Posts Tagged ‘Afghanistan’

Truth, lies and Afghanistan

Filed under: Asia | War — by Will Kirkland 02/7/2012 @ 9:40:20 PM
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In the Armed Forces Journal no less…
How military leaders have let us down
By LT. COL. DANIEL L. DAVIS
I spent last year in Afghanistan, visiting and talking with U.S. troops and … [Keep reading >>]

Obama, The Afghan War and Nation Building at Home

Filed under: War — by Will Kirkland 06/23/2011 @ 8:48:24 AM
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The headline news, following President Obama’s speech last night, is that he is “speeding” the draw down of US troops from Afghanistan.  Speeding it against what markers isn’t exactly clear, … [Keep reading >>]

Quran Burned in Florida, Westerners Die in Afghanistan

Filed under: Afghanistan | Asia | Terrorism — by Will Kirkland 04/2/2011 @ 12:46:32 PM
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How strange the human mind.  Two groups of people, united in their absolute belief in symbols, incite hatred for the other.  Here you have a collection of stories and instructions … [Keep reading >>]

Nine Year Old Boys with Firewood “Mistaken” for Terrorists

Filed under: Afghanistan | Asia — by Will Kirkland 03/3/2011 @ 12:01:27 PM
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In a world of ugly some things are uglier than others.  This is one of them.  And no Wikileaks release of the audio or video to help us understand how … [Keep reading >>]

Mercenaries Another Sign of Empire’s End

Filed under: FrontPage — by Will Kirkland 10/24/2010 @ 4:08:48 AM
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The tension gripping the last inning of the SF Giants vs the Philly Phillies temporarily overcame the tension of reading the NY Times reporting based on the recent Wikileaks dump … [Keep reading >>]

Fatima Bhutto, Afghan-born Pakistani poet and writer in Berkeley

Filed under: Asia | Books — by Joyce Cole 10/5/2010 @ 8:54:14 AM
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KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents

An Evening with FATIMA BHUTTO
presenting “Songs of Blood and Sword, a Daughter’s Memoir”
Tuesday, October … [Keep reading >>]

Fatima Bhutto, Afghan-born Pakistani poet and writer in Berkeley

Filed under: Afghanistan | Books | Events | Pakistan — by Joyce Cole 09/28/2010 @ 10:02:22 PM
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KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents

An Evening with FATIMA BHUTTO
presenting “Songs of Blood and Sword, a Daughter’s Memoir”
Tuesday, October … [Keep reading >>]

Posing With the Murdered

Filed under: War — by Will Kirkland 09/27/2010 @ 9:09:45 PM
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In yet one more revelation of an event perfectly predictable in modern war yet which is never spoken about or calculated by the solve-a-problem bring-a-gun crowd, U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan … [Keep reading >>]

U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan

Filed under: Afghanistan | Asia | War — by Will Kirkland 06/14/2010 @ 7:50:47 AM
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This cannot be good.  As if the promise of unimaginable wealth will make everyone put down their guns and work happily ever after.

And then there”s the question of when this … [Keep reading >>]

Afghanistan: From Bad to Awful

Filed under: War — by Will Kirkland 04/5/2010 @ 12:19:08 PM
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The news from Afghanistan gets worse by the day.  The once-darling of the West, President Hamid Karzai, is playing a double game of such craftiness no one can … [Keep reading >>]

Empty Rooms

Filed under: War — by Will Kirkland 03/27/2010 @ 2:40:03 PM
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<p style=”text-align: center;”>The <a href=”http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/21/magazine/20100321-soliders-bedrooms-slideshow.html?scp=2&amp;sq=shrine%20down%20the%20hall&amp;st=cse”>NY Times Sunday Magazine</a> has a moving piece</p>
<p style=”text-align: center;”>about the empty rooms where young soldiers will come no … [Keep reading >>]

Afghanistan

Filed under: Afghanistan | Asia | War — by Will Kirkland 02/19/2010 @ 2:21:27 PM
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Holly Picket is a photojournalist with time spent in Afghanistan and with Iraqi refugees in Cairo. Don’t miss her portfolio

She also has a blog, with more photos, typically with … [Keep reading >>]

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