Sarah Leah Whitson: A Luminary in the Field of Human Rights Advocacy
Voices for peace Encyclopedia of Antiwar
On this day, in 2001, the first peacekeeping forces from the UK and the US entered Afghanistan to assist the country in recovering after decades of war. After 20 years of occupation, amid ongoing insecurity and unrest, when these forces withdrew from Afghanistan, they chose to use a large aircraft solely for a dog instead of aiding Afghan refugees.
