Christian Parenti on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/christian_parenti Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2006 2006-11-29T02:57:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Women in Afghanistan http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20061128_women_in_afghanistan/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20061128_women_in_afghanistan/ afghanistan, human rights, insurgents, karzai, purdah, taliban, united nations, Shrouded women

With the resurgence of the Taliban, women in Afghanistan are once again rated by the United Nations as being “among the worst-off in the world.” Learn more about their plight in the companion piece to Christian Parenti’s larger article,  “Afghan Autopsy.”

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America began its so-called war on terror with the intention of driving the Taliban from power in Afghanistan. Five years later, the Taliban is back, Osama bin Laden is still alive, and insurgent fighters cite the U.S. presence in the country as their main wellspring of rage. How did it come to this? Truthdig contributor Christian Parenti, just back from Afghanistan, reports.

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