PEACE IN AFGHANISTANby David Swansonhttp://davidswanson.org/peace-in-afghanistan/ There were whispers in the village, high up in the mountains of Afghanistan. There was a Stranger here. He had made a friend and been invited to live in aContinue reading
Category: Afghan Peace Volunteers
Sarah Ball on Iran and Afghanistan – 3CR Tuesday Hometime
Voices’ Sarah Ball recently appeared on Jan Bartlett‘s Tuesday Hometime program (on Melbourne, Australia’s 3CR Community Radio) to discuss her travels this year in Iran and Afghanistan. Parts I and II of the interview, fromContinue reading
Youth on the Road to Peace – Dr. Hakim
30th September 2019 / 8th Mezan 1398 Despite the violent crises which we human beings have created for Afghanistan and our planet earth, I have witnessed yet again how renewing our relationships with Nature andContinue reading
The Wounds of War in Afghanistan
Recovering from a broken hip, peace activist Kathy Kelly reflects on her experiences with people disabled and traumatized by war. September 27, 2019 Its economy gutted by war, Afghanistan’s largest cash crop remains opium. YetContinue reading
Talk Nation Radio: Kathy Kelly on Peace, Afghanistan, Yemen, Ireland, and the United States
Kathy Kelly has traveled to war zones and lived alongside ordinary people in Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza, and Lebanon. She and her companions in Voices for Creative Nonviolence believe the U.S. should end all U.S. militaryContinue reading
A Morning in Afghanistan
Amidst political posturing, aerial terrorism and street bombings, Afghan citizens pursue their daily work toward peace. by Kathy Kelly On a very warm September morning in Kabul, several dozen men, women, and children sit onContinue reading
Remnants of War – Kathy Kelly
July 12, 2019 Intense fighting and hideous attacks battered Afghans throughout their country last week as negotiators in Qatar weighed the benefits and costs of a peace agreement that might stop the bloodshed. In KabulContinue reading
In Afghanistan, We Have Three Dreams
by Dr Hakim Young and the Afghan Peace VolunteersJuly 5, 2019 Dear fellow human beings, Some of us have wondered, “Are people today too disconnected and frantic to calm down, in order to solve globalContinue reading
Love Letter From Kabul to Okinawa, the Outrageous Abolition of War
I decided to write this ninth love letter specially to Inaam, the 21st century generations of the world and the people of Okinawa because of three personal reasons. I miss having the wonderful energies ofContinue reading
What it Really Takes to Secure Peace in Afghanistan
by Kathy Kelly February 13, 2019 Constant military surveillance of Afghans yields almost no real intelligence about the problems they face each day. An unusual group of volunteers uses a far different approach. Continue reading