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Tag Archives: Afghan
Afghanistan: Emergency Hospitals & America’s The Longest War
Hospitals Treat Needy Regardless Of…. Sherri Maurin November 25, 2014 In late November, President Obama reversed his long held commitment to the American and Afghan peoples, so troubled by war, to end combat missions. The loss of lives on the Afghan side is … Continue reading
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Tagged Afganistan, Afghan, Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghanistan, American's Longest War, Amy Goodman, Anabah, APV, Ashraf Ghani, Democracy Now, Emergency Hospital, Hamid Kazai, Helmand, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Kabul, Kathy Kelly, Lashkar-gal, New York Times, Panjshir, Peace Journey, Presiden Obama, Sherri Maurin, 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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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 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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Veterans Speakers Alliance: Veterans For Peace 