With Afghani civilian casualties reaching the same total as the New York dead, why on earth is the US relentlessly pounding the country in a vain attempt to kill Osama bin Laden or other elusive leaders?

And with the amount of money raised for Afghani refugees - a paltry £14 million, compared to the £900 million for New York victims - it is clear Third World lives are deemed worth much less than Western ones.

-S Wells, Hove