Afghanistan - Afghan Parliament begins first meeting in 30 years, Vice President Cheney attends

AFP via Babelfish translation | December 19, 2005

[HAL9000]

First meeting of the Afghan Parliament since thirty years

KABUL - the Afghan Parliament held Monday its first session since nearly thirty years at the time of one ceremony to which the American vice-president Dick Cheney assisted.

The meeting inuagurale of the Parliament begin with a reading from Coran, while a strong safety device had assembled to Kabul to prevent any operation of the militants of Ancien Régime of the talibans, reversed four years ago.

[msnimje]

Afghanistan holds a government meeting in which no women were shot in the head for daring to talk to a male unrelated to them.

[Libloather]

I heard that folks who were facing each other with tanks - not too long ago - were in the same room shedding tears together. Big Media blows another great story...

U.S. Vice President Richard Cheney and Lt. Gen.Karl Eikenberry, left, appear at a rally with troops at Bagram Air Base, Monday, Dec. 19, 2005, in Afghanistan. Cheney is in the midst of five nation tour of the Middle East which included an unscheduled stop in Iraq Sunday. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, Pool)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, waits for U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney to arrive at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2005. Afghanistan's first popularly elected parliament in more than three decades convened Monday, marking a major step toward democracy following the ouster of the hardline Taliban. Cheney flew in to attend the opening session. (AP Photo/Tomas Munita)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) meets U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney during a meeting at the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul December 19, 2005. Warlords, former communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in on Monday as members of the first Afghan parliament in more than 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed. Karzai thanked God for giving Afghanistan the chance to take control of its destiny again after swearing in the 249 members of the Wolesi Jirga, or lower house, and 102 members of the upper house, or Meshrano Jirga. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne Cheney attend the inauguration of the first Afghan parliament in decades, in Kabul, Afghanistan December 19, 2005. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, walks with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2005. Afghanistan's first popularly elected parliament in more than three decades convened Monday, marking a major step toward democracy following the ouster of the hardline Taliban. Cheney flew in to attend the opening session. (AP Photo/Tomas Munita)

[Alia]

This is excellent. Thank you, LibLoather! :)

[Just mythoughts]

Wonderful post, and a seed of freedom has been planted. Merry Christmas, Afghanistan. Thank you Libloather for the ping.

[Calpernia]

he Afghan Parliament held Monday its first session since nearly thirty years at the time of one ceremony to which the American vice-president Dick Cheney assisted.

[Valin]

Now what was that about Muslims and democracy? Oh ya, they can't do it because they're too backward. Riiiight.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!