By Marianne Elliott
In November 2007 I arrived back from a short holiday in the United
States to my work as a UN human rights officer in Afghanistan. Days
later, the deadliest suicide attack to take place in Afghanistan
happened in Baghlan, killing at least 40 adults and three children and
maiming more than 60 adults and 60 children. For two days after the
bombing I sunk into a despairing sadness for Afghanistan…
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The answer?
Have no doubt America, because it’s already happened.