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title: Coalition leaflet "Your children are waiting for you" (Afghanistan, c. 2006-2007)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/afghanistan-us-leaflet-your-children-are-waiting-2006/
description: Two-sided leaflet for Afghan fighters. The front carries the name of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; the back reads.
section: Collection
---

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# Coalition leaflet "Your children are waiting for you" (Afghanistan, c. 2006-2007)

Two-sided leaflet for Afghan fighters. The front carries the name of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; the back reads, in the description's translation, 'Your children are waiting for you. For peace, stability and a bright future.' The tell is the appeal to family in place of any argument about the fighter's cause: it asks for a change of side through feeling and says nothing of the terms or consequences.

## Propaganda techniques used in this leaflet

[Appeal to emotion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/appeal-to-emotion/)

## Full record

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[← Coalition leaflet "It is your national duty to report terrorists" (Afghanistan, c. 2006-2007)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/afghanistan-us-leaflet-report-terrorists-national-duty-2006/) [Framed street portrait of Hafez, Bassel and Bashar al-Assad (Damascus, 25 May 2006) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/syria-assad-family-portrait-damascus-2006/)

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