Afghan women and children bear the brunt of the war. Domestic violence and the murder of women in public life have increased; the country has the second highest rate worldwide of women dying in childbirth. Parents sell daughters for food money; the literacy rate has stalled at 4th lowest in the world; and UNICEF labeled Afghanistan as one of the three most dangerous places in the world for a child to be born. All after more than 8 years of war allegedly to end the tyranny of the Taliban, usher in a stable democracy, and guarantee women's rights. (1)
How costly is the Afghan war?
Each soldier in Afghanistan costs U.S. taxpayers $1 million per year, a mind-numbing figure which includes the hefty costs of private military contractors. Given the $100 billion-plus price tag for the Afghan war in 2010, we are lurching toward another trillion dollar war, particularly with the projections of a long war by top military officials.
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