, 2008, 3:40 am
The Afghan Mobile Mini Circus for Children is a charitable organisation that educates children in Afghanistan in performing arts. Mark Lavis, a Canberra University student, recently unicycled from Canberra to Adelaide to reaise money for the Afghan Mobile Mini Circus for Children.
Julia Terreu spoke to Mark Lavis.
