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Mujahid  Posted: May 18, 2009 10:52 AM  Why Do Afghans Have a
Life Expectancy of Only 44 Years?  The Afghan Tragedy Continues
After 30 Years   That's 20 to 30 years less than neighboring
Pakistan and all other surrounding countries. It is just one
result of the ongoing devastation in that country.  The war in
Afghanistan did not start in 2001 with the US invasion. It began
30 years ago in December 1979, when the former Soviet Union
invaded the country. The human toll of the conflict is
staggering: more than a million Afghans have been killed and 3
million maimed.   Most Afghans alive today have seen nothing but
war.    There is no law and order in most of Afghanistan.
Government barely exists in Kabul. Former warlords are the
leaders. That is demonstrated by the fact that "Afghanistan is
the world's largest cultivator and supplier of opium (93 percent
of the global opiates market)." A British daily paper actually
reported that "the four largest player