afghanistan - so sick of seeing kids being killed here

[germyrabbit]

when will it end

Goodness only knows. The civil war had been claiming children's lives throughout the period since the Russian withdrawal up to the current campaign. The fighting never totally stopped and seems to be increasing.

Forecasts for the post-ISAF era are pretty gloomy too.

Afghanistan has been in a near perpetual state of war for the last 300 years or so. In fact, the years when the country has been at peace are dwarfed by the number of years when the country has been at war. The tribal split between the Pashtuns and the Tajiks has been the casus belli for most of these conflicts and the various 'western' interventions have traditionally exploited these divisions.

Unfortunately, I can see no reason why peace will return to Afghanistan once the west pulls out.