To think most people have forgotten about Afghanistan rather quickly

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Not really intending this as a guilt trip thread. I was just reading about the shooting of the Afghan women’s rights activist Frozan Safi this weekend and it occurred to me that I’ve not seen any discussion on here for weeks now. It was always going to die down and become accepted but it seems a bit sad that it’s disappeared off the radar so quickly.

I think I saw some on the news today.

About people will find it difficult to cope with coming winter.
And there was a report yesterday on the bbc. Where they showed a family struggling to survive as the mum couldn't work any more and I think she had 7 kids to feed.

@PickUpAPepper

It was always going to drop off quickly, the U.K. and its media does not encourage interest in the world outside . Nor in much else beyond buying shit to be honest.

I’m curious - for how long do you expect coverage to continue?And what does not encouraging interest in the outside world mean - news bulletins already have ‘World News’ sections.

There are lots of horrors going on every day and humans have limited attention spans. Covering one thing therefor means that others are ignored. Grassroots movements in those regions is what will change things not more interference from the West.

Source: I’m from a developing country with shariah law where child marriages still occur 😇

• I also studied international relations as part of my degree

It's like North Korea. We all know it's a tortuous, starving hellhole but it's also a closed off dictatorship. And change for those really only comes from within. Foreign intervention is either entirely self-serving or destined to make things worse.

Supporting immigration and giving money to organisations working with afghan immigrants is about as good as it gets.

Tbh, the majority of the world is probably pretty shit to live in. That's partly way I find it so tasteless when people on here start saying we live in a dystopian nightmare in response to having to call somebody 'they' at work etc (although I do think this gender stuff is a load of bollocks tbh).

the majority of the world is probably pretty shit to live in

Well no. I've travelled a LOT and places that British people think are shit, like Central America, East Africa and China can be lovely. Poor but lovely.

Then there's Afghanistan, North Korea, Somalia and LA. Unstable, guns and no rights. Disease and lack of food. Not great.

It hasn't gone away. There is work going on at an international level to try and ensure aid can get into the country. It will however take time which is not much comfort to those needing help right now.

I just wanted to add to rollercoastermum's post, it is also possible to sign up to to foster unaccompanied asylum seeking minors through fostering agencies.

Obiovusly isn't for everyone.

*obviously

@MrsTerryPratchett

the majority of the world is probably pretty shit to live in

Well no. I've travelled a LOT and places that British people think are shit, like Central America, East Africa and China can be lovely. Poor but lovely.

Then there's Afghanistan, North Korea, Somalia and LA. Unstable, guns and no rights. Disease and lack of food. Not great.

A lot of the places you mentioned above are still shit by developed country standards. In that there’s no such thing as benefits, social mobility or even a semblance of gender equality. Also nice to travel to but you wouldn’t want to be a citizen by birth unless you’re super rich!

But then again you don’t know what you’re missing until you have it. I didn’t realise that an uninterrupted electricity/water supply and having your own bedroom wasn’t a luxury until I came to the U.K.

Oh and also schools in which teachers actually taught, and books and libraries because half of mine gave us worksheets and did nothing else and a single book cost the same as a week’s grocery shopping. Not many libraries around either

Also nice to travel to but you wouldn’t want to be a citizen by birth unless you’re super rich!

I wouldn't want to be poor anywhere. But I wouldn't need to be 'super rich' either.