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One Cup of Tea
23 Apr 2011; posted by the editor - Afghanistan

By Jean Athey
“Some questions cannot be answered,” my new friend says, when I press him as to what he would advocate as the way forward in Afghanistan. “I am bewildered, dismayed,” he says, “in that things are not going in the right direction for the people of Afghanistan now.”

Tags: Afghanistan

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If Cairo Came to Kabul
19 Apr 2011; posted by the editor - Egypt, United States, Afghanistan

By David Swanson
Before Tahrir Square happened almost nobody predicted that President Hosni Mubarak would be forced out of office by a movement that didn't pick up a gun. Had President Barack Obama expected that outcome, he might have publicly backed Mubarak's departure before, rather than after, Mubarak stepped down.

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Why Am I A Peace Activist? Why Aren't You?
13 Apr 2011; posted by the editor - Features, United States, Afghanistan

By David Swanson
Written for the forthcoming collection, "Why Peace?"
More than any other description, except for perhaps husband and father, I have been for the past six years a peace activist. Yet, I hesitate on the question of how to tell my personal story of experience with war. I recently visited Afghanistan briefly, in order to speak with people who have experienced war. I've spoken with many U.S. soldiers and non-U.S. victims of war. But I have no experience of war. Being in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2001, doesn't change that; by the time a crime had been transformed into a war, the war had been moved elsewhere.

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Three Short Takes on Afghanistan
07 Apr 2011; posted by the editor - Afghanistan

Afghan Women Behind the Wheel
By David Swanson
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
I've been fortunate to meet some very talented photographers and film-makers here in Afghanistan. We're planning an Afghan Film Festival for the United States this fall.

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David Swanson writes from Afghanistan
05 Apr 2011; posted by the editor - United States, Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
In honor of 4 April, 1967, and 4 April, 1968, when Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke out against war and when he was killed, I spent my first full day in Afghanistan on 4 April, 2011, avoiding violence and discussing nonviolent activism with those practicing it here.

Tags: Afghanistan, Taliban, Karzai

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Please Stop Burning Korans
02 Apr 2011; posted by the editor - United States, Afghanistan, Dubai

By David Swanson
DUBAI, UAE
I was on my way to Afghanistan and have delayed the final leg of the trip a day to see whether being American is compatible with not getting blown up. The problem seems to be that, in addition to the U.S. military occupying the country for almost a decade and routinely murdering random innocent people, some bigoted jerk in Florida is creating a big stink about how much he hates Islam and enjoys burning copies of the Koran.

Tags: Afghanistan, Koran, Dubai

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