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Has the War in Afghanistan lost all purpose?
Current version: 29 Aug 2009 | 01:42 | Roxski
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Yes, because... Discrimination against women remains
The war in Afghanistan has completely lost all purpose. The tip of the iceberg was publicly demonstrated on the 19th of April this year, when new legislation was produced which effectively legalises rape against Afghan women. On that day, the women marched against such damaging legislation to deliver a petition to parliament, when men pelted the women with stones, spitting at them and chanting ‘long live Islam’. Earlier that week, one of Afghanistan’s leading women’s rights activists was murdered at her home. A number of women have received death threats for speaking out against the Shia Family Law. After eight years of fighting in Afghanistan, does this sound like progress has been made?[1]
Maybe this envelopes exactly why there is a great deal of point in British soldiers being there. Such violent events are what British soldiers wish to avoid. Yes, progress to avoid discrimination has not occurred but the very existence and hope that we can make a difference shows that all purpose is not lost. Additionally, despite all the resistance the protesting women met, they still stood together, fighting for a cause they believed in. This is a courageous and admirable move and hopefully, it is the extra security western troops provide that spurs them on.
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