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Ann Jones is the author of Kabul in Winter and the just-published War Is Not Over When It's Over (both Metropolitan), about the impact of war on women.
 

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Washington's Nightmare in Afghanistan (War and Peace, US Wars and Military Action)

Why Afghan history is a sobering antidote to the relentless optimism of the American military.

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The Incredible Shrinking Woman in Post-9/11 Hell (US Politics, Government, World)

How one citizen got placd on a no-pay list in America's new security-happy landscape.

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Why Peace Is the Business of Men (But Shouldn't Be) (Barack Obama, War and Peace, World)

A new edict from the United Nations Security Council could put women at the center of peace processes in Afghanistan and around the world.

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Woman to Woman in Afghanistan (Gender and Sexuality, US Wars and Military Action)

Female Engagement Teams join the counterinsurgency.

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Afghan Women Have Already Been Abandoned (Gender Issues, US Wars and Military Action, World)

I know Bibi Aisha, the woman on the Time cover. But the logic of those who use her image to argue for the war escapes me. The question her story raises is, What Happens if We Stay?

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In Bed With the U.S. Army (War and Peace, US Military, US Wars and Military Action)

MRAPs, sprained ankles, air conditioning, farting contests and other snapshots from the American war in Afghanistan.

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Counterinsurgency Down for the Count in Afghanistan (War and Peace, US Wars and Military Action)

But the war machine grinds on and on and on.

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Remember the Women? (Gender Issues, Regions and Countries, US Wars and Military Action, Society)

Women belong at the center of the debate over the Afghan war, not on the margins.

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Meet the Afghan Army (Regions and Countries, US Wars and Military Action)

Whatever the debate in Washington, Congressional and military scenarios for training a vast Afghan Army will never come true.

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Ballots and Bullets for Afghanistan (Regions and Countries)

The upcoming election promises to be a farce, marred by backroom deals and voter fraud. Meanwhile, the United States continues to militarize Afghanistan at an alarming rate.

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