Afghans mark Independence Day with anti-occupation protests http://www.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/derrick/2010/08/afghans-mark-independence-day-anti-occupation-protests-jalalabad-0

Today marks 91 years since Afghanistan gained its freedom from the British Empire, following three bloody wars of independence. U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has issued a video statement to mark the occasion. It's worth watching or reading the text in full, if only to appreciate the new Empire's irony-laden platitudes.