Gates: It's A "Mystery" How Long US Forces Will Be In Afghanistan
The Pentagon presented a grim portrait of the Afghanistan war Thursday, offering no assurances about how long Americans will be fighting there or how many U.S. combat troops it will take to win.
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Afghanistan passes 'barbaric' law diminishing women's rights
Rehashed legislation allows husbands to deny wives food if they fail to obey sexual demands.
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From Information Clearing House
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Afghanistan's Women Yearn for More
Laura King, The Los Angeles Times: "One is the face of despair; the other, of hope. Zeinab, 22, believed that only death could provide an escape from her husband's merciless beatings. So she set herself on fire, leaving one-third of her body covered with oozing, blistering burns. She faces a lifetime of disfigurement and, unless she returns to her abusive husband, the likely loss of her two children. Twelve-year-old Nazira's classroom is a sweltering tent, and her desk is a plastic mat on the ground. But her teachers say she is one of their brightest pupils, encouraged by a mother and father who want her to get as much education as she can. Her eyes sparkle when she describes her ambition: to become a doctor."
http://www.truthout.org/081509B?n
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Gates
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Laura+King
http://snipurl.com/pwzex
Afghanistan passes 'barbaric' law diminishing women's rights
Rehashed legislation allows husbands to deny wives food if they fail to obey sexual demands.
http://snipurl.com/pwzfq
From Information Clearing House
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Afghanistan's Women Yearn for More
Laura King, The Los Angeles Times: "One is the face of despair; the other, of hope. Zeinab, 22, believed that only death could provide an escape from her husband's merciless beatings. So she set herself on fire, leaving one-third of her body covered with oozing, blistering burns. She faces a lifetime of disfigurement and, unless she returns to her abusive husband, the likely loss of her two children. Twelve-year-old Nazira's classroom is a sweltering tent, and her desk is a plastic mat on the ground. But her teachers say she is one of their brightest pupils, encouraged by a mother and father who want her to get as much education as she can. Her eyes sparkle when she describes her ambition: to become a doctor."
http://www.truthout.org/081509B?n
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Gates
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Laura+King
rudkla - 15. Aug, 10:58
