Beneath our flat, here in Kabul, wedding guests crowded into a restaurant and celebrated throughout the night. Guests sounded joyful and the…
Kabul–NATO/G8 meetings are scheduled to take place from May 19-21 next year in Chicago. Plans are ramping up everywhere. Secretary of State…
Adelaide, Australia – At Tabor House Technical College, 21 young people sit in a semicircle looking curiously at Hakim and me. We’ve…
It’s a bit odd to me that with my sense of geographical direction I’m ever regarded as a leader to guide groups…
Last week, newly-arrived in Athens as part of the US Boat to Gaza project, our team of activists gathered for nonviolence training.…
In late June 2011, I’m going to be a passenger on “The Audacity of Hope,” the U.S. boat in this summer’s international…
On May 4, 2011, CNN World News asked whether killing Osama bin Laden was legal under international law. [http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-04/world/bin.laden.legal_1_al-qaeda-leader-bin-cia-director-leon-panetta?_s=PM:WORLD] Other news commentary…
Recent polls suggest that while a majority of U.S. people disapprove of the war in Afghanistan, many on grounds of its horrible…
The Obama administration has announced the imminent release of a December Review that will evaluate the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan. The…
Nur Agha Akbari and his family live in Kabul, on an unpaved, pitted street lined by mud brick homes. When we visited…
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