OP-Ed Impact of Military Arsenal on Children

February 19, 2009

From: Kanish

How does the war impact young minds?

A teenager’s viewpoint regarding an article by New York Times and concerns about the real victims of war – Children, the future of the world.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/world/asia/18afghan.html

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/02/17/world/20090217AFGHAN_9.html

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The article that goes along with this picture talks about how the death toll in Afghanistan has risen by over forty percent in 2008.

One specific example reported on a man named Syed Mohammed, who’s entire family was slaughtered by American and Afghan soldiers. He went next door to his son’s house, only to find that the only survivor in his entire son’s family was his four year-old grandson, Zarqawi.

In another case, an American AC-130 gunship, which is a plane armed with several deadly explosive rounds as well as a gatling cannon, attacked a suspected Taliban building, killing more than 90 people. Mohammed Amin Kadimi, age 47, was pushing a wheelbarrow through a city street, looking for work.

A young man approached him carrying a paper bag weighing about ten pounds. He asked him to carry the bag to Pul-e-Khesti, a nearby neighborhood. After some time walking, Mr. Kadimi noticed that the young man was no longer behind him. The bag then exploded, blasting Mr. Kadimi away, mangling his right leg and severing his left one. He now sits on a city street, selling phone cards. He wonders why he was chosen as a target.

Marai, age 7, was blinded in one eye from shrapnel during fighting between the Taliban and NATO troops.


Wounded Children

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Written by Padmini Arhant · Filed Under Humanitarian 

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