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Jobs for Afghans
"The patient sinks while the doctors deliberate" - Secretary of State George C. Marshall, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, author of the Marshall Plan, 1946



Truthout Op-Ed: "Why the Wars Roll On: Ban Campaign Money from Outside District"
Please forward this op-ed to your representatives here.
                                                                                                     
August 24, 2009, AP: Looking for the "Ten Dollar Taliban"
                            
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VIDEO: Starvation in Kandahar Province
"War is  a Racket"
- General Smedley Butler, Double Medal of Honor winner, 1935

Smedley Butler
General Smedley Butler
"This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience...we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications...we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex."   -President Dwight Eisenhower, Farewell Speech, 1961






We interview unemployed men in Kabul
CARE site
CARE International Cash-for-Work Site (Report)
co-founders
The co-founders of Jobs for Afghans in Kabul



Letter to Congress on the "Five Percent Solution" to the War in Afghanistan


Press Release | Yale and Harvard Grads Team Up to Stop Afghan War

Original Jobs for Afghans webpage

Please contact your congressman

Other Resources

Kabul Journey Blog

Ralph Lopez Talks on YouTube




Time Magazine
"If the had jobs, they would stop fighting" -Korangal Valley Elder

Review of Time Cover Story
cover story



Fact Sheet
  • Unemployment in Afghanistan: 40-50%
  • Insurgent wage: $8 per day
  • Infant mortality: 1 in 5 dies before age five
  • Mothers dying in childbirth: highest rate in world
  • Percent population with no access to safe drinking water: 70%
  • Average lifespan: 44
  • Place on world poverty scale: 4th poorest nation, dropped one place from 5th since start of NATO occupation
Afghan links

Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Afghan Discussion Forums



New York Times Magazine: Capt. Kearney's Quagmire


"The Occasional Taleban" (Institute for War and Peace Reporting)
"Farah is now dominated by unemployment and poor living conditions.  This is what makes young men join the opposition."
 - Police Chief in Farah District



Who wants war?
"The Windfalls of War," Center for Public Integrity


Articles

"It Was Either Join the Taliban or Watch His Family Starve,"  (Institute for War and Peace Reporting)


"The Road to Taliban Land," Ann Jones

General Petraeus, Can You Hear Me Now?

Time Says No Win In Afghanistan Without Jobs

The Difficulty of New Thinking on Afghanistan

Oxfam Warns Obama of Disaster in Afghanistan, Targets Louis Berger Group

Afghans Tell Obama: Send Engineers, Not Troops

Obama Making the Wrong Turn in Afghanistan

The War That Should have Been Over



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