Ann Jones

Ann Jones is a journalist and author whose works include Kabul in Winter (2006) and War Is Not Over When It’s Over (2010), both from Metropolitan Books. She lives in Norway.

Articles

The War Against Women, at Home and Abroad (Foreign Policy, Politics, Society)

Our political system has turned thoroughly masculine, paranoid, quarrelsome, secretive, greedy, aggressive and violent—not unlike a wife beater.

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Afghan Women Face the Future (Feminism, Reproductive Rights, US Wars and Military Action)

As the US withdrawal looms, women’s rights advocates plan to carry on their fierce, lonely fight.

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Counting Down to 2014 in Afghanistan (Foreign Policy, US Military Presence Abroad, World)

The US has three lousy options with Afghanistan. Pick one.

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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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