<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-2" ?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<channel>


<title>RAWA News</title>
<link>http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/rawanews.php</link>
<description>News Archive of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)</description>
<image><title>RAWA.org</title>
<link>http://www.rawa.org/</link>
<url>http://www.rawa.org/images/logo_rss.gif</url>
</image>


<language>En</language>
<generator>RAWANews 2.5.4</generator>

<title><![CDATA[How the US army protects its trucks &#8211; by paying the Taliban]]></title>
<link>http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2009/11/13/how-the-us-army-protects-its-trucks-and-8211-by-paying-the-taliban.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Guardian: The Guardian: Welcome to the wartime contracting bazaar in Afghanistan. It is a virtual carnival of improbable characters and shady connections, with former CIA  officials and ex&#8211;military officers joining hands with former Taliban and mujahideen to collect US government funds in the name of the war effort. In this grotesque carnival, the US military's contractors are forced to pay suspected insurgents to protect American supply routes. It is an accepted fact of the military logistics operation in Afghanistan that the US government funds the very forces American troops are fighting.]]></description>
</channel>
</rss>
