This picture is for anyone that forgets exactly what the Taliban stands for. Salon.com says this is a mother of seven children the Taliban are executing. I'm normally not one to say another countries practices are wrong but I will say they are certainly unbelievable. The treatment of women in Afghanistan is deplorable by Western standards. This picture came from The Taliban's bravest opponents. It's an article describing the brutal life of women under the Taliban. The article describes
- the public executions for infractions as minor as prostitution or adultery, the brutality of fundamentalist police, the slaughter of civilians unlucky enough to live on the front line of the civil war with the Northern Alliance.
In some cases, they really aren't just like us. The executions were conducted in a soccer stadium.- The soccer stadium was funded by international aid groups who wanted to raise the spirits of the Afghan people; instead, the Taliban is using it only for executions. One Taliban official told Shah that if the aid groups felt that the stadium should be used for soccer, they should build the Taliban an extra stadium for executions.
Is it any wonder they shelter bin Laden? They just don't have the same respect for human life that we do. The article is a pretty amazing read.