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11/18/2009 5:30 AM

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Afghans 'blame poverty for war'

Poverty and unemployment are overwhelmingly seen as the main reasons behind conflict in Afghanistan, according to a survey in that country.

British aid agency Oxfam - which questioned 704 Afghans - said seven out of 10 respondents blamed these factors.

Taliban violence was seen as less important than government weakness and corruption, according to the poll.

Oxfam said the survey showed that the country needed more than military solutions.

One in five said they had been tortured and one in 10 claimed to have been imprisoned at least once since 1979, when Soviet forces invaded.

Based on what those surveyed said:

• one in six Afghans are currently considering leaving the country

• three-quarters of Afghans have been forced to leave their homes since 1979

• one in 10 Afghans have been imprisoned at least once

Eight Afghan non-governmental organisations helped conduct the poll in 14 provinces across the country between January and April 2009, Oxfam said.

Those interviewed, it adds, were men and women selected at random.

'Always in fear'

The fourth most important factor behind the fighting, according to the survey published in a report entitled The Cost of War, was interference by neighbouring countries.

"The people of Afghanistan have suffered 30 years of unrelenting horror," said Oxfam chief executive Barbara Stocking.

"In that time millions have been killed and millions more have fled their homes. Those who have committed the most terrible abuses have enjoyed impunity rather than faced justice. Afghan society has been devastated."

One respondent in Nangarhar, whose name was concealed in order to protect his identity, described the impact of the conflict on his fellow Afghans.

"What do you think the effect that two million Afghans martyred, 70% of Afghanistan destroyed and our economy eliminated has had on us?" he asked.

"Half our people have been driven mad. A man who is 30 or 40 years old looks like he is 70. We always live in fear. We are not secure anywhere in Afghanistan."

Another man interviewed said: "If people are jobless they are capable of anything."

The survey suggests that many Afghans believe foreign aid does not reach those who need it most.

Addressing the military conflict, Oxfam's chief executive said the message from ordinary people in Afghanistan was that "all sides must stop targeting civilians".

They wanted international forces to tighten their restrictions on air strikes and night raids and to investigate properly all allegations of harm to civilians, she said.

The Afghan people interviewed also wanted insurgents to "stop taking refuge in civilian areas, which puts normal Afghans on the front lines of the conflict", she added.
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11/18/2009 5:48 AM

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Quoting: Free Store

Anonymous Coward
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11/18/2009 5:48 AM

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Terrible.

bill shitters Subscriber

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11/18/2009 6:00 AM

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its an unfortunate human trait when things are bad just walk away they need to stay and try get the country going also uneducated people what do they think they can do for a host nation The retired thread killer we come in peace shoot to kill [link to au.youtube.com]

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11/18/2009 10:43 AM

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bump

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11/18/2009 11:08 AM

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Afghanistan use to be a country filled with happy productive people. The Russians thugs went in there and did their mess for many years, the islamist devil extremists went in there and did their mess for several years and are still occupied there, now the US is there doing their "thing". And, whoever else I have missed went in their and did their mess..

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11/18/2009 11:32 AM

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Afghanistan use to be a country filled with happy productive people.
The Russians thugs went in there and did their mess for many years, the islamist devil extremists went in there and did their mess for several years and are still occupied there, now the US is there doing their "thing". And, whoever else I have missed went in their and did their mess..

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 821494

Thank-you very much for spending such little time to acknowledged that someone is hurting.

Most of the posters here are too busy to type in their feelings because in reality they don't care about the people they hurt. Only care about the spoils, if any

Take Care.

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11/18/2009 11:36 AM

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“The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.” -Friedrich Nietzsche

Elias

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11/18/2009 11:38 AM

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Taliban anyone? “The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.” -Friedrich Nietzsche

bill shitters Subscriber

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11/18/2009 11:39 AM

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most people do care but to be honest what can the little guy do to change it

i still stand by the statement running from the problem wont fix it in any way the in mates need to desire a better country before any one sets foot there with knowledge and parts as they only pron to blowing it up
or it getting hit as important infrastructure during conflicts with west

The retired thread killer

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11/18/2009 11:43 AM

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Taliban anyone? Quoting: Elias You were brainwashed

anonanon
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11/18/2009 12:11 PM

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As if they weren't poor before it. I agree that they were doing better before the Soviet invasion and have not done nearly as well ever since.

bill shitters Subscriber

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11/18/2009 12:12 PM

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With a bit more thought the afghans are a victim of the never ending war on drugs this is about who controls it not the destruction The retired thread killer we come in peace shoot to kill [link to au.youtube.com]

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11/18/2009 12:36 PM

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Do they exchange their cell phones for food yet?

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11/18/2009 2:09 PM

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First it was the British, then it was the British again, then the USSR, now the USA. It seems the 'mighty' powers of the Earth just cannot leave all that opium alone, they have to play major drug lord... and yes, while the Taliban are next to NAZI, at least they had killed off all that wonderful opium production that has been fueling the British Empire's bank accounts for centuries now.

Maybe some will wake up and realize its more about DRUGS than it is about anything else. People will kill for their drugs, especially the financial group known as the British Empire.

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