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| Taliban hand over control of Darra Adam Khel to govt |
| 2007-08-14 |
| Local Taliban handed over control of Darra Adam Khel to the government after a jirga assured them that there would be no more criminal and 'un-Islamic' activities in the area. "The Taliban have given up control of Darra Adam Khel after the jirga assured them that it would take action against anti-social elements and un-Islamic activities in the area," Senator Abdur Raziq from Darra told Daily Times on Monday. He said that according to the agreement, the Taliban would retake control of Darra Adam Khel if the jirga or the local administration failed to fulfill their promise. The jirga consisting of Kohat District Coordination Officer (DCO) Shahbullah, Kohat Assistant Political Agent Tariq, Darra MNA Dr Nasim, clerics and elders of the Zargunkhel, Akhurwal, Bost-e-Khel, Torchapar and Sherki tribes also assured the Taliban that they would not let anyone from criminals' families occupy their destroyed houses for five years. Raziq said the local administration and the Kohat DCO supported the jirga and said that they may use force against criminals if needed. He added that the jirga had released nine criminals who had been 'arrested' by masked Taliban during their weeklong 'anti-criminal' campaign in Darra Adam Khel. He said the Taliban had also given control of the Indus Highway and Charganu village to the khasadar force. The Taliban had occupied Charganu village after killing four alleged criminals, recovering four kidnapped persons and 18 stolen vehicles and destroying eight houses. The senator denied that the Taliban had banned girls' education in the area. "The Taliban have only banned music, video centres and other un-Islamic activities," he added. Haji Khan Gul of Darra Adam Khel said that following the Taliban's warning, several car-lifters had taken out stolen cars from their hideouts. "People have stopped preparing fake degrees and other documents, vehicles' number plates and passports due to the fear of the Taliban," he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 it's all fun and games There, fixed that for ya. |
| Posted by: BA 2007-08-14 21:05 |
| #9 it's all fun and games, til someone loses a limb |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-08-14 19:48 |
| #8 Actually, kite flying Afghan-style is a bit of a blood sport. The kites are flown in combat with one another, with the object being to sever your opponent's kite string. To this end, the kite 'string' has become kite cable, coated with broken glass and other nasties. Lots o' folk get hurt and a few get dead in kite flying season. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-08-14 19:15 |
| #7 Thanks, Jack. Silly me. I should have known that anything that was any fun at all would be unIslamic especially if it keeps people from banging their heads on the floor of some damn mosque. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-08-14 17:55 |
| #6 What's wrong with kites? Its the most popular form of relaxation in Afghanistan. Can't have people relaxing when they should be praying 5 times a day and in mosque listening to jihadi ranting. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-08-14 16:27 |
| #5 What's wrong with kites? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-08-14 14:12 |
| #4 I've been saying that from the beginning. Load up a bunch of C-130's with every pr0n mag you can buy up and fly back and forth over the Wazoos tossing them out the backdoor while you watch the heads explode down on the deck. I'll bet it'd be pretty at night... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-08-14 13:57 |
| #3 This is what is called "cenophobia" or a fear of new things and new ideas. You live in the stone age pre-civilizaiton and you fear what is coming, or in the case of the taliban, what has come and what you want to die now. They have no morals regardless of what they think and subrogate. What they have is fear and only fear. I think the way to kill them off is PsyOps - by blaring rock music continuously up into the hindu kush and showing nude films by projecting against the sky at night:) |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-08-14 13:28 |
| #2 "The Taliban have only banned music, video centres and other un-Islamic activities," Just what is left to control if the Taliban defines "un-Islamic" activities. A partial list of activities considered "un-Islamic" by the Taliban when they controlled Afghanistan: - celebrating the traditional new year on March 21. - celebrating Labor Day (May 1st), because it is deemed a "communist" holiday. - non-Islamic names. People had to change them to Islamic ones. - long hair. - wearing "un-Islamic" clothes. - shaving or trimming beards. - not attending prayers in mosques five times daily. - keeping of pigeons. - kite flying. - carrying objectionable literature. Penalty death. - converting from Islam to any other religion. Penalty death. - Boys not wearing headdress: "No turban, no education". - use of the internet by both ordinary Afghans and foreigners. AND Non-Muslim minorities had to wear a distinct badge or stitch a yellow cloth onto their dress to be differentiated from the majority Muslim population. Just like what did Nazis with Jews. This list doesn't even address the un-Godly restrictions on women... |
| Posted by: GK 2007-08-14 10:43 |
| #1 It's a five year jirga. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-08-14 07:40 |