ConflictVoice

The war in Afghanistan is a war fought on many fronts. One of them is where Afghans are losing the fight against poverty, dislocation and disempowerment.

On January 28th, London held a conference on Afghanistan. World leaders including Obama, Merkel and Hatoyama were in attendance. In acts of yet more compassion for the Afghans, they threw money at a bucket named ‘Poverty in Afghanistan’. As usual, most of the money missed and fell to the ground, where it lay to waste.