by Rubab Hamdani

Created on: August 20, 2009   Last Updated: August 21, 2009

Imagine the aftermath of an air strike: chaos, screams, heart chilling cries, moans of pain, a scared child who cannot even cry of shock, blood, scattered limbs, desperate and frantic family members trying to locate their loved ones, blood chilling scenes, people on the brink of death, the list of horrors is never ending. The tragedy that starts with one air strike lasts a life time for so many innocent people.

We can sit here and debate about who is to blame? But what about those who cannot even raise a voice against powers such as the United States. Innocent people that are trying to meet ends in poverty stricken areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan are being killed and bombarded everyday while the world turns a blind eye to their screams.

Coming from a country suffering at the hands of terrorism at one side and the United States on the other, I cannot help but blame both the parties, i.e. US and the Terrorists, involved in the conflict. But as the debate topic includes the United States, therefore I will share my views about how the United States is to blame.

The United States of America claims to care for the innocent people of Afghanistan yet keeps on striking civilian targets. Everyday, as the United States makes tall claims about being a humanitarian country, hundreds of people are dying and suffering unimaginable losses. What has United States achieved so far from this war but the harassment of innocent people?

As America escalates its offensive, the terrorists fight back by targeting more and more civilians of the same country as they cannot harm America so they vent out their anger on the same innocent people of Afghanistan. The common man is caught between the hammer and the anvil, there is no relief from any side, no one is there to look after the innocent people of Afghanistan and they are paying the price for a crime they did not commit.

Where were the United States and its intelligence while these terrorists were making strong holds in countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan and while they were planning to attack America? Why did they not catch these organizations while they were gaining strength? Why is this war being prolonged when no positive outcome is being achieved? How can America justify killing so many innocent civilians?

Life of people in Afghanistan and Pakistan has become a living hell due to the policies of people who have no right to interfere so blatantly in another country's affairs. If this war had achieved some goals and

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