Amid all the hype which is being written about the convening of the first Parliament in Afghanistan in 30 years it seems to have been overlooked who these "new" parliamentarians actually are.
"The New York-based Human Rights Watch estimated that, although nearly a third of the deputies were women, more than half were warlords or their proxies, who are suspected of bullying or bribing their way into the parliament. Their presence bodes ill for efforts to crack down on the opium trade that sustains the fragile Afghan economy".
If this be the fact [as referred to in a piece on TimesonLine then things are destined to go radically askew very quickly. Photo-ops are one thing! Reality quite another! Read the entire piece by way of informative background to the composition of the newly "elected" Parliament here.
"The New York-based Human Rights Watch estimated that, although nearly a third of the deputies were women, more than half were warlords or their proxies, who are suspected of bullying or bribing their way into the parliament. Their presence bodes ill for efforts to crack down on the opium trade that sustains the fragile Afghan economy".
If this be the fact [as referred to in a piece on TimesonLine then things are destined to go radically askew very quickly. Photo-ops are one thing! Reality quite another! Read the entire piece by way of informative background to the composition of the newly "elected" Parliament here.
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