By Dr Hakim I’m so often caught up in the daily concerns of work and the wars raging across Afghanistan and many parts of the world that I forget how remarkable it is that atContinue reading
Category: Afghanistan
ALL SORTS OF AFGHAN WINTER FEELINGS: “I WAS FRIGHTENED. I CRIED.”
“I was frightened. I cried,” she seemed like both a statue and a radio, numb and alive, not shy about the horrors she had survived. “There were bombs dropping from the heavens, and firing fromContinue reading
Shut Down Creech 2017!
Announcing the 3rd Annual SHUT DOWN CREECH Mobilization on April 23-29, 2017 Killer Drones- Obama’s Tragic Legacy and a Blunt and Homicidal Weapon Handed to His Successor! Join Voices for Creative Nonviolence, CODEPINK, VeteransContinue reading
Voices for Creative Non-Violence UK February 2017 Newsletter
This update includes articles by Ellis Brooks and Maya Evans who have just returned from Kabul. During their trip they worked with 100 street kids, delivered conflict resolution workshops to the Afghan Peace Volunteers, collectedContinue reading
Kabul Diary by Maya Evans
February 21, 2017 Highlights from this trip include sharing a room with Zarghuna’s mother Farzana, which allowed me to hear a Bamiyan woman’s life story. She talked about spending 6 months in Kabul when sheContinue reading
Duvet Distribution January 2017
On the morning of distribution, the truck full of duvets got stuck in the slush, snow and ice. The wheels spinning, spitting rocks and mud, on the young men and the driver while they wereContinue reading
Fifteen years in Afghanistan: Same Questions, Same Answers-And Now Four More Years of the Same by Ann Wright
Originally posted on opednews. February 12th, 2017 The withdrawal of U.S. troops would also be good for the Afghan people, as the presence of foreign soldiers has been an obstacle to peace talks. The AfghansContinue reading
DESPITE 2017 ODDS, MY AFGHAN FRIENDS AND I HOPE FOR HEALING
“One of the saddest presumptions is that war is necessary, as if Ali’s brother needed to lose his life for Afghan or U.S. or my security. Dehumanized and devalued by both ‘terrorists and anti-terrorists’ alike,Continue reading
Portraits from Kabul
December 28, 2016 Ghulam Reza often plays at the Borderfree Centre. He’s 5 years, 3 mos. On Saturday he was filling an empty chips bag with water, tying off the top, and pushing it along,Continue reading
Christmas in Karbala
Dec. 25, 2016 Karbala, Iraq–It is Christmas day, and I am in Karbala with dear friends. We awoke to a second day of rain, and pictures of flooding, especially in Baghdad, are being shown onContinue reading