Stories by Ann Jones

Writer/photographer Ann Jones is working as a volunteer with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) on a special project for their Gender-Based Violence (read: Violence Against Women) unit called "A Global Crescendo: Women's Voices from Conflict Zones." Her blogs about the project can be found by clicking here. She is the author, most recently, of Kabul in Winter: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan (Metropolitan Books), a report from another war that's not over.subscribe to Ann Jones's rss feed

Why Spending Billions on the Afghan National Army Could Seriously Backfire

Posted on Mar 8, 2012, Source: TomDispatch.com

No Afghan national army has ever saved a government, or even tried to. Instead, such an army has either sat on its hands during a coup d’état, or participated in one itself.

What Happened When Overzealous Terrorist Hunters Took Off With My Money

Posted on Nov 3, 2011, Source: TomDispatch.com

The author details her misadventures in America's super-secret security machine.

Why We're Bound to Fail in Afghanistan: What Happened When I Spent 2 Weeks at a U.S. Military Base

Posted on Aug 4, 2010, Source: TomDispatch.com

Based on my experience at a Forward Operating Base, it's clear enough that the hearts-and-minds part of COIN is already dead in the water.

4 Easy Ways to See How Obama's Strategy in Afghanistan Isn't Working

Posted on Jul 2, 2010, Source: TomDispatch.com

Counterinsurgency is down for the count in Afghanistan… but the war machine grinds on and on and on.

Everything That Happens in Afghanistan Is Based on Lies or Illusions

Posted on Jul 20, 2009, Source: TomDispatch.com

"Fixer", a new documentary about Afghanistan, tells stories of duplicity and self-delusion that are the political currency of the embattled country.

How Can We Stop the Epidemic of Killing Women and Children By Returning Soldiers?

Posted on Apr 6, 2009, Source: TomDispatch.com

No society that sends its men abroad for war can expect them to come home and be at peace, as returning Iraqi vets are proving in alarming numbers.

Mass Rape in the Congo: A Crime Against Society

Posted on Dec 23, 2008, Source: The Nation

Mass rapes in the Congo are destroying civic life, as hundreds of thousands of rape victims are cast out from their families and communities.

Killing of Aid Workers in Afghanistan Exposes the Dangers of Escalation

Posted on Aug 18, 2008, Source: AlterNet

The murder of four humanitarian aid workers in Afghanistan should temper talk about sending more troops there.

The Terrifying Normalcy of Assaulting Women

Posted on May 14, 2008, Source: TomDispatch.com

In West Africa, the war against women doesn't end just because grim wars between men finally do.

The War Against African Women

Posted on Feb 21, 2008, Source: TomDispatch.com

Civil wars in West Africa are officially "over," but horrific violence against women continues unbated -- and is growing increasingly worse.
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