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Tag Archives: Dari
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 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 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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