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Afghanistan: Obscenely Well-Funded, But Largely Unsuccessful War Rages on Out of Sight of the American Public

Juan Cole, Truthdig. November 18, 2010.

That there has been heavy fighting in Afghanistan this fall would come as a surprise to most Americans. 10 NATO troops were killed this past Saturday and Sunday alone.

With Unemployment at 40 Percent, Afghan Teens Enlist in Army, Police

Lal Aqa Sherin, IPS News. November 7, 2009.

In a matter of weeks, Afghanistan's boys can go from high school students, to uniformed soldiers.

"The Killing of Women is Like Killing a Bird Today in Afghanistan": Afghan Women's Rights Activist

Stephen de Tarczynski, IPS News. July 17, 2009.

"The situation is like hell in most of the provinces," says Malalai Joya. "Women haven't gained even the limited rights they had in the 70s and 80s."

Afghan Bomb kills 11, Including Children: Police

Agence France Presse July 17, 2009.

A Taliban bomb attack killed 11 civilians, including children and toddlers, going to a shrine in Afghanistan on Friday, police said following a surge of attacks ahead of key elections.

Taliban Gunmen Murder Leading Afghan Women's Rights Activist

Jerome Starkey, Independent UK. April 14, 2009.

"This cold-blooded assassination puts in question the direction that Afghanistan is heading," warns the director of the UN Development Fund for Women.

Women Who Took On the Taliban -- and Lost

Kim Sengupta, Independent UK. October 3, 2008.

Of five prominent Afghani women interviewed three years ago by The Independent, three are dead and a fourth has had to flee.