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U.S. Army Captain talks with the Nurgaram district sub-governor in Nuristan, Afghanistan. Photo by Chief Master Sgt. Richard Simonsen/U.S. Air Force

Yes to Withdrawing U.S. Troops from Afghanistan and Iraq!

November 17, 2020 Valentine Moghadam

Massachusetts Peace Action welcomes the announcement that President Trump will withdraw significant numbers of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Iraq. Our attempt to impose our will on those countries has been a complete failure. We should go beyond what Trump has ordered; our military presence […]

MAPA Student Awards: Call for Policy Papers

November 9, 2020 Shaghayegh Christine Rostampour

The US agreed in February to withdraw its military forces from Afghanistan within one year, though implementation of the deal has been delayed. Mass. peace action supports a speedy withdrawal. But what other concerns should be integrated into an overall peace plan to move Afghanistan […]

Mazandaran Province, Iran, 2020. Mohammad Rezaie / Unsplash

Take Action to End Sanctions on Iran

October 21, 2020 Brian Garvey

What the Iran-Iraq War Tells Us about Iran Today

September 22, 2020 Shaghayegh Christine Rostampour

by Shaghayegh Christine Rostampour On September 22 1980, exactly 40 years ago, Iraqi forces under the rule of president Saddam Hussein initiated open warfare against Iran, officially declaring war against the vulnerable country [1][2]. This was the beginning of a protracted armed conflict that spanned […]

Yemen: The World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis Takes a Turn for the Worse

September 4, 2020 Athiei Ajuong

by Athiei Ajuong Yemen currently faces the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the situation has become markedly worse. Since 2015, Yemen has faced a humanitarian crisis of grave proportions. An estimated 24 million people, 80% of the population, need some […]

‘Magical Thinking’ has Always Guided the US Role in Afghanistan

August 15, 2020 Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould

Originally published in Counterpunch “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – The Queen of Hearts from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland The best way for us to understand Afghanistan is to look at the record of American involvement going […]

Magical Thinking and the U.S. War in Afghanistan

August 12, 2020 Valentine Moghadam

by Valentine Moghadam Why is the U.S. still in Afghanistan? When did it first get involved, and why? What is the truth behind the so-called “Soviet invasion” of December 27, 1979? What have been the long-term consequences – for the Afghan people, the region, and […]