Afghan boy with US dollars hanged

[ProSense]

Afghan boy with US dollars hanged

By NOOR KHAN, Associated Press Writer
Mon Oct 1, 8:42 AM ET

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Taliban militants hanged a teenager in southern Afghanistan because he had U.S. money in his pocket, and they stuffed five $1 bills in his mouth as a warning to others not to use dollars, police said Monday. Taliban militants elsewhere killed eight police.

The 15-year-old boy was hanged from a tree on Sunday in Helmand, the most violent province in the country and the world's No. 1 poppy-growing region.

"The Taliban warned villagers that they would face the same punishment if they were caught with dollars," said Wali Mohammad, the district police chief in Sangin.

Dollars are commonly used in Afghanistan alongside the afghani, the local currency, although the U.S. currency is more commonly seen in larger cities where international organizations are found.

Militants often justify their attacks and executions as a response to U.S. meddling in Afghan affairs.

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[BlooInBloo]

1. Good thing we didn't take our eye off the ball.

[MADem]

2. Everyone uses them over there--especially for high value stuff. NT

[Marrah_G]

3. The Taliban are monsters

I have absolutely no problem saying I would like to see every one of these murdering zealots wiped off the earth.

[classof56]

4. What an awful story!

As a grandmother of a boy about that age, my heart is just breaking. What an ugly world we live in, and clearly we (the US) have no way to make it better in the countries where we are committed to bringing "democracy".

Tired Old Cynic

[ellie]

5. I'm sure glad

we got rid of the Taliban. Oh, wait a minute.

[Beelzebud]

6. Aren't you glad we got rid of the Taliban after 9/11?

Oh wait... We didn't...

[cloudbase]

7. We've got their no. 2 guy

on numerous occasions, though.

[absyntheminded]

8. Didn't they have a record crop last year?

Somebody has to fund our shadow government and black programs.

[ProSense]

9. Kick! n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. Thank god he didn't drop any cake.

Then he'd really be in trouble.

[dailykoff]

11. I dunno.

If it involves murdering Moslems in some ghastly oh-the-monsters way, I'm inclined to suspect good ol' US "special operations" first.