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2013-12-04 Afghanistan

Ethnicity on ID Cards Debate Sparks Brawl in Senate

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Posted by Fred 2013-12-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The inclusion of ethnicity is essential for the existence of a burgeoning entitlement class. Ethnicity data enables the correct selection of candidates for government jobs and promotion, political appointments, school tuition assistance, housing, family subsistence, disability payments, and......health care.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-12-04 01:07|| 2013-12-04 01:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Just looking at the names in the story, it appears Afghans use their tribe as their final name, where they see a need for more than one identifier. What need, then, to explicitly list it a second time?

Posted by trailing wife 2013-12-04 03:33|| 2013-12-04 03:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Could this be to punish 'heretical' sects, as Pakistan does to the Ahmadiyya community?

Posted by Eric Jablow 2013-12-04 07:03|| 2013-12-04 07:03|| Front Page Top

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