Table of contents for Afghanistan / John Woodward, book editor.

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Counter
Afghanistan: Opposing Viewpoints
Contents
Chapter 1: Has the U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan Been
Beneficial?
1. The U.S. Invasion Has Benefited Afghanistan
Michael Turner
2. The U.S. Invasion Has Harmed Afghanistan
Faruq Achikzad
3. The Media Underreport Progress in Afghanistan
Mary Matalin
4. The Media Underreport Failure in Afghanistan
Mike Whitney
5. Afghanistan’s Elections Demonstrate the Success of the
War
Austin Bay
6. Afghanistan’s Elections Demonstrate the Failure of the
War
Peter Symonds
Chapter 2: Has Life Improved for Afghan Women Since the U.S.
Invasion?
1. Afghanistan Is Working Toward Gender Equality
Masooda Jalal
2. Afghanistan Is Not Working Toward Gender Equality
Nazir Gul
3. Educational Opportunities Have Improved for Afghan Women
Laura Bush
4. Educational Opportunities Have Not Improved for Afghan Women
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
5. Violence Against Afghan Women Has Increased Since the U.S.
Invasion
Amnesty International
Chapter 3: How Should Drug Production in Afghanistan Be
Addressed?
1. America Must Combat Afghan Poppy Cultivation
Dennis Kux and Harpinder Athwal
2. America Should Not Combat Afghan Poppy Cultivation
Christopher Hitchens
3. Efforts to End Illegal Drug Production in Afghanistan Will
Succeed
Robert B. Charles
4. Efforts to End Illegal Drug Production In Afghanistan Will
Fail
Robert Scheer
5. Afghanistan Should Use Poppies to Produce Legal Medicines
Vanda Felbab-Brown
6. Afghanistan Should Gradually Curtail Poppy Cultivation
Peter Reuter and Victoria Greenfield
Chapter 4: Is Afghanistan Being Ruled Effectively?
1. Afghanistan Is an Emerging Democracy
Condoleezza Rice
2. Afghanistan Is Not a Democracy
Mike Head
3. Afghanistan Is Becoming Stable
Hamid Karzai
4. Afghanistan Is Unstable
Meena Nanji

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Afghanistan -- History -- 2001-.
Afghanistan -- Social conditions.
Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions.