Freedom for Afghanistan?

Not long ago, George W. Bush said of life in Afghanistan under the Taliban:

If you were a young girl growing up under the auspices of the Taliban, you didn't have a chance to succeed. You couldn't go to school.

...if the President says something he better mean it, for the sake of peace. In other words, you want your President out there making sure that his words are credible. And so I said to the Taliban, get rid of al Qaeda, or face serious consequences. They didn't, and they faced serious consequences, and we liberated Afghanistan. We removed the Taliban from power.

And so, Bush said, we liberated 25 million people to live in freedom.  How is that working out today?

The 46-year-old schoolteacher tried to reassure his family that he would return safely. But his life was over, he was part-disembowelled and then torn apart with his arms and legs tied to motorbikes, the remains put on display as a warning to others against defying Taliban orders to stop educating girls.

For people like Mohammed Halim, Operation Enduring Freedom brought anything but freedom. And it seems that for young girls in Afghanistan, growing up under the auspices of George Bush hasn't changed a thing.
 
Bush has called Afghanistan the "first victory in the war on terror," but much like declaring the mission accomplished in Iraq, victory is just a word.