>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38724568/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/
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>"When the Islamist extremists ruled Afghanistan, women were not allowed to leave their houses without a male guardian, and public killings for violations of their harsh interpretation of the Quran were common."
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>Why would anyone wanna be part of this "religion"????? You could sneeze and be beheaded. The religion of fear.
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>These people really are looney. There must be something in the water

The Taliban are extremists. They exist in every religion. They just don't normally live in countries so lawless and corrupt they allow extremists to flourish.

What mystifies me is why we still pour money into toxic hellholes like Afghanistan and Pakistan. Pakistan has not only harbored fugitives who want to destroy us, they hold a finger up at us while they pocket our billions with the other. This money is going to them and not unemployed Amercians / job bills / tax credits / etc. exactly why?