Don’t Move! The major news stories here in the U.S., all chilling, point out how readily U.S. authorities will murder people based on race and the slightest possibility of a threat to those in placesContinue reading
Category: Afghanistan
In the Absence of Peace
In the Absence of Peace “later that night i held an atlas in my lap ran my fingers across the whole world and whispered where does it hurt? it answered everywhere everywhere everywhere.”Continue reading
Is Afghanistan the New Old West for Claim-Jumping? By Bill Distler
Is Afghanistan the New Old West for Claim-Jumping? “Privatization of Afghanistan’s state-owned companies, which controlled many of the country’s mineral resources, was ongoing but not complete.” (From the 2011 edition of the U.S. GeologicalContinue reading
Once More, Civilians Bear the Brunt of this War
A collection of quotes from attacked medical professionals in war zones by Buddy Bell and Kathy Kelly Last year on the early morning of October 3, a Doctors Without Borders trauma center hospital inContinue reading
How many global crises can a fifteen year old Afghan take?
Dr. Hakim, connecting us with how many global crises a 15 year old Afghan faces on a daily basis. On 31st Jan, I followed Zekerullah, an Afghan Peace Volunteer who coordinates the Borderfree Street KidsContinue reading
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
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
Flowers from Guantanamo
Here in Kabul, young friends with the Afghan Peace Volunteers look forward to learning more about “The Tea Project” in late December, when Aaron Hughes arrives, an artist, a U.S. military veteran, and a coreContinue reading