Stop Playing the Blame Game: Ex Gratia Payments in the Fog of War
Trevor Keck is CIVIC’s field fellow, based in Kabul, Afghanistan. He is assessing Afghan National Security Force preparedness to protect…
A Tale of Two Narratives in Afghanistan
Trevor Keck is CIVIC’s field fellow, based in Kabul, Afghanistan. He is assessing Afghan National Security Force preparedness to protect…
When it hits home
By Marla Keenan, Managing Director, CIVIC Nearly six years ago I began my career here at CIVIC as an advocate…
AFGHANISTAN: Civilians caught in the middle
By Kristele Younes When civilians die in war, the public is understandably outraged. In Afghanistan, in the past few months,…
GUEST BLOG: Afghanistan: A Soldier’s Perspective
By Major Dennis Sugrue It is an unfortunate reality of war that innocent civilians are harmed. As a US Army…
GUEST BLOG: Marla, CIVIC, and the idea that wouldn’t die
By Catherine Philp
Nine years ago in the bright Kabul spring, I met a young woman called Marla Ruzicka. She was hard to miss, with her wild blonde hair and animal pyjamas peeking out from the hem of her long kameez.
She was harder still to miss the morning she marched to the gates of the American Embassy with astonished, emboldened Afghan families by her side, to demand compensation and apologies for their loved ones lost in American military action.
One Minute Update: Afghanistan
In one minute or less, we’ll give you an inside look at civilians in war and CIVIC’s work to help…
CIVIC Testimony on Victims’ Assistance in Afghanistan, State and Foreign Operations Hearing
Submitted Testimony of Erica Gaston, Center field researcher in Afghanistan to US Senate Committee on Appropriations on the need for…
Masood’s Story
Posted By: Erica Not far from Hazi Sharif’s construction materials shop, I met a shy young man who was finishing…