07 May 2011
Kandahar, Afghanistan
A man injured during a Taliban attack is treated at Mirvays Hospital in Kandahar, on 11 May. The Taliban had threatened revenge attacks after the killing of Osama bin Laden, in Pakistan on 2 May. With four people killed and 36 injured, this was the most serious strike thus far.
The people of Afghanistan have had to deal with conflict and military occupation for much of the past 50 years. Conflict and long-term instability in Afghanistan have led to personal trauma, and severe economic and infrastructural damage. Foreign aid has helped support various initiatives to improve infrastructure and education, but as occupation forces withdraw and Western economies face their own difficulties, funds to NGOs are being cut.
