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> I know how bad the Taliban is. I know what they do to women and little boys. Someone who was on the ground there should know better than to confuse the Talib
by igammarays 5y ago
> I know how bad the Taliban is. I know what they do to women and little boys.
Someone who was on the ground there should know better than to confuse the Taliban with irreligious tribal warlords. The Taliban completely banned the old Afghan practice of "bucha bazi" or pedophilia. They hang pedophiles, they do not "do things to little boys". Of course, things may have happened in the fog of war, but the official Taliban policy - and they do have a policy - they are organized and disciplined, as the author admitted - is to punish pedophilia.
> We called them Hajjis and worse and they were better than we were, braver and stronger and smarter.
That is why they won. They are a strong and proud and incredibly resilient people that represent the Afghan majority and deserve to have sovereignty over their own country.
- yostrovs 5y agoBucha bazi is illegal by the Taliban because it consists of music, dancing, and sodomy, which are three things that are in themselves unacceptable.
- endymi0n 5y agoI'm not sure whether OP referred to pedophilia at all. I understood this much more in the spirit of subjecting young boys to weapons and explosive training in camps.
- ridiculous_leke 5y ago> That is why they won. They are a strong and proud and incredibly resilient people that represent the Afghan majority and deserve to have sovereignty over their own country It comes at the cost of stoning women, tagging minorities(if they even exist) and taking the country back to medieval age. And having a rulebook and following it are two different things.