Afghanistan

Podcast

Nov 29, 2018

'Jirga': A new film about stereotypes, unjust war and moral courage

face2face

Director Benjamin Gilmour and actor Sam Smith talk to David Peck about stereotypes, humanizing others, the absurdity of war, forgiveness, ethical codes, moral courage and suffering silence.

Blog

Oct 23, 2017

Former hostages Joshua Boyle, Amanda Lindhout were reckless

Dennis Gruending

Former hostages Joshua Boyle, Amanda Lindhout were reckless and endangered others.

Columnists

Aug 25, 2017

Trump announces thousands more troops, billions of taxpayer dollars to fuel war in Afghanistan

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

Donald Trump long advocated for a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. On Monday, he commitment thousands more troops and tens of billions more taxpayer dollars to the war.

Columnists

Jun 1, 2017

Where is the wall-to-wall coverage on Kabul?

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

With a death toll over four times as high as Manchester, with hundreds injured, Kabul gets mentioned only in brief reports, the dead and injured listed as numbers rather than names.

Photos

Nov 7, 2016

Working for change: A Toronto parent shares her journey sponsoring a Syrian refugee family

rabble staff

Stephanie Rickard-Chadda talks about her community's experience with privately sponsoring a Syrian refugee family and supporting another government-sponsored family.

Blog

Nov 2, 2016

'This is really community building': What sponsoring a Syrian refugee family means to one Toronto parent

Maya Bhullar

Stephanie Rickard-Chadda talks about her community's experience with privately sponsoring a Syrian refugee family and supporting another government-sponsored family.

Forum topic

War without end: Afghan invasion turns 15

The longest war in US history turns 15. War without end.

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US troops invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001, less than a month after the 9/11 terror attacks in New York and Washington. What seemed like a quick victory over the Taliban regime turned into a bloody, endless guerrilla war that continues to this day....

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international news and politics

Podcast

Oct 5, 2016