Afghanistan: Change You Can’t Sit and Talk About

Afghanistan: Change You Can’t Sit and Talk About

NYT, By JAMES DAO, November 12, 2010 Damon Winter/The New York Times The First Battalion, 87th Infantry travels with Eric Imerman, left, who is teaching agriculture in Afghanistan’s northern province of Kunduz. CHAHAR DARA, Afghanistan — When President Obama gave his...

Security and Opportunity for the Twenty-first Century

By Hillary Rodham Clinton, Foreign Affairs, November/December 2010 Summary: To meet the range of challenges facing the United States and the world, Washington will have to strengthen and amplify its civilian power abroad. Diplomacy and development must work in tandem,...

Microlending in a War Zone

Wednesday 03 November 2010 by: David Smith-Ferri, t r u t h o u t | Report In a small storage shed at the edge of town, we watched as 14-year-old Sayed Qarim signed a simple contract agreeing to borrow and repay a no-interest, 25,000 afghani loan (roughly $555)....

‘Fruits of our Labor’ film screening Nov 10th at FCCS, Kabul

We hope you can join us for the screening of films made by the students of the Community Supported Film documentary filmmaking training.   The students have produced an incredible collection of compelling stories that bring to life Afghan’s experiences of and efforts...