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2 wrz 2021 · On 26 August 2021, ISIS-K attacked Kabul Airport, killing at least 182 people, including 13 US servicemen, the most US servicemen killed since 5 August 2011, during the Obama-Biden residency, when 38 died, in the worst single loss of the Afghan War (2001-2021).
War poetry from the Afghanistan battlefront. The experience and thoughts of US and UK servicemen, plus the feelings of one lone partner of a soldier.
Poets in Swat have produced an analysis of war as ontological devastation, but also protest their reduction, in the minds of others and themselves, to the violence-stricken present. This intervention is not an intellectual critique alone.
10 wrz 2007 · After serving tours of duty in both Afghanistan and Iraq, Nathaniel Fick thought it was time to go back. On his way to teach troops in Afghanistan, he looks at recent war-themed collections of poetry and sees how they stack up.
Welcome to our collection of “Poems About Afghanistan”. This anthology seeks to capture the rich tapestry of experiences, emotions, and historical events that have shaped Afghanistan over the years. Each verse is a testament to the resilience, fortitude, and profound spirit of the Afghan people.
Written in response to the poet Carol Ann Duffy’s call for more war poems about the deaths of British soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, Weir’s poem imagines the trials and difficulties of war from the perspective of a mother who sends her child off to fight.
16 sie 2021 · The pattern seems like if we go in for war, real war, win or die, then all is fine — and that is evidenced by a short stay, but if we stay longer, it becomes a matter of politics and that’s where the issue is.
