The politicians are just waiting for a politically acceptable moment to proclaim a phoney triumph in Afghanistan and leave the Afghans to their own devices. Oabama and Cameron are knowingly sending soldiers to die in vain.

"My fellow Americans... The war in Afghanistan is a mess. It is time for me to bring our troops home -- right now. Not one more American needs to die." - President Obama's speech as reported by Michael Moore.

The US Army command in Afghanistan will say the solders who formed the "Kill Team" death squad are just five bad apples. But are they?

Video: "Sorry," says Nato, each time it is forced to admit yet again that "insurgents" it has killed in one of its attacks turned out to be children, which is happening with increasing regularity.

Solomon Hughes says, desperate to rescue a failing war in Afghanistan, the US military is recycling its "hearts-minds-and-body-parts" strategy from the Vietnam war.

On Thursday 9 September 2010 MPs voted in the parliament for the first time on the war in Afghanistan. Only 310, less than half the total in parliament, bothered to turn up to vote, of which only 16 called for the troops to come home now, as opinion polls show more than 70 per cent of the British public wants. Was your MP one of the 16? Did your MP vote? Use our e-Lobby to send your MP an instant message.

As the war in Afghanistan continues the full horror of an unwinnable conflict without no end in sight is revealed in the testimony of serving soldiers.

If the war in Afghanistan is nothing more than a cover for finding a face-saving way to declare victory and withdraw from an unwinnable conflict, why not just do that now?

"I was determined not to be blind any more. I read about the history of the conflict and began to realise I had been duped. This wasn't a war about liberation, it was about strategic influence; about economics and mineral wealth."

The Karzai's administration in Afghanistan is fundamentalist and it's attitude towards women is largely indistinguishable from the Taliban.

Tariq Ali says it is time for Obama to abandon all pretences used to justify a war that can only lead to more deaths but no solution. An exit strategy is now desperately needed.

There were cheers and smiles in Helmand Province when David Beckham met with hundreds of soldiers, but one soldier he met isn't cheering or smiling anymore.

A war without end or purpose, about to enter it's tenth year, is killing Afghan civilians and invading soldiers in greater numbers than ever.

Guardian film-maker Sean Smith's film and diary show the reality of a pointless war that Barack Obama and David Cameron say must continue for years to come.