To listen to Carolyn Coe’s interview with Aaron Hughes and the Afghan Peace Volunteers click link. The December 27th, 2015 audio interview is directly under the video of a previous interview with Aaron Hughes. Look for the playContinue reading
Category: Afghan Peace Volunteers
Veteran: What I saw on my trip to Afghanistan
This article originally appeared on syracuse.com A commentary by Ron VanNorstrand “Are you crazy?” “Are you out of your mind?” My friends’ concerns were foremost in my mind as I boarded Turkish Air FlightContinue reading
Relationships – Reflections on Refugees
As I put together this photo journal of an Iraqi father and his dear son seeking asylum in Finland, I found renewed hope in relationships. Relationships change our lives, and so, they change our worldContinue reading
Surveillance and Surveys
In Kabul, where the Afghan Peace Volunteers have hosted me in their community, the U.S. military maintains a huge blimp equipped with cameras and computers to supply 24 hour surveillance of the city. Remotely pilotedContinue reading
Notes from Kabul
They have descended from homes built on the mountainside. Women sit together in the cemetery not to mourn but to wait for the duvet distribution to begin. When I approach them, each woman extends aContinue reading
Visits and Conversations in a Kabul Winter
Here in Kabul, last week, at the Afghan Peace Volunteer (APV) community home that hosts me, I watched Abdulhai and visiting activist Aaron Hughes work out ways to secure the greenhouse which they had partiallyContinue reading
Breaking Bread in Kabul
Here in Kabul, over breakfast with Afghan Peace Volunteers, or APVs, we easily recalled key elements of the conflict resolution and peer mediation “train the trainers” workshops that Ellis Brooks, with Voices for Creative Nonviolence-UK,Continue reading
“I want my story to be heard.”
Kunduz MSF Hospital U.S. Bombing Survivor, “I want my story to be heard.” Former MSF Kunduz Hospital pharmacist, Khalid Ahmad, recuperating at Emergency Hospital in Kabul “I feel very angry, but I don’t wantContinue reading
Life Goes On Under the Helicopters and the Terrible Cost of Avoiding the Dangers of Kabul
When I arrived at the Kabul International Airport on November 4, I was unaware that the same day the New York Times published an article, “Life Pulls Back in Afghan Capital, as Danger Rises andContinue reading