Afghan war

Unfinished Portrait

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On Oct. 6, 2012 in Kansas City, Mo., the American Friends Service Committee with other area organizations held a memorial event including the display of an art installation, “Unfinished Portrait,” an Iraq and Afghan war memorial by Priti Gulati Cox. Learn more at: afsc.org/story/midwestern-artists-writers-gather-reflect-...

Veterans, poets, and other community members shared reflections of war and peace on the 11th anniversary of the Afghan war. 

After more than a decade of war in Afghanistan, the war is largely forgotten by most Americans. But for those directly affected by war—veterans and civilians who survived the conflict, family and friends who lost loved ones, and cultural critics who question the culture of violence—the cost makes it too great to forget.

By Michael McConnell and Kerri Kennedy

This op-ed originally appeared on wnyc.org: Afghan War Rages on, Putting us Deeper in Debt and Death

The silence is deafening.

Unfinished Portraits segment

Sunday, Oct. 7, marked the 11^th anniversary of the Afghanistan war. Across the country, AFSC programs and partners reminded their communities that the longest war in U.S. history continues.