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About 31 percent of the Afghan population was identified as "food-insecure" by a 2007 report on national risks.

http://bit.ly/fCHWJ4


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How the Power of Myth Keeps Us Mired in War

Ira Chernus, TomDispatch: "When I try to figure out why we are still in Afghanistan, though every ounce of logic says we ought to get out, an unexpected conversation I had last year haunts me. Doing neighborhood political canvassing, I knocked on the door of a cheerful man who was just about to tune in to his favorite radio show: Rush Limbaugh. He was kind enough to let me stay and we talked. Conservatives are often the nicest people - that's what I told him - the ones you'd like to have as neighbors. Then I said: I bet you're always willing to help your neighbors when they need it. Absolutely, he replied. So why, I asked, don't you to want to help out people across town who have the same needs, even if they're strangers?"

http://www.truth-out.org/ira-chernus-how-power-myth-keeps-us-mired-war66998



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Mike Ludwig, Truthout: "Secret diplomatic cables recently released by WikiLeaks show that the Obama administration increased the United States' military presence in Afghanistan despite warnings that the surge could make 2010 the most difficult and bloody since the 2001 invasion. US Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry issued several cables in 2009 detailing serious concerns about the Afghan government and its leader, President Hamid Karzai. Eikenberry claimed that Karzai 'is not an adequate strategic partner' and 'continues to shun responsibility for any burden, whether defense, governance or development.'"

http://www.truth-out.org/wikileaks-cables-show-obama-sent-more-troops-afghanistan-despite-warnings66950



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/18-8



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Canadian military police have launched an investigation into allegations that an unarmed Afghan teen was shot in the back of the head during a Canadian military raid in 2007.

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Young Afghans Work for Peace, Starting With Their Own Hearts

Mike Ferner, Truthout: "Hakim relocated to Bamiyan, Afghanistan, to begin his new work. At first the native Singaporean, a 1993 medical school graduate, served people as a doctor, but he quickly saw that role as 'insufficient' when an Afghan youth told him that, 'Without peace, it is impossible to live.' Searching for a way to realize his dream for peace, the 41-year-old began a three-month peace workshop at Bamiyan University. The course began with about 40 college students, who quickly concluded with their peers and others in their community that, 'Peace is not possible.' Even so, 16 students agreed to stay together for one semester and continue the project."

http://www.truth-out.org/young-afghans-work-for-peace-starting-with-their-own-hearts66652

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Afghan reality

CounterPunch
by Vijay Prashad

01/13/11

Slowly, but surely, the leakage of the U. S. State Department cables continues. Media interest in the United States has died down. One reason for this is that the prosecution of Wikileaks leader Julian Assange became the story, and that spiked interest in the cables themselves. The New York Times has since reported on Assange, in the manner of a celebrity scandal, and failed to take any further interest in the cables. Crises in the cables are now academic; the scandals are on the front page. It tells us something about the state of journalism that this is so: few journalists at the major newspapers continue to scour the cables...

http://counterpunch.org/prashad01122011.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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"We must prepare ourselves for more violence and more casualties in coming months," the chairman said.

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?Kabinett beschloss Verlängerung des Afghanistan-Einsatzes / Rückzugsformel unverbindlich. Das Bundeskabinett hat am Mittwoch ein neues Mandat für den Afghanistan-Einsatz der Bundeswehr beschlossen. Die letzte

Entscheidung darüber liegt beim Bundestag, der am 28. Januar abstimmen soll?? Artikel von René Heilig im ND vom 13.01.2011 http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/188449.neues-mandat-fuer-neue-kaempfe.html


22. Januar 2011: Dezentraler bundesweiter Aktionstag gegen die Verlängerung des Mandates für den Afghanistan-Einsatz: Nein zur Mandatsverlängerung des Kriegseinsatzes in Afghanistan!

Siehe Aufruf und die Liste der Aktionen vor Ort http://3a.blogsport.de/mandatsverlaengerung/


Im Windschatten der NATO: Die Europäische Union und der Krieg in Afghanistan

IMI-Studie 2011/02 von Jürgen Wagner, erschienen in Informationen zu Politik und Gesellschaft, Nr. 4/Januar 2011, dokumentiert bei IMI am 11.1.2011 http://www.imi-online.de/2011.php?id=2228


NATO-?Sicherheitskonferenzen?: Siko 2011

Die Hauptdemonstration der »SiKo«-Gegner beginnt am Samstag, den 5. Februar um 13 Uhr auf dem Münchner Marienplatz. Als prominente Redner sind unter anderem Kirchenkritiker Eugen Drewermann und die Bundestagsabgeordnete Sevim Dagdelen (Die Linke) angekündigt. Als Gegenstück zur »Sicherheitskonferenz« findet vom 3. bis 6. Februar in der bayerischen Landeshauptstadt eine Friedenskonferenz statt, getragen von der Deutschen Friedensgesellschaft ? Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen und weiteren Gruppen und Einzelpersonen.


Kriegsgewinnler im Visier

?NATO-Gegner rufen zum Protest gegen 47. »Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz« auf. Deren Schirmherr gab im Vorfeld eine Bankrotterklärung ab?? Artikel von Claudia Wangerin in junge Welt vom 13.01.2011 http://www.jungewelt.de/2011/01-13/039.php


Aus: LabourNet, 13. Januar 2011

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Alle reden vom Abzug ... Beginnt endlich damit!

Das aktuelle Afghanistan-Flugblatt des Bundesausschusses Friedensratschlag vom 15. Januar 2011 (pdf) http://www.ag-friedensforschung.de/bewegung/afgh-flugbl2011.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 20. Januar 2011



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A U.S. auditor for Afghanistan reconstruction, who said waste and fraud in efforts to rebuild the war-torn country may have cost U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars, resigned on Tuesday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70A1DC20110111



Joe Biden: U.S. Could Stay In Afghanistan Beyond 2014

The United States is not in Afghanistan to "govern," but will stay beyond a scheduled 2014 security handover if Afghans want, visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday.

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212342777.shtml


From Information Clearing House

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Afghanistan: War of choice not necessity

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman

01/07/11

In December President Barack Obama received his annual assessment of the war in Afghanistan, then reported to the American people that the mission is 'on track' and troops would begin to withdraw next July. But the semi-upbeat assessment was less than persuasive because, as the Washington Post reported, 'The overview of the long-awaited report contained no specifics or data to back up its conclusions. The actual assessment document is classified and will not be made public'...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com1101c.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Time to Follow Fields' Example and Quit Afghanistan
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/12-4



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"This war represents an epic failure, a national embarrassment and a moral blight," Rep. Woolsey said.

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Afghanistan War Is a Failure
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/01/07-0



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