Afghanistan – Page 14 – People's World

War comes home: the traumatic brain injury epidemic

June 28, 2011 By Conn Hallinan

According to official DOD figures, 332,000 soldiers have suffered brain injuries since 2000. Many of these are mild traumatic brain injuries, a term that is profoundly misleading.

Real peace and fake doves

June 24, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

Public pressure will be essential to bring all the troops home, but another big struggle will be to ensure that the war dollars are used to create jobs and fund human needs.

Peace leader: Obama pullout speech a beginning to build on

June 23, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

Judith LeBlanc, field director of Peace Action, said President Obama reflected the views of a majority when he called for "nation-building here at home" in his June 22 speech announcing troop withdrawals from Afghanistan.

Afghanistan most dangerous place for women

June 21, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

One in 11 women die in childbirth and 87 percent are illiterate.

Mayors call for quick end to Afghan war

June 20, 2011 By Jim Baldridge

The U.S. Conference of Mayors approved a resolution June 20 calling for a quick end to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and transfer of the money to job-creating programs in our nation's cities.