Afghanistan

Texas antiwar activists target senator

October 11, 2009

DALLAS -The Dallas Peace Center is picketing Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson's office on 10440 North Central Expressway, 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday in October as we begin the ninth year of America's longest war, Afghanistan.

Peace groups map actions for Oct. 7, Afghanistan war’s 8th anniversary

August 31, 2009 By Susan Webb

With the U.S. commander in Afghanistan expected to ask President Obama to send more troops, peace groups are planning actions across the U.S. on Oct. 7, the eighth anniversary of the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan exit strategy needed

August 26, 2009 By People’s World Editorial Board

As the U.S. death toll in Afghanistan creeps upward, and the country continues to be ravaged by violence and poverty, an increasing number of voices are warning that, as peace advocate and former California state Sen....

U.S. strategy debated as Afghan war grows deadlier

August 25, 2009 By Susan Webb

When four U.S. troops were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan Aug. 25, it made 2009 the deadliest year for foreign troops there since the 2001 U.S. invasion.

Bring troops home from Afghanistan

May 20, 2009 By PWW Editorial Board

The U.S. Senate is poised to vote before Memorial Day on funds to continue the Iraq and Afghanistan wars through Sept. 30. The House of Representatives has already approved a supplemental appropriation, but we can still...