April 2012
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“It’s not about 30 thousand Talib that are resisting but they have the...”
– Professor Zaher Wahab
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Why I refused to return to fight in Afghanistan's... →
At the same time as the Taliban attacks there has been a rise in atrocities. We have recently seen British soldiers convicted for raping children, as well as the stabbing by a squaddie of a 10-year-old Afghan boy. A multinational operation in all respects, the US has done its share; kill teams, SS flag-waving, photographing bodies, urinating on corpses and the Panjwai massacre carried out,...
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Smoke Screen (US burn pits in Afghanistan)
In Afghanistan, the U.S. military disposes of garbage—computers, motorbikes, TVs, shoes, even human feces—in open burn pits. Are toxic clouds from these sites making everyone sick?
Shopkeepers close their doors when U.S. troops patrol Bagram Village just outside the American base of the same name.
Their shelves hold Army pants, boots and knives sold to them, they say, by Afghans working on...
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“Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.”
– Albert Einstein
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fuckloveitsallaboutfashion asked: hiyaa, do you consider afghanistan part of the middle east or asia? my sisters and i always debate about where afgh is actually at. loool
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commedesrei asked: I love your blog, it's very beautiful. It shows people the side of Afghanistan and the wrong-doings that are happening to the Afghan civilians that we never get to see on TV. Truly remarkable:)
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waturfell asked: Hi I hope you get the chance to reply back because Im going to visit Afghanistan in August and I wanted to bring things from the US to there to give to the children, poor, etc. What are some valuable items for them that are overlooked here in the first world? I heard books and pencils/pens are needed but I wanted some reassurance from someone who visits there often. And is it safe enough for an 18...
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Ten Reasons America Will Be Judged as the Most... →
1. Support of Dictators 2. Preemptive Wars of Aggression 3. Torture 4. Suppression of Dissent 5. Elimination of Habeas Corpus 6. Assassinating Citizens 7. Unauthorized Drone Wars 8. Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction 9. World’s Largest Drug Dealer 10. World Reserve Currency Prison
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“Like it or not, there was better rule of law under the Taliban,”
– Dee Brillenburg Wurth, a child-protection expert at the U.N. mission in Afghanistan, who has sought to persuade the government to address the problem of ” bacha Bazi” (dancing boys) . “They [Taliban] saw it as a sin, and they stopped a lot of it.” Dee said. (unlike the recent gov. which...
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