Original
Jobs
for Afghans webpage
VIDEO:
Starvation in Kandahar Province
Please
contact your congressman
Other Resources
Ralph Lopez Talks on YouTube
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
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"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
The
War That Should have
Been Over
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Time
Magazine
"If the had jobs, they would stop fighting" -Korangal Valley Elder
Review
of Time Cover Story
cover
story
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