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2004-04-03 Afghanistan/South Asia

Afgan Women Now Know They Should Have Rights, but Many Tire of Waiting and Burn Selves to Death

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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-04-03 5:42:49 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 HRC's involved? I'd question the numbers... Where was the obligatory slap at U.S. policies causing this?

Posted by Frank G 2004-04-03 6:27:09 PM|| 2004-04-03 6:27:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Can't judge, can't judge...heck, who am I kidding? It's barbaric, the epitomy of it! Why can't these people see? And that's from a MAN'S STANDPOINT!

Posted by Anonymous3999 2004-04-03 9:02:36 PM|| 2004-04-03 9:02:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 A fight against terrorism will take a decade or more. A fight to change the wahabi damage to the Afghan culture will take a long time. Its sad that a 13 year old would give up the fight, but there is little I know of that will import hope to the Afghan/Irani border region.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-04-03 10:01:54 PM|| 2004-04-03 10:01:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Moral relativism be damned, any culture that promotes such hopelessness for woman (or anyone else for that matter) belongs on history's scrapheap.

Posted by Zenster 2004-04-04 5:43:36 PM|| 2004-04-04 5:43:36 PM|| Front Page Top

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