| Islam, Women and Feminism | |
| 08 Oct 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| Afghan Women on 10 years of US Occupation | |
By Sahar Saba |
The war in Afghanistan costs US taxpayers two billion dollars a week. However, these phenomenal figures have not translated into anything tangible for Afghan women. Ten years ago on October 7, the NATO troops, captained by the USA, landed in Afghanistan. This UN-mandated invasion was coached in beautiful slogans like liberation of Afghan women from misogynist Taliban. Ten years on, the situation in our country, however, remains grim. Widespread violence, lack of health care and poverty make Afghanistan the worse country in the world for women, according to a study by the Thomson-Reuters Foundations. Such studies, by the way, have become common place. The Thomson-Reuters study was based on interviews with 213 experts world-wide. This study placed Afghanistan on top of five worst countries for women. -- Sahar Saba http://newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamIslamWomenAndFeminism_1.aspx?ArticleID=5652 | ||
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