Posted AT 8:34 AM EST on 18/08/08
Caught in the killing fields: Aid workers deserve more than our condolences
ROBERT MUGGAH AND LARISSA FAST
Globe and Mail Update
Another day, another gruesome killing in Afghanistan. Three expatriate aid workers and their Afghan driver died last week in a hail of bullets southeast of Kabul, bringing to 19 the tally of practitioners killed in Afghanistan this year. The litany of killing, harassment and intimidation in the past two months alone is the worst on record.
Aid workers, of course, are not just targeted in Afghanistan.
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