On Monday there is a conference in Bonn entitled 'What Afghanistan Really Needs'. Presumably after the Russians and NATO/US have spent $bns

and most of the last 20 yrs achieving the square route of fuck all in terms of progress/change, they've got Thunderbirds lined up to take over?

A raped Afghan woman may, this week, be forced to marry her assailant. Thousands of military & civilian lives have been lost in Afg., for what?

Meanwhile, as Blair and Bush enjoy luxurious retirement, 390 UK families of military casualties will have a tough Christmas.