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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Afghanistan

War

Woman blocks deportation by standing up

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 25, 2018, 7:01 AM Jul 25, 2018

Elin Ersson’s Facebook video, which is racing around the internet, is an invitation to ask ourselves, ‘what are we willing to stand for?’ Read more →

War

Investigation released in deaths of NPR journalists in war zone

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 24, 2017, 12:12 PM Jan 24, 2017
3 Comments

There was, apparently, some anger within NPR when two of its journalists — David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna — were killed when their Humvee was hit by heavy weapons fire while they were covering the war in Afghanistan last June.

Why were they in harm’s way? Could their deaths have been avoided.
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War

A breakthrough for Afghan women: a byline

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 26, 2016, 10:32 AM May 26, 2016
3 Comments

If you’re looking for signs of progress in Afghanistan, a country infamous for its trampling of women, this is as good as any. Read more →

Politics · War

On International Women’s Day, a look at the worst place to be born a woman

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 8, 2016, 9:55 AM Mar 8, 2016
3 Comments

Want a little bit of inspiration? Then you want to watch today’s Google on this International Women’s Day. Read more →

War

Where are all the U.S. troops deployed?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 15, 2015, 6:33 AM Oct 15, 2015
4 Comments

There are currently about 10,000 troops in Afghanistan.

How does this compare with other countries where U.S. troops are deployed? Read more →

War

In Afghanistan, U.S. military backs the pedophiles

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 21, 2015, 6:56 AM Sep 21, 2015
11 Comments

The New York Times’ expose revealing the U.S. military wants its soldiers to ignore the pedophilia of its allied military commanders demands a response to a pretty simple question: why? Read more →

War

NTSB releases cause of 747 crash piloted by former MN man

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 14, 2015, 1:40 PM Jul 14, 2015
9 Comments

This video, from 2013, might be the most shocking video of an aviation disaster ever recorded.

A Boeing 747 crashed while taking off from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Read more →

War

On Veterans Day, Medal of Honor recipient honors friends

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 11, 2014, 5:57 PM Nov 11, 2014
3 Comments

If Sal Guinta didn’t fully understand being a Medal of Honor recipient when it was given to him in 2010, he understands it now, thanks to some of the 75 other living Americans who have a medal just like his. Read more →

War

Minnesota Marine paddles off the war

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 7, 2014, 11:02 AM Aug 7, 2014
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Joshua Ploetz, a Minnesota veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder, has completed his attempt to “paddle off the war” by canoeing down the Mississippi, chronicling his trip on a Facebook page. Read more →

War

Support our troops… sometimes

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2014, 6:50 AM Jun 4, 2014
8 Comments

When the public debate turns to whether the U.S. military should reconsider its policy of leaving no soldier behind in war, you know the public debate over Bowe Bergdahl is fever fueled.
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War

A seventh Medal of Honor

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 13, 2014, 3:08 PM May 13, 2014
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There are now seven living recipients of the Medal of Honor as a result of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

President Obama presented the medal to former Army Sgt. Kyle J. White, a Seattle native, today. Read more →

With relatively little notice, soldiers still dying in Afghanistan

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 31, 2013, 11:43 AM Dec 31, 2013
5 Comments

While the rest of the world says goodbye to a year, a family in Massachusetts said goodbye today to a son and husband, killed in Afghanistan.
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Five by 8

Remembering a forgotten war (5 x 8 – 11/6/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 6, 2013, 7:17 AM Nov 6, 2013
6 Comments

If people don’t care about the war in Afghanistan anymore, why do they care about soldiers? Yet another assessment of Millenials, the problem of prayer, it’s Jason’s town, a murder most fowl in Rochester. Read more →

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