capult seen through the lens of the dope italian girl
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Monday, May 23, 2005
capult seen through the lens of the dope italian girl
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I was suprised to see a human dragging that load and not some really sad donkey.
I did not speak to anyone at the Kabul Weekly. I did, however, read the May 18, 2005 article in the Kabul Weekly entitled "Leniency towards those behind the protests gives more courage to the Taliban." The article was reprinted on May 22, 2005 by the BBC Worldwide Monitoring Service.
Oh you read Kabulshit Weekly?
Just kidding Drake!
I got it off of Lexis/Nexus. Here it is:
BBC Worldwide Monitoring, May 22, 2005, Sunday
© Copyright 2005 British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Monitoring South Asia - Political
Supplied by BBC Worldwide Monitoring
May 22, 2005, Sunday
LENGTH: 1043 words
HEADLINE: Afghan paper says recent protests show time to get tough with Taleban
SOURCE: Kabul Weekly in Dari 18 May 05
BODY:
The Afghan newspaper Kabul Weekly says the recent protests were not about desecration of the Koran but were a show of force by the Taleban. It warns the government that failure to deal harshly with those responsible will only serve to further encourage the Taleban, jeopardizing Afghanistan's future in the process. The following is text of article by Afghan newspaper Kabul Weekly on 18 May entitled "Leniency towards those behind the protests gives more courage to the Taleban":
Last week's demonstrations in certain Afghan provinces have worried not only the Afghan nation, but also the international community and countries which have forged friendly ties with Afghanistan over the past three years.
The protests, which left more than 100 people killed or injured, have shocked foreign countries, whose interests lie in seeing peace and stability in Afghanistan. They have seen that the Afghan government is still pretty vulnerable and that it has failed to stand on its own feet despite the large sums of international aid it has received over the last three years.
The government and political analysts had mixed views on the motives behind these violent and bloody demonstrations, as well as about the elements who turned these protests violent.
The government, without any concrete evidence, accused foreign countries of turning the protests violent and talked about these incidents in an ambiguous manner so as not to anger neighbouring countries, particularly Pakistan.
Furthermore, neither during the demonstrations nor afterwards did the government accuse the Taleban and Hezb-e Eslami of destroying and burning public property, but it insistently accused foreign countries of involvement in the violent protests. The government implied that foreign countries had hired mercenary elements other than the Taleban and Hezb-e Eslami to implement their hostile intentions in Afghanistan.
Likewise, analysts of Afghan affairs see other factors behind the recent violent demonstrations rather than the people's anger about US disrespect for the Holy Koran. They refer to people's disappointment about the sluggish pace of the reconstruction process, their complaints about the international coalition forces' treatment of them when searching their houses and their disagreement with the establishment of permanent US military bases in Afghanistan.
The recent demonstrations have shown that the Taleban and Hezb-e Eslami are still able to convince the people to rise against the government. They have demonstrated that they could provoke anti-government sentiments amongst the people in the name of Islam to suit their own vicious ends.
On the one hand, these demonstrations demonstrated that the government is extremely weak, and on the other, they served as a display of power by the Taleban and Hezb-e Eslami. However, the government does not admit to this. It has always pursued a lenient policy towards them. It has recently gone to the extreme lengths of offering an amnesty to Mullah Omar and Golboddin Hekmatyar.
Let us assume that the international coalition and ISAF [International Security Assistance Force] are not present in Afghanistan and warlords also do not oppose the government. Then what will the Taleban and Hezb-e Eslami do with the government?
There are approximately 6bn people living on the earth, and more than 1bn of them are Muslims. In Afghanistan there are only 25m Muslims. So why did hundreds of Afghan Muslims, in a protest against desecration of the holy Koran, organize demonstrations and resort to violence that left dozens of our compatriots killed and injured?
The demonstrations were not meant to defend the holy Koran. Their aim was to express support for the Taleban and voice opposition to the government and the presence of international troops in Afghanistan. These demonstrations were organized by the Taleban and their supporters and only some naive people joined the protesters.
Now that the demonstrations are over, we can see that they had two main effects. First, the security situation has deteriorated. This is because the opposition has realized that the government security forces are ineffective and less powerful than they expected.
Irresponsible behaviour and the weak coping mechanism of the security authorities in putting down the demonstrations in Jalalabad, Wardag and some other cities and provinces gave the opposition the courage to step up their destructive activities even more. This comes at a time when the people do not much trust the government's ability to implement the law.
The kidnapping of an Italian woman working for the CARE International organization demonstrates that security problems are on the rise and that the authorities are not trying to implement the law and maintain adequate security in a responsible fashion.
Likewise, the demonstrations have had an adverse effect on Afghanistan's international relations. This means that countries pursuing their interests in Afghanistan and assisting it have become sceptical about whether to continue their aid to Afghanistan. It is also clear that some countries are only assisting Afghanistan to appease the Americans, otherwise they have no interest here.
Therefore, taking into account the characteristic and nature of the Taleban, the government should not adopt a lenient policy towards those involved in the protests, but should take serious measures to identify, arrest and punish them to maintain security and our national interests.
If the government shows extreme leniency towards those who made the protests turn violent, it should understand that the Taleban will grow even more courageous and will carry out even worse activities which will not only undermine security, but will also hamper the reconstruction process and damage Afghanistan's reputation at an international level.
Leniency towards those involved in the demonstrations is tantamount to sympathy for the enemies of our country and our national interests.
An investigation into the motives behind the demonstrations is under way. Let us see when the result will be announced whether the result will help change the government's policy towards the Taleban and Hezb-e Eslami.
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