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Headlines : "War on Terror"

Summary:

After six years of bringing freedom and democracy to Afghanistan NATO forces have succeeded in creating a society which is worse for women than under the rule of the Taliban. A report by the campaigning organization Womankind recites a litany of abuses. Children as young as 6 are sold into environments where they suffer multiple rapes; forced marriage is prevalent; 88 per cent of women are illiterate. How can this be? The article gives a clue:

The vast majority of international aid goes directly to the Afghan government rather than non-governmental organizations.

[Posted By Watson]

By Terri Judd
Republished from The Independent

What is NATO doing in Afghanistan?

Grinding poverty and the escalating war is driving an increasing number of Afghan families to sell their daughters into forced marriages.

Girls as young as six are being married into a life of slavery and rape, often by multiple members of their new relatives. Banned from seeing their own parents or siblings, they are also prohibited from going to school. With little recognition of the illegality of the situation or any effective recourse, many of the victims are driven to self-immolation – burning themselves to death – or severe self-harm.

Six years after the US and Britain “freed” Afghan women from the oppressive Taliban regime, a new report proves that life is just as bad for most, and worse in some cases.

Projects started in the optimistic days of 2002 have begun to wane as the UK and its Nato allies fail to treat women’s rights as a priority, workers in the country insist.

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