Taliban Justice Returns to Afghanistan
EmailFor the first time since losing power in December 2001, the Taliban has publicly executed a convicted murderer. Speaking from an undisclosed location, a Taliban spokesman told ABC News that the condemned murderer was executed in the presence of a large number of people in the town of Gizab in the Urozgan province. The prisoner was killed by gunshots fired by a relative of his victim.
The heirs of the victim had refused to forgive the man, Badshah Khan, or accept blood-money despite repeated requests from the family of the convicted murderer. "The members of the Shariah court then gave the go-ahead signal to the heirs of Fateh Khan to exercise their Islamic right of Qissas and execute Badshah Khan," the spokesman explained.
The spokesman said the execution shows the level of Taliban control in Urozgan. There the Taliban has the power to arrest and try criminals and publicly implement decisions of its Shariah courts.
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I’m glad to see after 5 years and countless injuries and deaths of American Servicemen (& women), that we are well on the way to having our “Mission Accomplished”. Our “War on Terror” is going to be less successful than the “War on Drugs” and if you want to know how that war is going: stop by my neighborhood, You’ll find what ever you want and it happens to be a fine neighborhood.
Posted by: funcheon | May 15, 2006, 2:25 pm 2:25 pm
The taliban quietly slipped back into power while we wasted out money, time and blood in Iraq.
Posted by: Dave | May 15, 2006, 2:27 pm 2:27 pm
Dave – I returned from my 2nd tour in Iraq last August. From a first hand perspective, I must tell you, you are wrong. We have not wasted money, time or blood in Iraq.
Posted by: Ken | May 15, 2006, 3:00 pm 3:00 pm
This is really disturbing, and we need to hear more about this on the evening news. The fact is, apparently the Taliban have been more and more brazen about flexing their muscle in Afghanistan. I’ve heard they have burned schools set up for girls too. Just another example of why we shouldn’t have invaded Iraq – attention was taken away from Afghanistan, where it is still desperately needed.
Posted by: Groovymarlin | May 15, 2006, 4:41 pm 4:41 pm
Not only should US troops not be in Iraq, they should not be in Afghanistan either. The Taliban and Shariah courts are a terrible thing, particularly in our western eyes, but is rendition of prisoners and secret prisons and the condoning of torture even a tiny bit better. I don’t think so. And as for the basis of democracy, your voting machines are a joke. Even if the US had taken the moral high ground in the world, and it has recently rather moved into the valley of the shadow of death, trying to impose your values on an alien culture by force as in Afghanistan is ignorant and stupid. Try starting a dialogue of understanding, where you don’t start with the premise that the other guy is wrong. And even if after the dialogue you still think he is wrong, at least respect yourself enough to ALLOW him to be wrong for now, with the hope that your “rightness” will shine bright enough that he will see it. Talk to everyone. Then you may get invited in. It’s a whole lot better than breaking and entering! The only person you can change on this planet is yourself. You will influence countless others by your change. Which way do you want to change, America?
Posted by: Richard | May 15, 2006, 5:52 pm 5:52 pm
This is nothing new in the Middle East. I witnessed a public square execution in Egypt. The level of violence in society in that part of the world is common. This execution is in keeping with customs throughout Middle Eastern culture.
So what?
Changing the customs of another people or denigrating what is the norm for them because we cant understand it as it applies to ur civilization will only make them hate us more.
We are not the social police or the civil liberty police for the world.
Posted by: Eyes Only | May 15, 2006, 6:16 pm 6:16 pm
The Taliban was just removed from the list of known terrorist supporters by the Bush administration. Why aren’t any of you supposed citizens of America calling for bush’s impeachment? Why are all you people in the media not jumping Bush like you jumped Clinton? Spineless that’s the only word I can think of
Posted by: Craig Struthers | May 15, 2006, 7:55 pm 7:55 pm
Remember, Democracy is on the march….
Afghanistan is supposed to be a shining example of the effectiveness of our nation-building around the world. Just you wait, Iraq is nearly ready and then we’ll take on Iran.
Freedom, justice and the American Way!
Posted by: CW | May 15, 2006, 9:27 pm 9:27 pm
What if the answer to our shortage of military personal was to recruit the 12 million illegals in our country?
You can have your amensty after serving a few tours of duty over seas.
Posted by: Molnardian | May 16, 2006, 9:09 am 9:09 am
Is there any oil in Afghanistan?
Posted by: jason | May 16, 2006, 11:59 am 11:59 am
I guess there just was’ent enough oil in afghanistan for us to finish the job with bin laden, or maybe we let him go as payback for all the loans daddy and dubya got from bin’s daddy. either way we screwed up and left the wolfs in charge of the hen house….
Posted by: john | May 16, 2006, 12:56 pm 12:56 pm
no oil there, but there is a very important oil pipe line which the taliban will leave alone as if there is disruption we might have to scatter them again.
Posted by: NOIN | May 16, 2006, 6:05 pm 6:05 pm
Less then three months a go a renowned teacher who worked hard to create a level of equality between men and women in his teachings was snatched from his home and murdered in front of his family who was forced to watch his execution. Kabul, which even now is deemed relatively safe and out of the reach from the Taliban’s treacherous hands was attacked two weeks ago by a rocket. Fun stuff. Also, I should use this time to endorse a phenomenal book that documents Afghanistan in all of its ups and downs in the past 30 years. It’s called Kite Runner, has any one read it?
Posted by: Bryant | May 16, 2006, 6:21 pm 6:21 pm
I’m sorry to reply to a comment rather than the article, but I simply cannot stand misinformation: daddy and dubya got from bin’s daddy. Other way around my friend. It’s called the Cold War Era. Look it up.
Posted by: Logan | May 16, 2006, 6:30 pm 6:30 pm
The 20 year issue in Afghanistan concerning oil was the pipeline. Remember, that’s when the Taliban sent representatives to Texas when GWB was governor there.
Posted by: Zang | May 16, 2006, 6:34 pm 6:34 pm
Zarqawi had left Afghanistan for Iraq before we invaded. Don’t think that just because there problems in Afghanistan that it means we are losing or that there is no good news. There is more bad news than usually publicized, I will admit that (there is very little news coming out of Afghanistan these days), but Afghanistan still looks better than Brazil.
Posted by: Richard | May 16, 2006, 9:45 pm 9:45 pm
I agree, Kite Runner is a brilliant book which i read just last week. I think its important to read that book to truly understand the extent of damage caused by the ‘Talibs’. A must read.
Posted by: Karan | May 17, 2006, 10:37 am 10:37 am
I don’t see how it looks better than Brazil. And it’s not like we don’t execute people in the US. When you try to promote an idea that you don’t set the perfect example for, this is what you get.
Posted by: Matt | May 17, 2006, 11:51 am 11:51 am
But this has nothing to do with the silly war of terror and is an internal issue only and none of it is our business.
Posted by: Joep | May 18, 2006, 2:49 am 2:49 am
Standard Oil and Aramco and Bechtel all helped set up the Bin Laden’s with construction money. From that perspective, the Bin Laden’s owed U.S. oil and defense a huge debt. My own theory is that someone asked Bin laden to take the heat for 9/11 in exchange for tens of thousands of new supporters for his Global Caliphate once the U.S. got its war on in the Middle East. I could be wrong, but why in hell would everyone in the continental union plum forget that Bin Laden was the guy we needed to get first and foremost.
It only makes sense that he’s still out there when we consider that perhaps we have allowed him to “disappear”. Why, also, would we ensure that his family was well taken care of during the FAA grounding the days after 9/11.
Cheney did it.
Posted by: Felipe | May 23, 2006, 12:19 pm 12:19 pm
It is too bad..The ACLU needs to be closed down and the american people need to wake up. It seems america has lost its morals and we americans care more about making money and having things and screwing our neighbor or coworker than we do about living in peace. We also need to get back to the basics and PRAY TO GOD FOR HELP.LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AND YOU WILL HAVE PEACE.
Posted by: Andrew | November 5, 2007, 12:27 pm 12:27 pm