enduring freedom?

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http://www.undp.org.af/nhdr_download.htm
http://www.undp.org.af/B_chapter3.pdf

In a militarized society, where even
Coalition Forces engage in reconstruction
and rehabilitation through Regional
Provincial Teams, and the US provision
of food aid is carried out under independent
military authority, the distinctions between
legitimate and effective human rights and
humanitarian action by the UN and NGOs,
and a military campaign is blurred. After
24 years of independent aid to the Afghan
people, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
withdrew from Afghanistan at the end of

July 2004, following the killing of four of
its staff, threats and insecurity. Among
one of the reasons it cited for withdrawal
was the “co-optation of humanitarian aid
by the coalition for political and military
motives.”
The fighting between Taliban and Al Qaida
leaders, and Coalition Forces, or factional
leaders and central authorities, inevitably
engulfs civilians. The privatization of
security and the spread of a military
mentality, even if it has been instigated by
the pursuit of terrorists and peace-spoilers,
has led to a climate of fear, intimidation,
terror and lawlessness in many parts of
Afghanistan. Most important, such a
climate has given rise to a society that is
ruled by the power of armed individuals,
instead of vetted democratic processes.

--
"Das Volk, das ein anderes Volk unterjocht, schmiedet seine
eigenen Ketten."  (Karl Marx)

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