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What she said.

Plus the fact that this and many other countries/people in the region get used by the US, the UK, and others for their own (often petroleum-based) purposes and then just get thrown to the dogs. Again. I wonder how many deaths we are are responsible for overall.

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Children's movies are the enemy.

Interesting facial expressions anyhow. Reported to be Taliban after raiding the Norwegian embassy.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...a196b7ea1c.jpg

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How is it that different from Pakistan, Iran etc?

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How is what different?

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Every time I hear Taliban I can't help thinking of Harry Belafonte. :o

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And bananas?

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ccccccchighly deadly black tarantula

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That's what you get for working all night on a drink of rum

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Come Mr Taliban, give us a Hosanna :rofl:

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Not today-o.

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Hey Mr Taliban, is your name Brianna?

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Both those countries have their severe problems. But Pakistan has the rule of law and all sorts of civil society institutions, as well as a representative system of government. Iran does too, although very much under the thumb of the revolutionary guards & the theocracy.

Afghanistan is more or less ruled by Taliban extremists right now. I would have thought the difference was obvious.

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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...r-afghan-women

This article, The Other Afghan Women, is really worth reading, though depressing. Not sure if it’s been linked in this thread yet.

The author is basically saying 70% of the population are rural, 30% urban. Women in big cities gained by the Russian and American wars (comparative peace, civil rights, education, employment opportunities.) Women in the villages and rural areas, on the other hand, saw their families killed by the Russians, Americans, NATO troops, and their corrupt Afghan stooges. The Taliban were consistently the less worse option. Their menfolk, wanting revenge, often joined the Taliban.

Why the Americans couldn’t figure this out over the course of twenty years, bearing in mind that most of what’s in this article has been common knowledge, is what the US armed forces need to figure out. West Point? Army War College, etc., etc.?

Very good thing about this article, it is based on in depth interviews with a number of village women from Helmand Province.

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I heard this presented on NPR yesterday, but missed the bit about it being linked to an article.

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Christianity is the religion of peace, after all it says, in Book of 1 Samuel; Whereas in the Quran actively bans acts of 'jihad', which we all misunderstand. The terrorist attacks we claim as jihad are called something else and those who commit those are going straight to hell.

So, open to interpretation.

No - I don't think either religion is much to get excited about and I think they should all just be forgotten and banned, but the religion isn't the root cause of the problems.