How to splinter the Taliban and support Afghans.
Afghanistan
Valerie Elverton Dixon 1-28-2009
If this Gaza War teaches us anything, if the tragic history of wars in the Middle East teaches us anything, it is that when people are determined to obtain weapons and fight, war goes on and solves
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 1-16-2009
This kind of feels close to an exercise in I-told-you-so, but for all the folks who assert that voting is a hopelessly corrupted exercise in irredeemable empire, consider as an indicator the testim
Eugene Cho 12-01-2008
In every culture and in every part of the world, this injustice is present. What is the oldest injustice in the world?
It is the way that "we" view, treat, and oppress women.
Valerie Elverton Dixon 11-17-2008
Biblical wisdom teaches: "Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good" (Romans 12:21).
Jim Forest 11-14-2008
In many situations I'm hesitant to use the term "pro-life," as for a lot of people it really means nothing more than "anti-abortion." To be pro-life should mean doing all that one can to protect li
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 8-29-2008
Coinciding with the visit of a dear friend who's spent the past few years working in Afghanistan for both development NGOs and (non-U.S.) government agencies, the DVD of Charlie Wilson's War recently arrived from Netflix. My friend recommends it. Also, I [heart] Philip Seymour Hoffman. And I can tolerate Tom Hanks in appropriate doses. But an
Rose Marie Berger 7-01-2006
In an arid valley of northwestern Afghanistan, diets used to consist of little more than tea and bread, and women remained in the home.
Rose Marie Berger, Jodi Hochstedler 7-01-2002
International relief organizations in Kabul are employing 3,500 women bakers to ensure that more than a quarter of a million Afghan school children are fed during the school year.
Rose Marie Berger, Jodi Hochstedler 5-01-2002
Family members of Sept. 11 victims traveled to Afghanistan last January to meet their counterparts—families who were the victims of U.S. bombings.
Rose Marie Berger, Jodi Hochstedler 5-01-2002
Friedensdorf, the international peace village in Germany, brought 8-year-old Mohammad Rahim and 30 other children from Kabul, Afghanistan, to Dusseldorf, Germany, last December for medical treatment.
Ed Spivey Jr. 3-01-2002
Since Sojourners is a bimonthly magazine, you depend on us to cover the breaking news, with up-to-the-minute commentary on hot stories like Afghanistan which, by the time you read this, should be well on its way to becoming an independent democracy.
Jim Wallis 11-01-2001
This edition of Sojourners went to press just as the U.S. military strikes in Afghanistan began, which makes this special issue even more critical.