Stories like this make me wonder why we even bother trying to improve the situations in countries under strict religious rule. Its futile to think that any woman in those cultures will ever be allowed the same rights and respect as men. Meanwhile, troops are dying trying to give people a better life and that will likely NEVER be the outcome. As far as Afghanistan goes, the US troops went there because terrorists set up camp there. Perhaps the mission needs to be something more along the lines of killing the terrorists, destroying their camps and leaving. Let whoever is running that country know that if there is never a chance of real human rights, there's no need for "peacekeeping" forces to be there. The resistance in the name of religion is just too strong.
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