7.30pm, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R. Wheelchair accessible.

Organised by JNV, Voices and the Northwood Die-in Committee. 0845 458 2564.
www.stopbombingafghanistan.org

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

* PETER MARSDEN
Peter Marsden was Coordinator for the British Aid Agencies in Afghanistan group
from 1989 to 2005. Prior to that he spent 15 years working in poverty and
health programmes here in the UK. He is the author of two books on
Afghanistan: 'The Taliban: War, religion and the new order in Afghanistan' (Zed
Books, 1998) and 'Afghanistan: Aid, Armies and Empires' (IB Tauris, 2009).

* JONATHAN STEELE
Jonathan Steele is a Guardian columnist, roving foreign correspondent and
author. As a student he travelled to Mississippi to join the 1964 Freedom
Summer registration drive in America's deep south. He was the Guardian's bureau
chief in Washington (1975 to 1979) and Moscow (1988 to 1994), and since 9/11
has reported from Afghanistan and Iraq as well as on the Israeli/Palestinian
conflict. His books include 'Defeat: Why They Lost Iraq' (IB Tauris, 2008).

* ANDY WORTHINGTON
Andy Worthington is a freelance journalist and historian. His books include
'The Battle of the Beanfield' (Enabler Publications, 2005) and 'The Guantánamo
Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison' (Pluto
Press, 2007). From March to October 2008 he was Communications Manager for
Reprieve, the legal action charity that uses the law to enforce the human
rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay. His web-site is
www.andyworthington.co.uk

* GABRIEL CARLYLE
Gabriel Carlyle is joint co-ordinator of Voices UK, and War News Editor for
Peace News. Briefly jailed in 1999 and 2000 for anti-war actions, he travelled
to Iraq with Voices in 2002, and is the author of the article 'Afghanistan, Six
Years On: 13 Things You Should Know About Our "Good War"'
( http://tinyurl.com/yuebuf)