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2021
‘I Won’t Go 20 Years Back in Time’: Young Afghan Women Speak Out Video NYT 30 August 2021
‘I Won’t Go 20 Years Back in Time’: Young Afghan Women Speak Out Video NYT 30 August 2021
Sadiqa Madadgar (@SadiQa Madadgar صدیقه مددگار) was a contestant on “Afghan Star.” Seema Rezai was a member of Afghanistan's national boxing team. They are part of a select group of young women who were fortunate enough to find success in Kabul, Afghanistan. When the Taliban took the city, their dreams were shattered. We reached them on WhatsApp and learned
about their hopes and their fears for the future. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6ZkONEx2Kw
‘We Are Here Alone’: An Afghan Translator’s Plea for Help Video NYT 10 August 2021
‘We Are Here Alone’: An Afghan Translator’s Plea for Help Video NYT 10 August 2021
Starting as a teenager, Romal Noori risked his life aiding the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan. With American troops leaving and the Taliban regaining power, he does not want to be left behind.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9pwJF6n720
2019
Why These Veterans Are Demanding an End to War in Afghanistan NYT 11 November 2019
Why These Veterans Are Demanding an End to War in Afghanistan Video NYT Opinion 11 November 2019
This Veterans Day, about 200,000 American troops are being deployed abroad.
In the Video Op-Ed above, the Eurasia Group Foundation, which seeks to make public debates about United States foreign policy more inclusive, interviewed five veterans from diverse backgrounds who oppose continuing the war.
These veterans, who served in Afghanistan or were part of the support apparatus for the Afghan war, say the United States should withdraw all troops from Afghanistan.
Their harrowing stories from the battlefield shed light on what they see as an unwinnable conflict in a foreign land.
There is, these veterans say, no point in continuing an 18-year war whose outcome will be the same no matter how many more American troops are killed.
In February, The New York Times editorial board called for an end to the Afghan war, a marked shift from its yearslong policy of support.
This summer, a Pew survey found that the majority of Americans — and the majority of veterans — think the war “has not been worth fighting.”
The trend in public opinion seems increasingly clear.
But American leaders remain reluctant to make major changes.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6c6ADB6CwI
2014
The Afghanistan war in numbers G 28 October 2014
The Afghanistan war in numbers Video Guardian Explainers G 28 October 2014
After 13 years fighting a war in Afghanistan, British troops have handed over control of Camp Bastion and ended their combat role.
The war has claimed the lives of thousands of civilians, military personnel and Taliban insurgents and cost billions of pounds.
This is the story of the Afghanistan war in numbers.
Estimates for civilian deaths are from costofwar.org UN records began in 2009
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooFueN9XdVY
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