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| Afghan teacher's ears cut off as 'punishment' |
| 2008-09-16 |
| Suspected Taliban dragged a schoolteacher out of a mosque in Afghanistan and cut off his ears as a 'punishment' for working for the government, an education official said. The Taliban took another dozen people, most of them elderly men, out of the mosque in the Zabul province and beat them up on similar charges, provincial education chief Muhammad Nabi Khushal said. The men had burst into the mosque while dozens of worshippers were in a late night prayer session Saturday and singled out primary school teacher Bismillah Khan, Khushal said, blaming the Taliban. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 kewl |
| Posted by: Albemarle Cheremp9329 2008-09-16 15:45 |
| #4 Well it is Ramadan... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-09-16 12:06 |
| #3 Allan the merciful has spared their lives! |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2008-09-16 10:51 |
| #2 He's lucky that's all they cut off. Those guys need to take a dirt nap, along with all their bro's. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-09-16 10:46 |
| #1 The one thing that has provided what little stability as has ever existed in this part of the world was respect for elders. Even that is gone now under the pressure of the 'Lord of the Flies' Taliban. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-09-16 08:50 |