Obama has proposed sending 30,000 more US soldiers to escalate the wars in Afghanistan.
We at Peacework Magazine published a special issue on Afghan Peacemaking (our December 2008/January 2009 issue). In Peacework, we strive to highlight "Global Thought and Local Action for Nonviolent Social Change." Most of us in the US have a lot to learn about Afghanistan.
There are no easy answers. Listening to peace advocates from Afghanistan is vital. In this issue, Abdul Aziz Yaqubi of the American Friends Service Committee in Kabul discusses the challenges for the population, caught between men with guns on all sides. Malalai Joya describes how she was illegally kicked out of the Afghan Parliament for calling warlords, "warlords." Afghan women describe how they are documenting and challenging violence against women.
More details and links to the articles below.