6 days ago by coto2admin

By Chris Hedges The warlords we champion in Afghanistan are as venal, as opposed to the rights of women and basic democratic freedoms, and as heavily involved in opium trafficking as the Taliban. The moral lines we draw between us and our adversaries are fictional. The uplifting narratives used to j ...

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90 days ago by sakerfa

‘Bravest woman in Afghanistan’ rails against warlords “Dust has been thrown into the eyes of the world by your governments. You have not been told the truth. The situation now is as catastrophic as it was under the Taliban for women. Your governments have replaced the fundamentalist rule of the Tali ...

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106 days ago by Saba Ansari

An Afghan voice against the US-led occupation By James Cogan 25 July 2009 Malalai JoyaThe so-called “lefts” and liberals who try to justify the war in Afghanistan with claims it is bringing democracy and liberation to women do not like what Malalai Joya has to say. A 31-year-old Afghan woman and pol ...

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137 days ago by J.E. Robertson

Malalai Joya is a pioneer in Afghan politics, one of the female members of Parliament, as of 2005, and a voice for women's and human rights generally in a nation increasingly beleaguered by corruption, mass violence and social disintegration. Joya was stripped of her seat in parliament in 2007, in e ...

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