TEEN BOY HANGED IN AFGHANISTAN FOR HAVING U.S. CURRENCY

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[traumer]

October 1, 2007 -- KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Taliban militants hanged a teenager in southern Afghanistan because he had U.S. money in his pocket, and they stuffed five $1 bills in his mouth as a warning to others not to use dollars, police said Monday. Taliban militants elsewhere killed eight police.

The 15-year-old boy was hanged from a tree on Sunday in Helmand, the most violent province in the country and the world's No. 1 poppy-growing region.

"The Taliban warned villagers that they would face the same punishment if they were caught with dollars," said Wali Mohammad, the district police chief in Sangin.

Dollars are commonly used in Afghanistan alongside the afghani, the local currency, although the U.S. currency is more commonly seen in larger cities where international organizations are found.

Militants often justify their attacks and executions as a response to U.S. meddling in Afghan affairs.

[monday]

“It’s worth noting that the Constitution Party of the US also advocates execution for drug offenders.”

Just because we have Taliban @ss hats in the US as well doesn’t make what these monsters did any less despicable. They should all suffer the same fate as the boy.

[pandoraou812]

Ping

[TigersEye]

I agree, they are bastards. I say hang 10 or more Taliban for every time they do an evil act like this.

Don't you worry. Things are not that rosy in Talibanville.

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[TigersEye]

If that’s the case, then it could be that the Taliban is rejecting the US currency because of its link to the drug trade.

Nonsense. Drug money is the Taliban's bread and butter.

[pandoraou812]

Thanks that was a good read & good news....~P~

[Designer]

Militants often justify their attacks and executions as a response to U.S. meddling in Afghan affairs.

Nah.

That'll never happen.

They're just making that part up.

[Kevmo]

Good enough place to bump this thread.

[skinkinthegrass]

....or I suspect; the poppies, are payments (as taxes/protection $$$$) to the terrorists. (You grow poppies or die.)

[expatguy]

There is another thread with a few FReepers supporting this.

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