Sunday, May 18, 2003
Remember Afghanistan? The allies did such a good job there as well... Women in Afghanistan Fear New Taliban-Like Rule.
When the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan ended the five-year rule of the Taliban in October 2001, Faryal hoped for a democratic government that would make such precautions unnecessary. Less than two months later, that hope dwindled when the United Nations convened peace talks in Bonn, Germany, with the Northern Alliance at the table. As she saw it, the international community's decision to support the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan's new government simply exchanged one fundamentalist regime for another.
When the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan ended the five-year rule of the Taliban in October 2001, Faryal hoped for a democratic government that would make such precautions unnecessary. Less than two months later, that hope dwindled when the United Nations convened peace talks in Bonn, Germany, with the Northern Alliance at the table. As she saw it, the international community's decision to support the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan's new government simply exchanged one fundamentalist regime for another.
