Remembering Johanne Sutton, Pierre Billaud, and Volker Handloik: 25 years later
They say time heals. It doesn’t.It dulls the senses. Some memories fade, but beneath the surface, like an old wound that acts up when the weather turns, like a piece…
Reconstruction team increases danger for aid workers, humanitarian groups say: Canada and U.S. say military projects are indispensable in fighting insurgency
Montreal Gazette Wednesday, July 27, 2005 Page: A20 Section: News Byline: LEVON SEVUNTS Source: Freelance Canada’s decision to set up a provincial reconstruction team in Kandahar has been praised by…
Bringing light to the country
New aid programs encourage Afghans to choose local development plans that suit rural areas where most live Jul. 24, 2005. 01:00 AM LEVON SEVUNTS SPECIAL TO THE STAR For centuries,…
Coalition forces fear rise in Afghan suicide attacks
By Levon Sevunts THE WASHINGTON TIMES June 23, 2005 KABUL, Afghanistan — Coalition intelligence sources report a worrying shift in insurgency tactics as the remnants of the Taliban and the…
Canada key to disarmament
By Levon Sevunts Special to The Toronto Star June 20, 2005 Page: A14 Section: News KABUL – Canada is a key player in an effort to bring under government control…
Can-do training in Kabul
By Levon Sevunts Special to The Toronto Star June 19, 2005 Page: A14 Section: News KABUL – As Afghan security forces increasingly take the lead in fighting the insurgency by…
Suicide bomber kills 20 at anti-Taliban cleric's funeral
By Levon Sevunts THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published June 2, 2005 KHOST, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber blew himself up at the funeral of a senior anti-Taliban Muslim cleric yesterday, killing…
Winning hearts and minds in Afghanistan
In 2005, I returned to Afghanistan as a freelance correspondent embedded with U.S. and Canadian troops and as an independent reporter. I spent time with U.S. soldiers in Eastern Afghanistan,…
Pashtun won't be heard: Ethnic group's representation in Bonn is poor
Montreal Gazette Tuesday, November 27, 2001 Page: B1 / BREAK Section: News Byline: LEVON SEVUNTS Source: The Gazette; The London Daily Telegraph The Afghan peace talks in Bonn this week…
The day I almost died
National Post Tuesday, November 13, 2001 Page: A10 Section: News Byline: Levon Sevunts Column: War on Terrorism: In Chaghatay, Afghanistan Dateline: CHAGHATAY, Afghanistan Source: The Gazette CHAGHATAY, Afghanistan – Johanne’s…