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Taliban, women and propaganda

Civilization - Written by Arnaud Bihel - Wednesday, August 11, 2010 4:13 p.m.

An Afghan girl on the nose sliced. This photo on the cover of Time magazine revived the debate on the conflict in Afghanistan. Hence it is clear that, definitely, and war propaganda are intertwined. And in this case, women are the front line. After the thousands of documents released by the website Wikileaks, the presence of war in Afghanistan U.S. media had quickly faded (1) . But the A's prestigious Time magazine, Monday, August 9, came to create a new controversy. To very different aspects, but the central issue in the debates is the same: that war is it useful? Documents released by WikiLeaks tended to show the opposite: support for the Taliban to the Pakistani secret service members, and burrs from sinking Allied troops of ISAF ... disqualifying the efficiency aspects of engagement in the country. Conversely, the coverage "shock" the Times has legitimized the presence U.S.: "What will happen if we leave Afghanistan," is the phrase that accompanies the photo of a young Afghan nose sliced. An image "powerful, shocking and disturbing," admits the managing editor of the magazine. In the article (read here English), Time tells in detail the history of this young girl: "The Taliban have struck at the door just after midnight, claiming that Aisha, 18, was punished for running away from her husband. Aisha defended herself: her husband's family treated her like a slave, they hit her; if had not fled, she would have died. His judge, a local Taliban commander, remained unmoved. The brother of Aisha was on her knees while her husband took out a knife. First he cut off his ears. Then the nose. " A story to bring in another highly publicized in recent days: that Sanubar, an Afghan age 35, widowed and pregnant, accused of adultery and executed in public by three bullets in the head in a Taliban stronghold in the west. In both cases, Taliban officials have denied being behind these atrocities and terminated operations Western media propaganda. @ Rrêtsurimages site also reports that the organization "Women for Afghan Women," by telling March 17 story about Aisha , said she was mutilated by her husband, a Taliban. But no reference here to a judge Taliban evoked Time. Can not deny it: women are influenced by the Taliban in Afghanistan. They are even more victims, noted the latest UN report on civilian casualties in the country. But they are also objects of propaganda, in the hands of all parties involved in the Afghan conflict. In fact, the cover of Time has raised a heated debate. " Those opposing the U.S. presence in Afghanistan to see the" emotional blackmail "or even" war porn ", while those who fear the consequences of abandoning the country see it as a powerful address to the conscience " summarizes a correspondent for the New York Times in Kabul . And even critics can come from feminists who use the suffering of women to support the war is cynicism , as noted Rue89 . Where Returning to Wikileaks. Last March, the site published what it describes as a classified document from the CIA on how to win public support for the war. The plight of women was among those strategies: "Afghan women are ideal messengers to humanize the role of ISAF against the Taliban, because of the ability of women to speak in a personal and credible experience under the Taliban , aspirations and fears. "