Massacres challenge value of occupying armies.
by Nicole ColsonThe US war and occupation of Afghanistan was supposed to bring stability and democracy. Instead, Afghanistan remains a country on the brink of disaster — one that has clearly been exacerbated by the US presence. More than 10 years after the US war began, in spite of the presence of about 2,000 international aid groups, at least $3.5-billion in humanitarian funds and $58-billion in development assistance, humanitarian conditions in Afghanistan remain abysmal.
This past winter, one of the harshest in recent years, compounded the suffering of those living in refugee camps — an estimated 35,000 people just in the capital of Kabul, and many more around the country.