"Suddenly, there were large planes
above us. Then they bombed the house …They bombed and fired
from 1 a.m. to 8 a.m. All of my relatives were killed in this bombing
-- my cousins, my uncles, nieces, nephews, two of my daughters and my
son"
Afghan taxi driver Hajj
Gul
Ahmed, August 2008
“ We left our houses and came
to this camp to escape from the aerial bombings. My house was
destroyed, and all our possessions were buried … now I have
nothing to eat, nothing to feed my children with”
Afghan woman, Marghar
camp,
Kandahar province, November 2006
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US/NATO bombing has killed hundreds – maybe thousands – of civilians since the start of 2006. Indeed, according to the UN mission in Afghanistan, more Afghan civilians died at the hands of US/NATO forces in the first six months of 2007 than were killed by the Taliban.
Moreover, the use of air power - and the human carnage it causes - is central to the occupation of Afghanistan. As one senior NATO official explained: “[W]ithout air, we’d need hundreds of thousands of troops.”
In May 2007 the upper house of the Afghan Parliament passed a motion calling for a military cease-fire and a date to be set for the withdrawal of foreign troops.
Meanwhile, in an Oct/Nov 2008 poll, 68% of the British public said that all British troops should be withdrawn from Afghanistan within 12 months.
We need to stop the bombing and bring the troops home.
See the latest analysis from Peace News on Afghanistan:
Afghanistan: We Must Get Out
Peace News, September 2009
Why is Britain in Afghanistan?
Peace News, September 2009
Britain "crucial" to Afghan war
Peace News,
September 2009
Elections, warlords and withdrawals
Peace News, September 2009
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