Le fumeur afghan
photo: Pierre-André Normandin
Champs de pavot en Afghanistan
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Être soldat n’est pas de tout repos
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British soldier Joe Glenton refuses to go back in Afghanistan
source: YouTube
On July 23, 2009, the Stop the War Coalition held its eighth rally. Lance Corporal Joe Glenton, a serving British soldier was then speaking in public for the first time against the horror caused by the war in Afghanistan.
More and more British troops – who equally risk their lives fighting in Afghanistan – are realising the futility of this project. Lance Corporal Joe Glenton, who fought in Kandahar in 2006, told the audience that he came back ashamed and disillusioned. He said the army and the politicians never explained why they were there or what was going on, only that British troops were helping the Afghan people.
When he found that the Afghans were fighting against them, this came as a real shock. He spoke of the discontentment in the ranks, which he described as dangerous, and the need for Britain to withdraw its troops.
Two years ago, when Glenton heard he was being posted back to Afghanistan, he decided the only sensible thing to do was to leave the army, even illegally, as he did not believe that Britain was doing anything constructive in Afghanistan. He now faces up to two years in a civilian prison. Stop the War Coalition declared it would support Glenton and any other soldier who faced the courts on account of being against the war.
source: fromthewilderness.wordpress.com
Coup d’oeil sur Guantanamo Bay – 1
source: courrierinternational.com
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photo: Mandel Ngan
source: SIPA
photo: Todd Heisler
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photo: Brennan Linsley
La violence faite aux femmes afghanes
Selon l’organisation Womankind Worldwide, des millions de femmes et de jeunes filles afghanes continuent de faire face à une discrimination et à une violence systématiques dans leurs foyers et dans leurs communautés. Les garanties données aux femmes afghanes après la chûte des Talibans en 2001 ne se sont pas transformées en un réel changement.
source: rawa.org (Association Révolutionnaire des Femmes en Afghanistan, une organisation socio-politique de femmes afghanes luttant pour la paix, la liberté, la démocratie et les droits des femmes dans un Afghanistan atteint par le fléau du fondamentalisme.)
Transport de prisonniers d’Al-Qaeda
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Le quotidien des femmes afghanes
photo: Farzana Wahidy
La réalité des mines anti-personnel
Afghanistan, 1996. Des Afghans ré-apprennent à marcher grâce à leurs prothèses, dans un centre de la Croix Rouge Internationale.
photo: James Nachtwey
Quand ce furent les russes qui se frottèrent à l’Afghanistan…
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Afghan refugees camp
photo: Emilio Morenatti
Afghan “Young Refugee” Niurkhan, 11, stands next to his tent in Afshar refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 28, 2008. Niurkhan who lost his parents two months ago during fighting between coalition forces and Taliban militants fled his village in Helmand province to seek shelter in the refugee camp in southern Kabul. Thousands of Afghans have been displaced by the fighting in the last months.
