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Iraq and Afghanistan veterans return medals at NATO protest

May 22, 2012 By Teresa Albano

U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars threw their medals towards the site of the NATO Summit May 20 in what was called the most dramatic antiwar action by ex-GIs since Vietnam.

Difficult days ahead for Afghanistan and U.S.

May 3, 2012 By Judith Le Blanc

Without a new strategy - not the slow downsizing of the Afghanistan war over the next decade - there will indeed be difficult days ahead.

The U.S. and the Afghan train wreck

April 16, 2012 By Conn Hallinan

The recent decision by the Taliban and one of its allies to withdraw from peace talks with Washington underlines the train wreck the U.S. is headed for in Afghanistan.

Protesters shut down recruiting center

April 3, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

They protested the killing of 17 civilians by a U.S. soldier earlier in the month and other atrocities against Afghan civilians, and demanded an end to nearly eleven years of war.

Veterans, families mark 9th anniversary of Iraq War

March 20, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Speakers, many Iraq Veterans against the War, called for proper care for the war's veterans, many of whom suffer the "invisible wounds" of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury as well as physical injuries.