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THANK YOU to the thousands of you who have already called the White House, and my heartfelt apologies if you had trouble with our toll-free number. Today peace groups across the country are [...]

Leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and its newly formed Afghanistan Taskforce have sent a letter (pdf) to President Obama urging “a comprehensive rethinking of our military mission, [...]

Earlier this month, I had the privilege of hearing Afghan activist and suspended member of Parliament Malalai Joya speak in Berkeley. Joya is in the United States promoting her new book A Woman [...]

Numerous polls in recent months have shown that a majority of Americans do not think the war in Afghanistan is worth fighting and oppose sending more troops. The opposition to the war is even [...]

President Obama just met yesterday with his advisers, and the reports we’re hearing indicate he is leaning toward sending 20,000 to 40,000 more troop to Afghanistan. He is going to announce his [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYKfcXB5zZw] Like just about everybody, I am a huge fan of The Daily Show‘s political analysis and incisive humor. So I was excited when, soon after [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5EKSBBnzpE]   Matthew Hoh, the former Marine and Foreign Service Officer who resigned in protest of the war in Afghanistan, has rightly garnered a [...]

Last night, the House of Representatives voted a whopping 344-36 (with 22 voting “present”) to condemn the report on Operation Cast Lead in Gaza by renowned human rights investigator Judge [...]

Flickr photo via JimNtexas. As the (far too narrow) debate rages about whether to use “counterinsurgency” or “counterterrorism” in Afghanistan, enthusiasm has grown in some factions for the use [...]

As we mark eight years of the war in Afghanistan, and President Obama considers increasing the US military presence, it is an important time to reflect on what the costs of this war have been in [...]