I heard on Iranian radio that Madame Ogata gave the number of Afghans dying of hunger to be a million nationwide.Then again, the subsequent descriptions of the tribal violence makes the standard of living there not too surprising. Almost makes the serbo-croat thing look a lover's tiff.I reached the conclusion that the statue of Buddha was not demolished by anybody; it crumbled out of shame. Out of shame for the world's ignorance towards Afghanistan. It broke down knowing its greatness didn't do any good.