The United Nations says that about half the population of Afghanistan are “facing a record level of acute hunger.” UNICEF says, without urgent action, 1 million children could die from malnutrition.
The US won’t release $9.5 billion of Afghanistan’s funds it has frozen in its central bank.
There must be no cover up for the failure of imperialist intervention. The people of Afghanistan need our continuing practical support.
The political decision has been taken to end the war, not on grounds of morality or even cost. Instead, the US has identified a strategic enemy in China along with its Russian ally and the entire focus must be directed towards blocking its rise. This is the new number one aim and overwhelming priority of the US.
The Afghans are largely glad to see the back of the US occupation, to be one more Saigon in a long sequence. But this is not a victory for humanity. It will not be easy for Afghanistan to emerge out of these nightmare decades, but the desire to do so can still be heard.
The challenges facing Afghanistan may seem insurmountable, but in large part they have been brought about by the US and NATO and they cannot be part of the solution. The truth is, military intervention has been a disaster and it offers no prospects for the future.
The general condition of Afghanistan after 20 years of NATO intervention is that half the population are in humanitarian need and nearly one in two children will face acute malnutrition in 2021 – UN.
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