taliban

Maybe we should stop demanding that the people of Afghanistan choose OUR way of doing things. Maybe they want the Taliban. Or maybe they just don't give a ****. And if THEY don't give a ****, why should we? Why should we fight for freedom for a people who don't want it, and surely not...

This article states that The Taliban is taking territory in the wake of NATO's withdrawal. This isn't just a U.S. issue. Many of us on this board belong to NATO countries. I'm assuming we followed, just because the U.S. is the big gun, but why are they out? Another article said that Biden...

Seems like relevant topic. There's been some discussion in U.S.-focused political threads, but this goes beyond that. For example, the British are feeling in a bit of a lurch by the relatively rapid decision. The U.S. and its allies are pulling out, Taliban advancing. Taliban capture key...

Another one that could go in the humour forum: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/world/asia/23kabul.html?_r=3 Perhaps dumb, or dumb like a fox::

This could arguably fall under Politics or Social Issues, too. Taliban Cuts Off Noses, Ears I find it odd that one religion culture equally arbitrary and thus equally valid alternative worldview cuts off ears and noses, the other is struggling to build or grow artificial ones. One culture...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100216/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_taliban ISLAMABAD – The Taliban's top military commander has been arrested in a joint CIA-Pakistani operation in Pakistan in a major victory against the insurgents as U.S. troops push into their heartland in southern Afghanistan...

UK: Bishop: "The Taliban could be admired for their conviction to their faith" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8411574.stm Quite, quite extraordinary. If you're a bunch of murderers who treat women like human faeces, you better make sure that you're religous.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8158087.stm BBC clip of US military condemning the treatment of US Soldier captured by the Taliban. Certainly, what the Taliban does with this poor man will probably be a crime, dispcable and immoral...but if they water-board him, put him in stress...

As most of you are probably aware, there's a new captured soldier propaganda video from the Taliban in Afghanistan which you can read more about here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090719/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_afghan_soldier_captured This morning I got an email from my uncle, who runs a church...

Taliban Denies Polio Vaccine To 300,000 Children Also this quote, from The Telegraph: This is in addition to denying education to girls and killing social activists. The only technology of the infidels they haven't rejected are those that help them kill and intimidate.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090307/pl_nm/us_obama_afghanistan_2 What is a "moderate"Taliban element?

Not good for the atheists, Christians, homosexuals, or anyone without a fundamentalist reading of the Koran: Full: New York Times

What is the long-term goal of the NATO mission in Afghanistan/Pakistan, and is it achievable? Is it worth achieving considering the cost?

A War on Pakistan's Schoolgirls This is incredible.

Okay. I understand the resistance and objections to the invasion of Iraq. I don't agree with it but I understand it. What I don't quite understand is the historical resistance and continued protest against operations in Afghanistan. I'm not talking about criticism of particular tactics or...

One of the best hopes for Afghanistan's future lies in the education of its young men AND women. The Taliban knows this, hence the following: http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0121/p99s01-duts.html

I'm finding more evidence each and every day, suggesting that the war in Afghanistan is being artificially prolonged, by funding and aiding the Taliban who are still fighting a guerilla war in Afghanistan 7 years after the invasion. I think the reason for this is that the people who have taken...

I was amazed to hear that Pakistan actually had a tourism minister. I mean, who would want to go there besides fanatics? This must be one of the loneliest jobs on the planet. Whoa, gonna be some killing over this one.

Take a gander at this post, which I think shows just how clueless some of these Loose Changers are: http://z10.invisionfree.com/Loose_Change_Forum/index.php?showtopic=6483 Can you imagine? The US creates a "white paper" and the Taliban looks it over and hands over Osama. Riiight. LOL Lurker

It just seems wrong to pick a fight, then ask someone else to finish it. Of course, we might have been able to finish it ourselves had we not invaded a country completely unrelated to the most devastating terrorist attack on the U.S. Insurgent activity rising in Afghanistan POSTED: 7:48 a.m...

. . . daylight's coming and I want to go home. Taliban leader warns of carnage POSTED: 6:37 p.m. EDT, October 22, 2006 (CNN) -- A message from elusive Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar, released at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, warns there will be a surge in violence in...

Before the illegal war in afghanistan the taliban said we will give u osama if you give us evidence, none was provided. Condo rice said they would produce the evidence yet she never did. The FBI admits there isnt sufficient evidence against saddam to name him as wanted for 911. So my...

Story: Sure they will... except it's OK to lie to further the jihad. And it gets worse: The foreigners get to stay. I'm sure they're just tourists and have nothing to do w/ jihad, nosiree Bob... And one more thing: Now that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Can someone tell me...

Thought this, from yesterday's Washington Post was interesting... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/07/AR2006040701942.html May need to register to access. Possibly, the real "American Taliban" is not yet in Jail. "And now, DeLay says he prayed long and hard before...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/25/MNG6OHU6RR1.DTL&feed=rss.news Come show your love for Christ, but bring $200 dollars.

Former deputy foreign secretary of the Taliban is now a student at Yale while at the same time the school continues to block ROTC training from its campus: http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110008051 :grabs popcorn:

Sometimes there's good news.... http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/11/afghan.seal/index.html

Quotes from the The American Taliban

With over 90% of the country under the control of the drug/war lords and narcoterrorists, a breakaway or splinter fraction of the Taliban is back in business in Afghanistan. Bush supporters may remember the Taliban, since the President says he got rid of them. Yeah, but stuff happens...

source Damn that Bush!!! On a more serious note: how much does MSNBC suck?