afghan women’s mission

The media face of the war in Afghanistan is a woman's face--one particular mutilated woman, in the case of Time. Sonali Kolhatkar of the Afghan Women's Mission notes, though, that this is a clear strategy from those who benefit from the war to win over European and American audiences. Meanwhile, Afghan women who oppose occupation, like former GRITtv guest Malalai Joya, are silenced in the media just as they are silenced in Afghan politics. Sonali joins guest host Esther Armah to talk about the media obsessions in Afghanistan--and why almost no attention is being paid to Pakistan which is still facing U.S. drone strikes and repercussions from heavy flooding. As Sonali Kolhatkar pointed out, "progress" in Afghanistan is entirely in the eyes of the beholder. While the vast majority of the American people believes that the war will end badly, General Petraeus is now repeating the same lines we've heard before, on Iraq and Afghanistan--things are going better, we can win this war.