Proxy warlords make mockery of democracy

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Length: 0:28:47
Uploaded: 1 Aug, 2011

Recording Date: 1 Aug, 2011
Recording Location: Austin; Washington DC; Islamabad; Melbourne
Logsheet: none
Language: English
Topical for: Timeless
Status: Complete, Ready to Air
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WINGS #14-11 Afghanistan Then and Now by WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at www.womenontheline.org.au.
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Program Title: WINGS #14-11 Afghanistan Then and Now
Description: In this program, Afghan women discuss their struggles against the Saudi-backed Taliban, and against other Islamist warlords backed by Pakistan, Iran, and the US and NATO. Malalai Joya, ousted member of the Afghan Parliament, calls for full withdrawal of forces and an end to the arms and money bolstering the warlord "mafia" and their corrupt version of democracy.

Host(s): Frieda Werden, Nafisa Hoodbhoy, Elanor McInerney.
Featured Speakers/Guests: Giti Shams Afghan emigre to the US; Ava Ghous, Afghan working with Feminist Majority; Huma Saeed, Marina Masteen and Saima Kareem, RAWA (Revolutionary Afghan Women's Association); Freiba Wakili, Afghan refugee in Pakistan; Malalai Joya, author of the books A Woman Among Warlords (2009), and Raising my Voice (2011).

Credits: Produced by Frieda Werden, Nafisa Hoodbhoy, Monica J. Moore, and Elanor McInerney. Audio of Malalai Joya originally aired in Women on the Line www.womenontheline.org.au

Comments: The Taliban section is excerpted from WINGS #25-00 Taleban