Afghanistan

Blog

Aug 30, 2019

Peter MacKay needs to remind us what Canada was fighting for in Afghanistan

David J. Climenhaga

What were Canadians fighting for in Afghanistan? Perhaps our former defence minister can emerge from obscurity to cast some illumination on this question.

Podcast

Jun 27, 2019

Filmmaker Aisha Jamal on Kandahar, family dynamics, honesty and war

face2face

Aisha Jamal and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film "A Kandahar Away," family dynamics and pride, honesty and openness and why family relationships need a whole lot of patience.

Blog

Jul 27, 2018

From Sweden to the U.S., resistance Is in the air

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

The Swedish government officials accompanying a refugee to Afghanistan tried to force Elin Ersson away from them. Turkish Airlines flight attendants tried to take her phone. But she persisted.

Podcast

May 23, 2018

Elizabeth Mizraei talks about her film 'Laila at the Bridge'

face2face

Elizabeth Mirzaei talks to David Peck talk about her new film, freedom and oppression, bravery, corruption and persistence, corruption, systemic misogyny and the love of a mother.

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.

Blog

Aug 10, 2017

It's time for Canada's Conservatives just to admit Jack Layton was right about talking to the Taliban

David J. Climenhaga

As the Forever War continues, U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has admitted the United States is "not winning" the war against the Taliban.

Podcast

Jun 28, 2017

'Island Soldier': From the training camps of Texas to the battlefields of Afghanistan

face2face

Nathan Fitch and David Peck talk about war, colonialism, family, community, second-class citizens and much more in Fitch's new film 'Island Soldier'.

Blog

Jun 16, 2017

Why do politicians get to 'blather freely' on international affairs?

Yves Engler

Foreign policy is a truth-free, fact-free zone. What do most Canadians know about our government’s actions in Afghanistan or Haiti?

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.

Event

Long live people's resistance

Sep 17, 2016

Beit Zatoun

612 Markham St. (Bathurst subway)

Toronto , ON

Canada

43° 39' 11.6136" N, 79° 22' 59.4624" W

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Ontario CA

A cultural night commemorating the Resistance Against 15 Years of War in Afghanistan.

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