Taliban Poisoned Three Schoolgirls, Afghan Officials Say

[gottaB]

KHOST, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Three Afghan schoolgirls were in critical condition after being poisoned in the southeastern town of Khost in what officials said Friday was a Taliban attempt to discourage female education in the region.

A Taliban spokesman denied the allegation.

Taliban Poisoned Three Schoolgirls....

1. heroin

when one has record crop of heroin this year..one feels rather emboldened I suppose....

[gottaB]

2. Puh-lease

Next you'll be telling me that Bin Laden and Blind Mullah Omar are still at large--

uh....


Welcome to DU, medeakae

:hi:

[BlueEyedSon]

3. Yup, Afghanistan liberated!

[mike_c]

4. is there ANYTHING that the Bush administration has touched...

...that hasn't turned to utter sh*t? ANYTHING? Why in the hell was the Republican party-- which had eight years to work on this during the Clinton presidency-- unable to come up with anyone less likely to piss down his leg at least once a day than Bush and his evil cronies?

[BattyDem]

5. Taliban??

But I thought we got rid of the Taliban and "liberated" Afghanistan :eyes:

[Chicago Democrat]

6. Nope they are a politcal party now

[Kool Kitty]

7. What a horrible thing to do.

And they got information from a "Taliban spokesman"? WTF is this? I thought that W said we got rid of the Taliban. So, let me get this straight-the Taliban went from being destroyed (per our fearless leader) to being a political party that has spokesmen and actually has a voice in the Afghani government? This is the kind of stuff that makes my head explode EVERY FRIGGIN' DAY. I can't stand it. So exactly what was accomplished in Afghanistan? (Look, I never believe Bush, I'm just being dramatic. I'm not surprised by this, the re-emergence of the Taliban. I'm just surprised that no one else seems to be talking about what is going on in Afghanistan.)

[Chicago Democrat]

8. Look , in a democracy Islamists are valid!

and its fucking afghanistan! They blew up giant ancient Buddhist statues!

If W wants democracy in Iraq he should start talking to Al Sadr and stop trying to kill him.

[Kool Kitty]

9. I don't have a problem with Muslims, I do

have a problem with the Taliban, and most of my problem with them is their horrendous treatment of women. I don't know what you mean by "Islamists". I know that this poisoning happened in Afghanistan. I don't get what you're trying to say to me, maybe? (Maybe I'm just tired.)

[Chicago Democrat]

11. I don't know either, I'm sorry.

I love every living being including Islamists and Communists and believers in Aliens.

[Chicago Democrat]

12. Gnite Kool Kitty

Im tired too gnite!

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

10. Just another example of US "security" in action

Meanwhile, Afghanistan's opium is hitting world markets in a big way.

[gottaB]

13. Update from Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,1208299,00.html

No specific details, just a little background info on the issue of girls education, Taliban violence against girls schools.