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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban Kidnaps Elders from Mosque |
| 2011-01-31 |
| Let's see if the Afghans are as tough as they are made out to be - or if they'll let the Taliban abuse them this way. And what Crayonic interpretation could possibly justify this? Qari Zia Rahman, a regional commander who leads forces on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistani border, summoned the tribal leaders to a meeting in the district of Marawara eight days ago, then kidnapped them. "The Taliban first called them for a meeting at a mosque and after a discussion, the Taliban took all the elders away to an unknown place," a local Afghan official in Kunar told AFP. "The reason behind this act is that some relatives, sons and close family members of these men, work in the Afghan army, Afghan police and some with NATO", Qari Zia text read. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #4 Vlad Tepich to the white courtesy phone. |
| Posted by: Alan Cramer 2011-01-31 15:16 |
| #3 The Taliban have been killing off village elders for years on the Pakistani side of the border. In such a very traditional society, it is the job of the elders to think for everyone, and for the rest to do as they;re told. With the brains of the community removed... Separately, given that the Taliban are taqfiris, defining anyone who does not do things their way as apostate, the Quranic justification flows. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-01-31 14:10 |
| #2 Edward I (Longshanks) supposedly did something similar 700 years ago. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2011-01-31 13:52 |
| #1 The Taliban require the support of the people to function, I think they just screwed up badly here. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-01-31 13:33 |