- The Observer, Sunday October 6 2002
· At least 3,600 Afghan civilians are believed to have been killed since the conflict began a year ago.
· Ten thousand tonnes of bombs were dropped, half the amount that hit London during the Blitz.
· $15 billion in Western aid is needed for reconstruction. $4.8bn has been pledged but so far only $1.8bn has arrived - most of which has been spent preventing seven million Afghans from dying of hunger.
· Sixteen Americans died in combat while 23 were killed in aircraft crashes or on other duty. Three British soldiers have died, one by friendly fire, two in an argument.
· Eight foreign journalists were killed.
· 1.7 million refugees have returned, about 70 per cent more than expected. The return has increased the number of street children in Kabul to 38,000.
· In March schools opened to 1.5m children, many of whom had not been to school for six years under Taliban rule. Thirty per cent of pupils are girls but 3m children are still not in school.
· 96 per cent of girls are illiterate and 60 per cent of boys.
· Unicef delivered 7m textbooks, 8m notebooks and 18,000 blackboards to 3,000 schools across the country.
· Opium production, banned under the Taliban, has risen from 185 tons in 2001 to 2,700 this year.
· The first post-war British tourists to Afghanistan departed at the end of August for a 10-day sightseeing trip in Kabul, Herat, Bamian and Mazar-e-Sharif.
Observer research department
· Ten thousand tonnes of bombs were dropped, half the amount that hit London during the Blitz.
· $15 billion in Western aid is needed for reconstruction. $4.8bn has been pledged but so far only $1.8bn has arrived - most of which has been spent preventing seven million Afghans from dying of hunger.
· Sixteen Americans died in combat while 23 were killed in aircraft crashes or on other duty. Three British soldiers have died, one by friendly fire, two in an argument.
· Eight foreign journalists were killed.
· 1.7 million refugees have returned, about 70 per cent more than expected. The return has increased the number of street children in Kabul to 38,000.
· In March schools opened to 1.5m children, many of whom had not been to school for six years under Taliban rule. Thirty per cent of pupils are girls but 3m children are still not in school.
· 96 per cent of girls are illiterate and 60 per cent of boys.
· Unicef delivered 7m textbooks, 8m notebooks and 18,000 blackboards to 3,000 schools across the country.
· Opium production, banned under the Taliban, has risen from 185 tons in 2001 to 2,700 this year.
· The first post-war British tourists to Afghanistan departed at the end of August for a 10-day sightseeing trip in Kabul, Herat, Bamian and Mazar-e-Sharif.
Observer research department
