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| Taliban Talkback: Militants Answer Your Questions Online |
| 2012-03-28 |
| Want to know why the Afghan Taliban opened talks with the United States even though they have fought the world's most advanced military to a virtual stalemate or prospects for girls' schools if they regain power? Go online and post your question. The Taliban have opened an online forum on their website, called "Your questions and Zabihullah Mujahid's answers" where readers are invited to leave queries for their front man to answer. One of the burning issues of the moment is the Taliban's secret dialogue with the United States, their sworn enemy whose forces they have vowed to drive out of Afghanistan. Questioner Ahmad Ahsan said Taliban supporters had long trusted the leadership but a proposal to open an office in Qatar for talks with foreigners was causing disquiet. "We have always believed in our leaders and elders. Now we are restless in our minds," Ahsan wrote in the Pashto language. Mujahid defended the decision, saying the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan - the name the Taliban use for their movement - was led by Mullah Omar ... a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality... , a "person who had proved himself to the world" and that was enough. He said the Taliban remained steadfast in their objectives. "Leave the rest to Allah and pray," he wrote. A female, Madiha Khalid from Germany, asked what would happen to girls' schools if the Taliban came back. The Taliban banned girls from school during their hardline rule. But Mujahid blamed a lack of funds to ensure girls' schools were run according to Islamic tenets. "We want our mothers and sisters to have education according to Islamic framework," he said. The Taliban have made extensive use of the Internet to spread their message. Mujahid told another questioner that the group kept a close eye on Facebook, YouTube and scoured the media for reports about them. "We try to look at everything that gets published and then announce our position." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Love this place, but it could easily pass for "Islamic Framework." |
| Posted by: Gabby Cussworth 2012-03-28 15:41 |
| #1 "We want our mothers and sisters to have education according to Islamic framework," Islamic Framework LOL You are educated to nine then married off to an older man where you are basically a slave to his needs and have children contantly from the age of 14 whilst not allowed outside the house without a male relative ala Saudi Arabia and rape must been seen by for males. What freedom! |
| Posted by: Gruth McGurque5303 2012-03-28 11:36 |