The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan, as of Friday, has been fighting there for as long as the Soviets did in their attempt to build up a socialist state. The Soviet campaign lasted nine years and 50 days. Watch the video from Al Jazeera English above, read the Associated Press story,…
This week on War News Radio, we present a show from our sister studio, the Sudan Radio Project. First, we hear about US-Sudan relations in the past two decades and how major events like the September 11 terrorist attacks have shaped them. Next, an update on current tensions and progress…
Skateistan is an Afghan NGO which according to their website “engages growing numbers of urban and internally-displaced youth in Afghanistan through skateboarding, and provides them with new opportunities in cross-cultural interaction, education, and personal empowerment.” The co-educational school and skateboarding program based in Kabul is the project of Australian Oliver…
A Vietnam veteran, Marine, with 40 years of chronic, severe PTSD gets some relief by turning to integrative medicine, the so-called “best of East and West.” From http://www.healingcombattrauma.com/ by Lily Casura.
NATO nations meeting in Portugal have agreed to start turning over Afghanistan’s security to its military next year. The plan would give local forces full control by 2014. (Nov. 20) (AP)
This week on War News Radio: Words of War Sam Hirschman takes a second look at the Wikileaks process. Aaron Moser interviews “How We Fight” author Dominic Tierney. From the archives, Bennet Goeckner looks at transportation in Baghdad. Plus, this week’s headlines. THIS WEEK’S PROGRAM Right-click to download MP3
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Last Week, War News Radio’s Amandine Lee reported on Windows and Mirrors: Reflections on the War in Afghanistan, a traveling exhibit that provides an opportunity to see ourselves in depictions of the war in Afghanistan through the eyes of artists and children. The American Friends Service…
On November 16, 2010, Staff Sergeant Sal Giunta of the 173rd Airborne will become the first living Medal of Honor recipient since the Vietnam War. His actions occurred in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley duiring the deployment chronicled in the movie “Restrepo.” This fourteen-minute video tells his story.
Here’s our weekly roundup of headlines from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Click on “Read More” below for the complete report. KARZAI CRITICISM Clinton Defends Afghan Operations After Karzai Criticism http://bit.ly/b44zjR NATO Chief Plays Down Afghan Leader’s Criticism http://bit.ly/d5NjXg Karzai calls for fewer US raids http://bit.ly/bOmBC4 US ROLE IN…
Michael Kamber discusses “working around the edges” of the Iraq War since 2003 as a photojournalist for The New York Times. “I think that we need to publish those photos for history even if we can’t get them in the newspaper today.”