I'm beginning to see a very lucrative trade in smuggling cheap liquor to Afghanistan....any venture capitalists out there?

Isn't prostitution still illegal in most parts of the world? Alcohol use is also restricted in certain parts of the U.S. as well, isn't it? And execution of people on bequest of the government, still happens in the west....

So yeah, sounds pretty much like modern democracy in action to me as well.

I smell sequel people!

Qandahari Vice

Wait so Afganistan has Chinese Brothels?

Oh yeah ... sure thing, That sounds very similar to the sort of modern democracy we have here in America.

Why just last week I reported my neighbor's wife because she went outside without wearing gloves. I will have to watch them closely and see if she might need to be "educated" on her status as a female. She reads a little too well for my comfort.

Well ... I gotta run. There is a hanging of a non-christian scheduled for noonish in the town square. Then I'm off to join in on the destruction of a local video store. Can you believe they had the balls to add an "adult" section?

Some citizens never learn.

You can't expect worlds of improvement just because the west says so

No, put I can be sickend by parts of the world that resemble a 10th century theocratic state.

Later in our report, Sink or swim: is your neighbor a witch?

SW

Another christian hanging but no booze.Damit!!!

Anybody believe this "educational" bull crap .... the same people who were runnig the government then are pressuring the government now.

I think my point was more to do with what democracy means; the rule by the people. No-one wants to see the Taliban back in power except the Taliban. I never mentioned womens rights, and I totally agree that the oppression of women that happened under the Taliban regime was barbaric. It is up to the people of Afghanistan, free from the Taliban, to decide which route to take and up to us to lead by example and persuade them that things such as womens rights, religious tolerance and freedom of expression are *a good thing*. I can think of many incidents over the last century where the Wests conduct can call into question whether we are a good role model...

When I was there (Asadabad in the Kunar Province) some of the Army guys that had been to Kabul said they have 'em all. Aussie, Chinese, even Paki (suprising since most of the Afghani's I met hated Pakistan).

So should a state launch a department to monitor and make sure that everybody adheres to "correct islamic behaviour" ??

Especially when the definition of correct and islamic are both pretty vague.

Do they mean correct islamic as in adhereing to wahabist sunni law ?
Or do they mean shia law of the systani school of thought?
Or maybe Sufist teachings?
Or a ghulat revival?

there is no way of definiing what correct islamic conduct is and therefor there is no way to make sure that they don't go back to beating/killing people for nothing .....

Why would that be surprising? Women of a hated enemy in a brothel, seems to be entirely in keeping with a society that dislikes women.

(BTW, "Paki" is offensive racist slang... just saying.)

I saw the title & thought " Mooch and Whores ?!? " Thank god I was wrong

Yeah, my inherent laziness gets me in trouble