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Category Archives: Afghanistan 2014
NOT AGAIN, On ‘A More Expansive Mission’ In Afghanistan!
By Dr. Hakim Afghan Peace Volunteers Kabul, Afghanistan November 24, 2014 President Obama has authorized ‘a more expansive mission for the military in Afghanistan in 2015 than originally planned’. Imagine that, like the late U.S. war veteran Jacob George, you’re sent … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Afghanistan 2014, Sherri Maurin
Tagged "Why We Lost", ABC News-Washington Post, Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Wars, Alcoholics Anonymous, CNN poll, Daniel Bolger, Dr. Hakim, Global Terrorism, Hillary Clinton, International Pfeffer Peace Prize, Iraq Veterans Against the War, IVAW, Jacob George, Kabul, NATO, Obama, Operation Enduring Freedom, Singapore, Soldier's Heart, Taliban, Veterans, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com
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Zekerhullah’s Story: Surmounting Fear Through Nonviolent Resistance
Visiting Kabul is unsettling. Reuters recently reported that as many as 700 heavily armed Taliban insurgents were battling Afghan security forces in Logar, a key province very close to Kabul. Local officials said it is a test of the Afghan … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Afghanistan 2014, Peace Journeys, Sherri Maurin
Tagged Afghan, Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghanistan, American reporter, APV, Bamiyan bazaar, Borderfree Center, Borderfree Community Center of Nonviolence, Dari, Ghazni, Hazara, Hazaras, Kabu, Kathy Kelly, Last Tango In Kabul, Logar, Love Can Open Every Border, Matthieu Aikins, Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism, Paktia, Pashtoons, peace, Reuters, Rolling Stone, San Francisco, Sherri Maurin, Street Kids Program, Tajiks, Taliban insurgents, VCNV, Veterans For Peace, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Wardak, Zekerullah
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Alarm & Analysis In Afghanistan: Reflections By Kathy Kelly & Sherri Maurin
August 31, 2014 Kabul, Afghanistan During the summer of 2014, Kathy Kelly with Voices For Creative Nonviolence, and Sherri Maurin, an educator and Campaign Nonviolence representative from the San Francisco Bay Area, lived in a working class neighborhood in Kabul, as … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Afghanistan 2014, Peace Journeys, San Francisco Chapter, Sherri Maurin, Veterans For Peace
Tagged Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghanistan, APV, AVP, Badshah Khan, Bay area, Campaign Nonviolence, corporal punishment, criminal gangs, drone warfare, drug lords, Gandhi, Hindus, inter-ethnic group, Interfaith dialogues, Kabul, Kathy Kelly, Last Tango In Kabul, literacy skills, Martin Luther King, Matthieu Aikins, nonviolent, Rolling Stone, San Francisco, Sherri Maurin, Sikhs, Taleban, UN, United Nations, United States, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, warlords
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Post 7: Dr. Hakim “No To Wars”
No Afghanistan in Ukraine, No to Wars! Salaam, Friends — I would like to introduce a new series of interviews I am doing with each of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, by sharing an article just published by Dr. Hakim, their founder and … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Afghanistan 2014, Peace Journeys, San Francisco, San Francisco Chapter, Sherri Maurin, Veterans For Peace
Tagged Afghan, Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghanistan, Catholics, Guatemalan Catholics, Gul Jumma, Helmand, IDP, Internally Displaced Persons, Iraqi Christians, Iraqi Muslims, Iraqi Yazidis, Israeli Jews, Kabul, NATO, Orthodox Christians, Palestinian Muslims, Peace Journey, refugees, San Francisco, Sherri Maurin, Syrian Christians, Syrian Muslims, Taliban, Ukraine, Ukrainian free thinkers, Ukrainian Muslims, Ukrainians, UN, United Nations, US/NATO coalition, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf.wordpress.com, Youth Peace Volunteers
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Post 6: Street Kids Program
I am dressed for “going out.” Norms for modesty require that women’s heads and necks be covered at all times, that tunics ideally go to the knees, and that a skirt or loose fitting pants be to the ankles. Socks … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Afghanistan 2014, Peace Journeys, San Francisco, San Francisco Chapter, Sherri Maurin, Veterans For Peace, Veterans For Peace Chapters
Tagged Afghan, Afghan Peace Volunteers, APV, Bhopal, Borderfree, Dari, Ektaparis, Farzana, Gul Sum, Hadissa, Journalism, Kabul, Peace Journey, Sherri Mauri, Street Kids, Street Kids Program, Tashakur, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com, Zarghuna, Zekerullah
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Post 5: Experiments In Simple, Nonviolent Inter-ethnic Community
Living in Kabul As I write a huge explosion startles us; it is hard to tell how close it is, and many of our community are out taking exams at the University or working at the Borderfree Center. We scramble … Continue reading
Post 3: Arrival & New Friends
Salam from Kabul! Peace To You From Afghanistan! I arrived at 10am on Thursday morning, to sweltering heat and heavy lines. Smiling, yet shy children, peaking out from behind mother’s scarves, made the long wait at Customs easier, but once … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Afghanistan 2014, Peace Journeys, Sherri Maurin
Tagged Abdullah Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghan society, Afghanistan, Al Jazeera, Dari, Europe, Hakim, John Kerry, Kabul, Karzai, Marshall Plan, NATO, Peace Journey, San Francisco, Sherri Maurin, SIGAR Special Inspector for Greneral for Afghanistan Reconstruction, Veterans, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com, WWII
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Post 2: The Clouds Over Kabul
Kabul, Afghanistan The sky framed by the oval plane window on the last of 4 legs, is ablaze. The charcoal horizon elevates a deep orange bank of clouds which are churned into a paler, lighter orange, and the hills of Afghanistan … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Afghanistan 2014, Peace Journeys, San Francisco, San Francisco Chapter, Sherri Maurin, Veterans For Peace
Tagged 2014, Afghan, Afghanistan, August 6, Chapter 69, Kabul, Peace Journey, San Francisco, Sherri Maurin, Veterans, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com
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Sherri Maurin: Peace Journey 2014
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014 Sherri Maurin leaving this morning for Kabul by way of Chicago, Netherlands and Istanbul Hello friends, Many of you have heard me talk warmly about the Afghan Peace Volunteers (youthpeacevolunteers.org) who I have been in conversation with … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghanistan, Gandhi, Global Days of Listening, Kabul, Kathy Kelly, non-military solutions, nonviolence, peace, Peace Journey 2014, Quakers, San Francisco, Sherri Maurin, So Korea, South Korea, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com
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Veterans Speakers Alliance: Veterans For Peace 