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Countries ‘wasting money and blood’ in Afghanistan

July 4, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, July 3, 2009

By News Online’s Sophia Gardner

Malalai Joya

Malalai Joya gained international attention after accusing Afghanistan’s leaders of war crimes. (Reuters : Ahmad Masoodd)

A politician who has been described as “the bravest woman in Afghanistan” says that military intervention is not the way to find democracy in the war-torn county.

Malalai Joya gained international attention for standing before Afghanistan’s constitutional grand assembly and accusing her country’s leaders of war crimes, human rights violations and supporting the Taliban.

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