Malalai Joya was an Afghan politican who is getting some well deserved attention lately. She has been called the "bravest woman in Afghanistan." She did what President Karzi was afraid to do. She publicly denounced the warlords and war criminals in the Afghan parliament. "I am not sure how many more days I will be alive," Malalai Joya says quietly.
Malalai Joya: "You must understand that the government headed by Hamid Karzai is full of warlords and extremists who are brothers in creed of the Taliban. Many of these men committed terrible crimes against the Afghan people during the civil war of the 1990's." She goes on to say: "So far, Obama has pursued the same policy as Bush in Afghanistan. Sending more troops and expanding the war into Pakistan will only add fuel to the fire."(1)
Malalai Joya says Afghanistan's democracy is a big lie and America's involvement is making things worse.(2)
(1) The big lie of Afghanistan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/25/afghanistan-occupation-taliban-warlords
(2) Malalai Joya on Afghanistan's big lie
http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=18760
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