[R-G] Fwd: Latest news from war in Afghanistan (stopwarblog.blogspot.com)

[Anthony Fenton]

STOPWARBLOG.BLOGSPOT.COM
Recent news on the war in Afghanistan:

-- Afghan women ignored by mainstream media (Aug 9)
A Guardian columnist interviews the former director of an Afghan  
women's NGO. "Bombs are not the answer," she says. "The two sides will  
have to sit down and talk some day." (See http://stopwarblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/western-liberals-ignore-afghan-opinion.html 
  )

-- RAWA interview (Aug 14)
Excerpts of an interview with RAWA member Miriam, who sees two  
problems in Afghanistan: the US/NATO occupation and religious  
fundamentalists - both the Taliban and those allied with the US/NATO.  
(See http://stopwarblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/rawa-interview.html )

-- More civilians killed (Aug 8, 12, 14 and 16)
So far in August, US and NATO forces have killed civilians on at least  
four occasions, resulting in between 24 and 54 dead. (Seehttp://stopwarblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/civilians-injured-and-killed-by-nato.html 
  and http://stopwarblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/three-kids-killed-in-nato-airstrike.html 
  )

STOPWARBLOG.BLOGSPOT.COM