Afghanistan

100,000 sign petition to stop Afghanistan war

December 15, 2009 By Susan Webb

Veterans and others opposed to the U.S. military escalation in Afghanistan announced they have collected 100,000 signatures "in record speed" calling for an end to the war.

Afghanistan scandal shakes Berlin

December 12, 2009

BERLIN -- Like the peaks of the Hindu Kush dominating much of Afghanistan, the war in that unhappy country increasingly overshadows the political scenery in Germany.

Afghanistan, PTSD and soldiers, clean water for all and other letters to the editor

December 11, 2009 By Readers

I like many others watched the presidential address last night knowing what was going to happen and so hoping I was wrong.

Obama’s Nobel Prize: world wants peace surge

December 10, 2009 By Susan Webb

Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, President Obama acknowledged "considerable controversy" over the award, while others said the prize signals the world's hopes for peace.

Labor leaders say end Iraq and Afghanistan wars

December 7, 2009

CHICAGO – International and national labor leaders convened here during the U.S. Labor Against the War’s (USLAW) national conference Dec. 4-6.