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c) What do you think will happen to some of the more vulnerable groups of the Afghan society? (ex. women and children)

I think that once the troops withdraw from Afghanistan, the citizens of that country will feel abandoned. I believe that it is our moral responsibility as people of the free world to aid these people. In my opinion, once the troops withdraw from Afghanistan, the safe sanctuaries the troops have been able to create; will cease to exist. By withdrawing the troops, we withdraw our connection to the country, leaving the Taliban free to do what they please to the innocent men, women and children of Afghanistan. I predict that we will see no improvement in women’s rights, due to the fact that there is no pressure on the Taliban and government to do so.By Rachel

I think that they will be more vonerable than ever before. I also think that they will be looked out for in the long run. This is why i think we should stay with them in afganistaan but we are deciding not to so the country will go back to simuler ways. I do not think they will be in total choas like before but they will be needing some more help. They will feel abandoned and like we just came and then all of a sudden left. I think that they will not be totaly abandoned but they will need to lern tp help themselves. There will always be some things that stay the same but i think the more majer things like getting rapped than sent to prisen for telling is behind. Oviosly the government is acting to benifit everyone. nathan

Sage As of today, we are continuing to withdraw, as well as the U.S.A. planning to remove all their troops by 2014. So now we have to ask ourselves what will happen when we are gone? As I have stated above I believe we should not withdraw, but now I will state my opinion of what //will// happen. I think things will not balance out as they should, but things will be better. We are training the Afghanistan people to fight for themselves, but I believe they are not strong enough to conquer the Taliban yet. The Taliban may have some resisting force from the Afghans, but we have been in Afghanistan for ten years now and we have not beaten the Taliban. I think that it will be very difficult for the Afghans to beat them. I think the Afghanistan people will fight for themselves for a short while, but then the Taliban will once again over through them, although this time with less power. The women of Afghanistan may have more rights, like going to school, and the men might have more freedom in trade and making a living. There will probably still be beating and torturing, but I think things may be a little bit better. Sage


 * 3. What would happen to vulnerable people in Afghanistan (e.g. women, children) if our troops left?**
 * The vulnerable people in Afghanistan would not stand a chance against the Taliban. Their rights would be reduced to virtually nothing and they would have no one to stand up for them and fight for them. Women would continue to be raped and blamed for it themselves, abused, disrespected, would still not be allowed to have an education and would have no freedom outside the reach of men. Also, they would have no one to set examples and show them what their life could be like without the Taliban, so they could eventually end up succumbing to the oppression thinking it was the right thing. Also, the Taliban would probably continue to gain power once our troops left because there would be not as much standing in their way. Even though the Afghan people are being trained to fight the Taliban I believe that once Canada and then the US have withdrawn their troops that will not be enough to defeat the Taliban. The people in Afghanistan could feel like we were giving up on them and other countries around the world might follow North America’s example and withdraw any remaining troops, leaving the people of Afghanistan defenceless and even more vulnerable.**
 * Kara**

== **If Canada withdraws all of the troops then the vulnerable people will become completely helpless. Women will loose most of their human rights and they will not be able to have any life of their own because they need to constantly have a man to be in public. If their life were to continue like this then the next generation will have no hope of escaping the Taliban because they won’t even know that any other life exists and will think that the Taliban is the only way. I think that the Afghan army will be able to defend some land but I don’t think that they will ever have any chance of ruling again without other countries help. Also as I said that women are not allowed out in public without there husbands, their own husbands are also beating them as you can see when you go to this link also on this link [|Afghanistan] it states that when women run away from their abusive husbands they can be killed so the few survivors have to hide in places like the ones shown on the link above. Children are also not allowed to get schooling so a few lucky ones have to hide as shown on the link above. [|Womens prison] In this link it shows that many women are beaten by there husbands and then run away and get sent to prison. ****POSTED BY: N.V. ** ==

=I think that when we are gone by 2014 everything will change. i think that Taliban will controll and all are work will go to waist and Afghanistan will go back to the shape it was in befor we came. As far as woman and children go i think it wont change to much. I don't think Canada and America fixed that problem I think while they were there rape and stonings were still going on. I think that when we are gone it will be up to the local people to save there country. Because most of there government is corrupt and most of there millitary is Taliban. So what i think needs to happen is the citizens need to rebel and fight agenst this problem and fix it now. And this is my thoughts on this topic.=

I agree alot with the person who wrote this I think it will be all up to the citizens to make theire country a better place to raise their children to build a better place to live and appreciate. But I don't think that all our work there has been put to waste I think that people will help us one day because we tried to help a country that had nothing to do with us. It's called Karma. And I think that towns people of Afghanistan will understand how much their own coutry is of a mess and that they can change that all on their own.

Soleil Patterson idk if all of you will agree with this... Maggie I think that many womens’ rights will be lost again to the Taliban and I think that all we have worked for will slowly crumble, especially with the United States’ troops also leaving. I think more cracks will appear in the defence of females and I think they will start to be abused again gradually. Children will probably grow up in a chaotic and dangerous time in history. I feel pity for those who just happen to be born at this time. I also pity the women of this period in Afghanistan, they probably felt hope when troops came to help them with their situation that they had no control over. Now that our troops are leaving, combined with the leave of U.S. troops, I think that all the hope we gave them is lost. Part of Jack Layton’s final words were,”Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair.” I don’t think leaving will give them hope or optimism, and I think the more vulnerable groups of Afghanistan will lose faith. Maggie **__c) What do you think will happen to some of the more vulnerable groups of the Afghan society? (ex. women and children)__ **


 * If Canada were to withdraw our troops in Afghanistan, there would be barely anyone left to protect those remaining. Afghan citizens, particularly women and children, would, in my opinion, be put at great risk of child labour and prostitution. They would also be at more of a risk of being subject to acts of terrorism by Taliban supporters. Under Taliban rule, women are not allowed to work, so without Canadian and U.S troops to continue to fight the Taliban and their supporters, women will have a harder time being able to work and will therefor not not be able to provide for their children, and so they will be at more of a risk of starvation. Afghanistan more vulnerable citizens will have their ability to work and walk about freely greatly jeopardized. **
 * By: K L-B **