Afghanistan
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2006-03
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Christian Faces Death In Afghanistan.
2006-03-21.
This story has been making the rounds in the last couple days: An Afghan man, Abdul Rahman, is on trial for converting to Christianity and faces the death penalty if he doesn’t repent. This is a rare story that is uniting bloggers from both the left and right in their wondering about how this reconciles with the new and improved “democratic free people” of Afghanistan we’ve all been told about. The story is also a nice reminder of why strict Islamic law should not be allowed to spread.
- Commentary
2006-06
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Kabul Riot Explained.
2006-06-01.
Again I’m compelled to recommend the Counterterrorism Blog as an alternate view of sensationalized terrorism-related events in the news. They are surprisingly non-partisan and thoughtful in their reporting. They generally just stick to the facts and explain them thoroughly, which is incredibly refreshing in this day and age.
- Commentary
2006-09
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Taliban Who?.
2006-09-07.
I am shocked – shocked! – that nobody is talking about Katie. (At least nobody in my daily reads.) Perhaps it’s because she behaves just like any other generic anchor chained to a news entertainment business that’s desperate for ratings.
- Commentary
2006-10
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Musharraf On Tour.
2006-10-03.
Pakistani President Musharraf has been making the talk show rounds on his book tour lately. (One has to wonder how the president of an entire country has the time to write a book and go on a tour, or why he would need the money or the publicity, but that’s a different story.) He seems like a nice man and an intellectual on television, but who knows what kind of person lurks behind that quaintly amusing accent. He’s said more than once that the deal he made with the Taliban in Waziristan is in everyone’s best interests, and that the Taliban will uphold their agreement to end violence, but Bill Roggio observed otherwise yesterday: Pakistan’s Problems in Waziristan and Beyond.
- Commentary
2008-02
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Afghanistan Update.
2008-02-02.
I heard a researcher from the Counterterrorism Blog on the radio this morning talking about Afghanistan. Apparently the Taliban fighters are conducting their own “surge” there. He also discussed the continued lack of freedom and human rights in the post-Taliban Afghanistan – in particular he mentioned a journalist who was sentenced to death for circulating a flyer asking why women couldn’t have multiple husbands under Islam.
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