I just finished reading My Forbidden face, a book written by an Afghan woman who spent late teenager-hood under Taliban rule. I couldn’t put it down! I’ve not ever paid much attention to whats been going on there, and I feel really quite amazed by it all. I think I will definitely try to dig a bit deeper…
Its a book I should have read years ago, and would definitely recommend to anyone. We could sit back and say ‘its nothing to do with us’, but thats not really true. Our alliance with the United States and our complicity in their foreign policy puts Australia at least a little in the hot seat.
I’ll hope that Australian soldiers are there for the ‘right’ reasons -that is, ‘right’ according to Afghanis, not some crazy US policy.
It all seems very Orwellian to me. The worst part is that people who just want to get on with their life, and preserve a rich and ancient culture, are suffering for it.