Issue 417 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
November 2008
November 2008
As the war in Afghanistan intensifies we ask Afghan writers and journalists how they see events unfolding and what they think their country needs to end decades of violent conflict.
Not surprisingly, what they have to say is rather different from the statements emanating from Western politicians and mainstream media pundits.
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Afghanistan on the edge
And the West acting like it knows best... again. Isn’t it time we listened to Afghans, asks Vanessa Baird?
Good Dick
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A Certain Woman
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