Editorials.

This article focuses on the war in Afghanistan. The war in Afghanistan, coming after the atrocities of September 11, 2001 provokes a welter of contradictory emotions. On the one side, a desire for justice and a yearning for security, and, on the other side, dread of a war unrestrained by national boundaries, time frame or definable goals. Military actions inside Afghanistan must be circumscribed by limited political objectives and carried out with a minimum of civilian casualties. The report of the killing of four Afghan, United Nations employees in the second day's bombing underscores the potential costs when vast firepower is unleashed against a poor nation with comparatively few military targets.