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Afghanistan
Move to reinstate Vice and Virtue
2006-07-14
The Afghan government is considering the re-establishment of the Taleban's Department for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. The move has been recommended by the Ministry for Religious Affairs.
I'll bet they're quite enthusiastic about this.
Under the Taleban, the department was notorious for its sometimes brutal enforcement of Islamic norms.
To the extent that shooting women in the head in a soccer stadium was sometimes considered brutal.
A government minister said the department would help to prevent corruption. The Afghan parliament is due to debate the issue soon. Correspondents say that under the Taleban, the department's enforcers struck fear into the population by such actions as beating women who did not observe the strict dress code.
Posted by:john

#9  Damn, now ain't that the truth DMFD.
Posted by: 6   2006-07-14 20:42  

#8  Vice please, virtue proved to be too boring.
Posted by: DMFD   2006-07-14 18:45  

#7  Aye, Sea. No monies to wifebeaters and woman killers.

Meanwhile, silence from our leaders on this, all while our troops are there, our money is there, helping that new government-that bastion of democracy in South Asia, Afghanistan. Almost makes you reminisce about how we ignored the good ol "vice and virture" days leading up to 9/11, too... We can file this right alongside that classic, "Why The Government Under Pres. Bush Won't Call Talibanis Terrorists."
Posted by: Jules   2006-07-14 16:44  

#6  Personally, I vote for Vice - the muslim world could do with a lot more of it IMO.
Posted by: Xbalanke   2006-07-14 16:40  

#5  I'd let them go ahead with it, keeping in mind the fly paper approach, but never actually letting them go too far. What a wealth of intelligence this would be. A who's who of Talibania.
Posted by: 2Ducks   2006-07-14 15:00  

#4  They reinstate Vice-n-Virtue, we uninstate all aid $$$. I ain't paying for morality cops, other than the ninnies at FCC.
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-07-14 14:33  

#3  gotta love the graphic. Reminds me of the video a few days ago of the 2 chattle women trying to figure out how to eat spaghetti with their masks on.
Posted by: BA   2006-07-14 14:20  

#2  Those cockroaches really don't need to be stealing our oxygen anymore.
Posted by: Chavitch Spailing4192   2006-07-14 14:05  

#1  Can President Karzai veto such things if they pass?
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-07-14 14:03  

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