Report From Afghanistan: The Human Toll of Obama's 'Good War'

In December, as the United States entered the 10th year of what President Obama called the "good war" in Afghanistan, I traveled to Kabul to take stock of the human toll of the increasingly bloody occupation.

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An image of the November 2026 issue of Sojourners, titled "Face to Face." It features George Lakey on the cover
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