An unprecedented drought in Afghanistan has led to families selling their children just to be able to feed their households.

Mother had 'no other choice' but to sell her 6-year-old daughter

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Sixty-five thousand troops already stationed in Afghanistan. So far, a nine year war. Over nine hundred US troops lost, nearly a third of those lost were in the last year.

The United States has been at war with Afghanistan for six years. The original intention of the war with Afghanistan was to find and capture Osama Bin Laden. In the years since the original occupation of Afghanistan, the war with Iraq has eclipsed both national and international attention, leaving Afghanistan as America's forgotten war. Much like Korea was in the 1950's, the United States is engaged in a war it cannot win against an enemy it cannot defeat. Recently, rhetoric by both the Democratic and Republican Presidential campaigns has been actively calling for a troop surge in Afghanistan. In addition to costing the United States more money that we cannot afford to pay, this foreign policy decision ignores the obvious repercussions of an extended and increased war with Afghanistan.

By Bobby Muller, Veterans for America

I have a fundamental question for you two – a really simple basic question. One that every American should be asking themselves right now as you – and the rest of our Senators – get ready to return from your month-long break.

When the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said that our troops were at their breaking point, when the Department of Defense reported that our current deployment policies are compounding the wounds of war, causing mental health problems among our troops to skyrocket, and that one of the primary causes was our current policy of deploying troops back to Iraq and Afghanistan without adequate dwell time at home, why didn’t you do something about it?

On the heels of President Karzi's visit to Washington, where he openly stated he was coming to talk to Bush about his concern over civilian casualties, the British have now become more emboldened to speak out. From their perspective American troops are causing problems that are hampering the Brits efforts to "kick-start" reconstruction efforts..

Accodring to a NY Times article today....