Tuesday, April 8, 2008

The Afghanistan Slide

The photograph is what got to me:

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"Afghanistan: Humanitarian crisis worsens, says Red Cross"

"Geneva/Kabul, 8 April (AKI) – Increased armed conflict is leading to a worsening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, says the International Committee of the Red Cross.

The president of the ICRC, Jakob Kellenberger, is currently in Afghanistan for a seven-day visit.

''We are extremely concerned about the worsening humanitarian situation in Afghanistan," Kellenberger said in a statement.

"There is growing insecurity and a clear intensification of the armed conflict, which is no longer limited to the south but has spread to the east and west."

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