Thread by @shailjapatel

I am once again asking you to stop pretending that the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 brought anything but death and devastation to Afghan women and children.

From the Kandahar massacre to Obama's drone terror. From nightly U.S. military raids on civilians to U.S. troops taking body parts of dead Afghans as trophies. From the obscene profiteering of war contractors to Obama bombing the MSF hospital in Kabul. Empire is unmitigated evil.

Today's a good day to read Afghanistan Inc by @pchatterjee
corpwatch.org/article/afghan…

Today's a good day to remind yourself (or learn for the first time) of generations of feminist resistance in Afghanistan, to *both* imperialism and patriarchy.
rawa.org/meena.html

I'm old enough to remember the U.S. dropping yellow cluster bombs on Afghanistan, "that that look a little like toys and are unfortunately very attractive to children."

rawa.org/cluster2.htm

I'm old enough to remember the U.S. then dropping food packages on Afghanistan the *same size and color as the cluster bombs.*

I'm old enough to remember videos of U.S. marines urinating on the bodies of Afghans they'd killed.
france24.com/en/20120112-af…

Occupying militaries kidnap and rape women and children. All militaries, everywhere. U.S. troops in Afghanistan were no exception.
peacewomen.org/content/afghan…

"Most of the dead in the airstrike were women and children."
dw.com/en/dozens-kill…

"Afghanistan is the most drone-bombed country in the world. The United States dropped more bombs on Afghanistan in 2019 than in any other years since the Defense Department began keeping track in 2006."

"Afghan children fear to play outside."
foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/27/afg…

Stocks in America’s top five defense contractors - Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and General Dynamics - outperformed the stock market overall by 58 percent during the twenty years of the U.S. military occupation of Afghanistan.

theintercept.com/2021/08/16/afg…