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The Lesson of History Originally Posted: 04/18/2012 - 2:08pm | Type: Blog: The analogy with Tet is not exact, but the lesson from history is worth heeding. An indigenous insurgency, with safe haven in another country, fighting an occupation force and a government it has installed, will ...
Quran Burning at U.S.-run Military Base: 'Tailor-made' for Taliban Originally Posted: 02/29/2012 - 7:35am | Type: Blog: The Taliban is attempting to capitalize on the outbreak of violence that followed the inadvertent burning of a Quran by NATO troops by characterizing the war as a conflict between infidels and Islam, analysts sa ...
"Helping One is Better than Helping None" Originally Posted: 01/24/2012 - 2:42pm | Type: Blog: “I've never felt compelled to step out of the reporter's role to help someone this way. This time, with this person, I did,” Watson says. “Roya is an extraordinary young woman, the daughter of a father ...
Return of the Drones Originally Posted: 01/11/2012 - 6:30pm | Type: Blog: Since mid-November, the CIA had not launched a drone attack against Pakistan. On Sunday, the New York Times front page prominently featured a story headlined Lull in Strikes by U.S. Drones Aids Militants. ...
Just Back from Kabul Originally Posted: 11/03/2011 - 11:46am | Type: Blog: During interviews with more than a dozen Afghan women leaders, researchers, international aid workers and former Afghan government officials, we learned of persistent dangers and threats to the country's fu ...
Deaths in Afghanistan: Robbing the World of Human Possibilities Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog: I hate war. I do not hate it because people die. Death is inescapable. And believers believe that we will meet those we love again in heaven. I hate war. I do not hate it because peopl ...
Buddhas Brought Back to Life in Central Afghanistan Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog: [Editors' note: As part of Sojourners' campaign to end the war in Afghanistan, we will run a weekly blog about issues in Afghanistan to educate our readers about the latest news and developments rela ...
Why Afghan Women Need to be Part of the Peace Process Originally Posted: 07/25/2011 - 9:51am | Type: Blog: What is wrong with the typical photo of world leaders making decisions for their countries? The general absence of women -- at the table, in the room, and, as a result, from the agenda. ...
Aid, Not War in Afghanistan: An Open Letter From Religious Leaders to President Obama Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: <p><a href="/sites/default/files/images/soj11031.jpg"></a>Dear Mr. President,</p> Dear Mr. President, As your target date to begin U.S. troo ...
Afghanistan Weekly Digest: 80 Percent of Captured 'Taliban' Were Civilians Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog: <em>[<strong>Editors' note</strong></em><em>: As part of Sojourners' campaign to end the war in Afghanistan, we will run a weekly Afghanistan news digest to educate our ...