Five years after the fall of Kabul, 'war on terror' ghosts have come home

Five years after the fall of Kabul, 'war on terror' ghosts have come home Submitted by Moazzam Begg on Thu, 08/20/2026 - 16:32 From Bagram to Camp Bucca, the West's brutal carceral laboratories inadvertently forged the leaderships that would ultimately dismantle its imperial presence Activists representing the men still held at the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, protest outside the White House on 11 January 2023 (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP) Off Five years ago, the world watched in stunned disbelief