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Hell on Earth
Since the overthrow of the ‘communist devils’ in Afghanistan in April 1992, first the Mujahedeens and then the Talebans have put ‘Islam’ in practice in Afghanistan. For hundreds of thousands of ordinary Afghanis, women in particular, this has meant an unending nightmare of terror and trauma wrote Teesta Setalvad in 1998
Taleban: More ‘Islam’, more misery
Its website tells you how the Taleban are Allah’s own gift to Afghanistan. Independent reports of realities on the ground tell a very different story
Rebel and her cause
If women have been the worst hit by the Islam sought to be imposed on Afghanis, the most determined resistance to the fanatics has also come from an organisation of women — RAWA
Match for the mullahs
They may be small in number, as yet, but RAWA activists are not shy of challenging the fanatics out on the streets
Uncle Sam sins
How do you discover that your friend is, in fact, your enemy? Ask the CIA
And others pay for them
The US can well–afford its misadventures since its always someone else who pays for them — Iraqi women, for example
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