Drone Memorial

We remember Sadiq and all the other victims of America's illegal drone wars. Whether it's Biden or Trump, these inhumane US policies will not stop. In the past, even Bernie expressed his support for drone strikes.

Exactly 17 years ago, the very first drone strike in human history took place in Kandahar when the US and its allies invaded Afghanistan.

Acc. to reports, dozens of alleged 'IS militants' were killed in different regions of Afghanistan by drone strikes during last days/weeks. Not a single proof have been offered by Kabul's DoD or CENTCOM regarding victims' identities. They just say it and it becomes 'truth'.

A topic which doesn't make it into Tolo News and other Afghan mainstream media. "US drops more bombs in Afghanistan than Iraq and Syria for first time in 4 years" stripes.com/news/us-drops-…

American drones continue killing civilians all over the world. theintercept.com/2018/03/26/yem… by @MaryamSaleh & @Shuaibalmosawa

But they keep telling us that drone strikes are "precise". twitter.com/thruttig/statu…

This is Pasta Khan, a nomad from Khost, Afghanistan. Several family members of him, incl. his father & his brothers, were killed by a US drone strike in June 2015. His fellow nomads said that he was suffering from PTSD since his relatives were murdered. (picture by @Emran_Feroz )

More than 60 drone strikes took place in Pakistan during the last 4 weeks. twitter.com/Emran_Feroz/st…

Another day, another U.S. airstrike that killed innocent civilians in Afghanistan. twitter.com/Emran_Feroz/st…

Report of @Emran_Feroz @theintercept on how innocent Afghans get terrorized by US drones in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. theintercept.com/2017/08/15/fea…

Finally, I found a real-life @dronememorial in Wardak, Afgh. It remembers 5 civ's who has been killed in separate drone strikes in 2013/14.

Dehumanizing the Afghan People | @Emran_Feroz (Journalist, founder @dronememorial ) aljumhuriya.net/en/culture-pol… #Afganistan

What a man in Wardak who lost his brother after a drone strike told me: "The children fear the sky. They fear getting killed while playing."

What a civilian who lives under drones told me today: "We all've beards. We all look the same to them. And if we get killed, nobody cares."

Just interviewed 22yo Abdul Hadi in Khost, Afghanistan. His father was drone murdered 3y ago, together with 3 other civilians.

More than 600 airstrikes (at least 239 of them drone strikes) have hit Afghanistan since Trump came to office. thebureauinvestigates.com/projects/drone…

According to several reports, 7-10 people have been killed by a drone strike in North Waziristan today.

New piece of mine with @The_NewArab on how US airstrikes in Afghanistan remain unreported. alaraby.co.uk/english/Commen…

Toronto: From a demonstration against US war crimes and the drop of the MOAB.

Today, Afghans protested in front of the US embassy in Vienna against American war crimes and the drop of the MOAB in their homecountry.