On 7 October 2001, despite the pleas of Pax Christi International and many others around the world, U.S. and U.S.-allied forces launched airstrikes on Afghanistan and its Taliban government.
The U.S. accused the Taliban of harbouring Osama Bin Laden, believed to be the mastermind behind powerful and highly symbolic attacks a few weeks earlier on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania.
Ten years later, the war in Afghanistan continues, violence with horrific loss of life grips the region and intensified insecurity prevails.
Read the statement in English at 2011-0499-en-ap-HS.