Unemployment is soaring, reconstruction is minimal, security is non-existent and malnutrition is at levels that rival sub-Saharan Africa.

Hunkering Down in Afghanistan with Field-Marshall Obama

By Mike Whitney
By every objective standard, conditions are worse for the Afghan people than they were before the invasion in 2001. The economy is in shambles, unemployment is soaring, reconstruction is minimal, security is non-existent and malnutrition is at levels that rival sub-Saharan Africa. Continue