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The World Trade Center Catastrophe has brought to the World's Attention the poverty in Afghanistan.  Let us help them.  Below is the address that the president asked the American children to send money too to help feed the Afghanistan Children.

America's Fund to Afghanistan's Children 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington, D.C.20001

CHILDREN-CONFLICT: Children Severely Traumatised in Afghanistan

LONDON, Oct 7 (IPS) - The children of Afghanistan have been left severely traumatised by nearly 20 years of warfare in their homeland, according to a study carried by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

The study involved a survey of more than 300 children in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and revealed that

- 72 percent of children experienced the death of a family member in the past four years - a parent in the case of 40 percent of them.

- Nearly all the children have witnessed acts of violence during the fighting; two-thirds of them saw dead bodies or parts of bodies and nearly half saw many people killed during rocket and artillery attacks.

- Ninety percent of the children interviewed said they believed they would die during the conflict.

- Almost all children, sometimes or often, feel that life is not worth living.