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Afghan Women Say NO to the Surge—Stand with Them:

Sign this petition and stand in solidarity with the women of Afghanistan as they speak out against the surge.

“To fight is not the solution. We have a mouth and a brain, we should talk.” --Dr. H.B. Ghazanfar, Women’s Affairs Minister (Translated by Fawzia Habibi, Director of Coordination & International Relations for the Ministry of Women’s Affairs)

The petition has already been signed by:

Uzma Noorani	Pakistan	Human Rights Commission in Pakistan
Baela Raza Jamil	Pakistan	ITA Public Trust
Dr. K. Lalita	India	Chair, Yugantar NGO
Dr. Kawsar Salehi	Afghanistan	MOPH
Surya Parlika	Afghanistan	Afghan Women’s Network
Najia Zewari	Afghanistan	Gender & Justice Officer, UNIFEM
Noojris Nehan	Afghanistan
Dr. Alema	Afghanistan	Afghan Women’s Network
Zoya Hassan	India	Professor, Center for Political Studies, Jawarharlal Nehru University
Dr. Roshanak Wardak	Afghanistan	Gynecologist and Member of Parliament
Leeda Yqoobi	Afghanistan	Deputy Director, Afghan Women’s Network
Sheila Samimi	Afghanistan	Advocacy Director, Afghan Women’s Network
Wazhma Karzai	Afghanistan	Sister-in-Law of the President

President Obama,

We, the women of Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and the United States, implore you to refrain from sending more United States military forces to Afghanistan.

We encourage you to work quickly for a political solution in Afghanistan that will lead to a reconciliation process in which women will fully participate and a withdrawal of foreign military forces.

Sending more military forces will only increase the violence and will do further harm to women in children. Instead, the funds should be redirected to improving the health, education and welfare of the Afghan people.

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Number	Date	Name	Location	Add your message for Congress
2281	July 29, 2010	Barbara Harvey	, CO, US	This is a waste of life and money.
2280	July 24, 2010	Tera Warn	, MI, US
2279	June 04, 2010	Melissa Surritte	, NC, US
2278	May 02, 2010	Rosalie Riegle	, IL, US
2277	April 29, 2010	emmy koponen	, NM, US	killing is wrong.
2276	April 22, 2010	Linda Kelley	, CA, US	W are only breeding more resentment, hatred, and reasons for local peoples to join Taliban. We must get out of Afghanistan now - and give real humanitarian help if we want to avert extremism in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. What would you do if your wife and children were killed, maimed, starving........ not say thank you, that's for sure. GET AMERICAN TROUPS OUT NOW AND USE A FRACTION OF THE MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON REAL AID - WE'LL BE MUCH SAFER!
2275	March 31, 2010	Renel Mitchell	, BC, CA	America is entering a vicious circle of warfare... leave Afghanistan for the Afghanis to determine their own destiny
2274	March 24, 2010	Jean Pepper	, NH, US	Please bring back the troops.
2273	March 13, 2010	Anonymous	, CA, US	RON PAUL REVOLUTION WILL GET OUR SOLDIERS OUT OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN!
2272	March 08, 2010	Stella Accorinti	, MA, Argentina
2271	February 25, 2010	Elizabeth Kanze	, MA, UM
2270	February 25, 2010	Elizabeth Garrett	, MA, US	I am sickened to my very core by the violence which the US Military has percipitated during its occupation in Iraq and Afghanastan, & other countries. To go into poor countries and to wreak havoc on civilian populations (because those are the people who suffer the most), is a crime against humanity. Bush and Cheney should still be held accountable and jailed for these "wars" which THEY created. Obama has inherited a terrible mess. I only hope that he and his administration find the courage to use their power to end this sickness called "War" . I hope the Senate members realize that "We the People" are onto you. We know that you are protecting a small majority of wealthy people. We shall overcome. The good-hearted people of this Earth will prevail.
2269	February 17, 2010	Anonymous	, MO, US	we don't want any more of these wars anywhere for any reason. Not afghanistan, iraq, pakistan or iran or anywhere else on earth nor in the U.S. against our own people for false reason's or otherwise.
2268	February 12, 2010	Susan Friedricks	, CA, US
2267	February 12, 2010	Friend schueller	, IA, United States	NO MORE WAR......NOT ANYWHERE ON EARTH OR IN SPACE!
2266	February 11, 2010	Tadhg O Beachain	, IE	The time has come for intelligence to kick in and killing humans to stop.
2265	February 04, 2010	Kathleen McInerney	, IL, US
2264	March 07, 2010	Anonymous	, CA, US
2263	January 26, 2010	Delia Flanagan	, MA, US	We are the generation for peace. Please please please, let's make peace possible.
2262	January 21, 2010	Anonymous	, KS, US
2261	January 19, 2010	Anonymous	, NC, US	Use your influence to reduce US military spending to less than 10% from its current 50% of our tax dollars/budget. Use our tax dollars to ensure the well-being of all people, to promote peace by ensuring food, clothing, shelter, education, healthcare, and livelihood to all people.
2260	January 19, 2010	Stella Corona	, HI, US	Instead of sending troops, send engineers, help them to rebuild what we have destroyed. They deserve our support for a better future, after surviving our destruction for close to a decade. We need to teach the women how to take care of them selves and stand on their own, we need to teach the children to read, and we need to teach the men respect both women and men equally.
2259	January 08, 2010	Marna Wolak	, CA, US	Instead of increasing military funding, we should be helping to rebuild schools, roads, homes, etc. Only through education will there be peace. Fight terror with books, not bombs. Educated women and children will be less likely to turn to terror.
2258	January 05, 2010	Nancy Walker	, CA, US	Killing of other humans in war is barbaric! I'm ashamed of my country engaging in this action. Just what in the hell are we defending?
2257	January 01, 2010	Ayisha Hameed	, GB	Lets stand together and make a change

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