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
- Date
- 2006
- Period
- Contemporary
- Made by
- US armed forces psychological operations, in support of the Afghan government and coalition (leaflet distributed in Afghanistan); no issuer named in the item description
Full record
Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Theme, Event, Source, Rights
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Leaflet
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- George W. Bush Administration
- Leader
- George W. Bush
- Audience
- Enemy forces
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- War in Afghanistan
- Leader
- George W. Bush
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Internet Archive (Hollen Song collection), retrieved October 11, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (US government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
US armed forces psychological operations leaflet AFC01aaHB1000, Afghanistan, c. 2006-2007. Scan via Internet Archive, uploader nathanielsong2004.
