Should Afghanistan go back to the days of Taliban rule where women are second class citizens and human rights are ignored?
In fact, in Iraq things are not just as bad as they were, but much worse: under Saddam Iraq was secular and women had more rights, and the US occupation has empowered religious reactionnaries. We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
Pashtun Suicide Terrorism---an Update International Terrorism Monitor--Paper No. 370 By B. Raman
(...) In its issue of August 3-9, 2007, the "Friday Times" of Lahore wrote as follows: "Recruits are formally registered with the Taliban as suicide bombers and given a receipt indicating their registration number. At any given point, there are thousands in line waiting to sacrifice their lives, an observer returning from South Waziristan told the weekly. If one of them is selected to be the next bomber, the news is a cause for celebration in his household. (...) ....Women, because of the Taliban's strict anti-wife-beating policy, are largely in favour of them..... This is part of the strategy of winning over the mothers, who, according to the Taliban, have the greatest influence on the child as he grows up. Women are thus actively involved in the process of indoctrinating children in favour of the Taliban."
Seems Pashtun women in Afghanistan now mostly view the Taliban as comparatively more women-favouring than the other lot - so imagine just how womens'-rights-friendly the northern alliance warlords must be! "Ignoring moralities is always undesirable, but doing so systematically is really worrisome." Mohammed Khatami
