] With a deep feeling of sadness and anger, the ] international medical humanitarian organization Doctors ] Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announces ] the closure of all medical programs in Afghanistan. MSF ] is taking this decision in the aftermath of the killing ] of five MSF aid workers in a deliberate attack on June 2, ] 2004, when a clearly marked MSF vehicle was ambushed in ] the northwestern province of Badghis. Five of our ] colleagues were mercilessly shot in the attack. This ] targeted killing of five of its aid workers is ] unprecedented in the history of MSF, which has been ] delivering medical humanitarian assistance in some of the ] most violent conflicts around the world over the last 30 ] years. [ That's not good. Didn't we liberate Afghanistan or something? -k] |