List/Grid Delegation to Afghanistan, January 2002
Delegation to Afghanistan, January 2002
In January, 2002 four 9/11 family members traveled to Afghanistan in a delegation organized by Medea Benjamin of Global Exchange to witness the consequences of U.S. military action there and…
Afghanistan Memories
As we approached the Bagram Air Base, outside of Kabul, it seemed to me that I was landing on the surface of the moon. There appeared to be nothing but…
9/11 Relatives Visit Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan – Four Americans who lost relatives on Sept. 11 walk down a dusty street in Kabul and are shocked by the devastation. Years of fighting in previous wars…
Return from the Other Ground Zero
Manhattanite Rita Laser lost her brother, Abe Zelmanowitz, on Sept. 11 in the collapse of the World Trade Center. When President George Bush later eulogized him, singling Zelmanowitz out for…
LA Times article: Afghan Journey Eases a Father’s Pain
KABUL, Afghanistan — Derrill Bodley’s search for solace after his daughter’s death Sept. 11 took him thousands of miles from his comfortable Stockton home — to the rubble of Afghanistan….
Afghan Victims of US Bombings Demand Compensation
Victims of the September 11 terrorist strikes in the United States handed over compensation claims to US officials here on behalf of Afghan civilians who lost family or homes in…
Tears and rage: Afghan civilian casualties make the NYT only through the backdoor
Tears and rage Afghan civilian casualties make the NYT only through the backdoor What does it take to get Afghan civilian casualties into the U.S. press? Americans, it seems. Four…
NYT article: Sharing Grief to Find Understanding
KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 16 Rita Lasar was padding around her East Village apartment after breakfast when the news crackled over the radio. About 7,000 miles away, in Kabul, Amin Said…
US Bereaved Meet Afghan Families
A group of Americans who lost relatives in the 11 September terrorist attacks have arrived in Kabul to meet Afghans who have lost members of their own families in the…
Back from Afghanistan speech: Kelly Campbell
September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows member Kelly Campbell describes her January, 2002 trip to Afghanistan and profiles some of the Afghan civilians who have been harmed by the war.
