Voices Afghanistan delegate Sarah Ball will be a featured speaker at this March 2nd breakfast workshop in Chicago, where she’ll discuss her ongoing work with Voices advocating for nuclear disarmament of the United States andContinue reading
Category: Afghan Peace Volunteers
Defying War and Defining Peace in Afghanistan – Kathy Kelly
above: Jan 17 2019 People’s Peace Movement marchers in Kandahar: “No War,” “We Want Ceasefire,” We Want Peace.” Credit: AFP/Javed Tanveer January 29, 2019 On January 27th, 2019, the Taliban and the U.S. government eachContinue reading
Where Can the Anger Go?
by Carolyn Coe Kabul, December 23, 2018–At a busy four-way intersection in the northwestern part of Kabul, traffic is stuck. There is no traffic signal, and cars are threaded through one another like a wovenContinue reading
Nonviolent Afghans Bring a Breath of Fresh Air
17th October 2018 By Dr Hakim Above: Iqbal Khyber and Badshah Khan bring a breath of fresh air Grade 12th Afghan student Jamila Omary asked, “Do you have any plans to arm yourselves, because ofContinue reading
In Afghanistan, our need to rethink the institution of war
By Dr Hakim 20th Aug 2018 It’s frustrating that whereas all human beings wish to live meaningful lives, we seem helpless in the face of a few individuals waging wars and exploiting our world. ButContinue reading
Can Afghans Convince Us that the Method of War Isn’t Effective? – Dr. Hakim
Aug 2, 2018 Can Afghans convince us that the method of war doesn’t work? Consider their thirst to end the war If we’re still quietly hoping that wars would end and people all over theContinue reading
On Purpose, in Kabul – Kathy Kelly
June 26, 2018 Writing this week for the Chicago Tribune, Steve Chapman called a U.S. Government report on the war in Afghanistan “a chronicle of futility.” “The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction” report says theContinue reading
A Mile in Their Shoes – Kathy Kelly
Photo caption: One of several murals being created by Kabul’s “ArtLords” activists to welcome the Helmand to Kabul peace walkers. June 11, 2018 This past Friday in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, Hazara girls joined young PashtoContinue reading
Peace Prospects for Afghanistan – Kathy Kelly on DemocracyNow!
Voices’ co-coordinator Kathy Kelly returned to Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! news program on June 8, 2018. The full show is available at https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2018/6/8 and both segments with Kathy are viewable below.
Digging Deeper – Kathy Kelly
Above: Afghan Peace March – Mohammad Omar Lemar June 5, 2018 Here in Kabul in early June, outside the home of several Afghan Peace Volunteers, a large drilling machine is parked on what was once aContinue reading