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The reports all seem to agree: the situation in Afghanistan is bad and getting worse. For Afghan photographer <a href="http://www.zalmai.com/"><u><B>Zalmai Ahad</B></u></a>, a native of Kabul who now lives in Switzerland, that assessment runs  deeper than what much of us see on TV and in the news. Eight years after the world promised to rebuild his home, ordinary Afghans are losing hope. Last year, he traveled the country to see how regular Afghans were being affected. What he found, he says, was--and is--a humanitarian disaster: thousands displaced, unable to return to their homes, forced to settle in urban slums with little access to work, school or medical aid. This, he says, is the human cost of the War on Terror. A selection of images:

 
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  • Posted By: bndkllr2 @ 09/25/2009 12:48:54 PM

    Aren't these the *** that were dancing in the streets on 9/11? This is what happens when you mess with America!

  • Posted By: donlan @ 09/24/2009 11:10:30 PM

    Why are we in Afghanistan if we don't care about the people. The Russians terriorized them, and then they were mass murdered. Along came the Taliban.
    They have not only helped afghanistan but they now they are helping US troops, by killing them too. But by all means, Afghanistan is a great place to live!

  • Posted By: Sooriamoorthy @ 09/10/2009 10:23:26 AM

    The human toll? Do US and NATO know the meaning of Humanity ? Dubious.

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