Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Remains unearthed - Don't buy soap from Pakistan (Taliban Related Story)
World Press Review | August 1997

Posted on 10/11/2001 1:43:27 AM PDT by stlnative

This is an older story I found, but is worth reading today. It just gives more insight on how sick the Taliban is and how poor the people are in Afghanistan are. Pakistan is also disgusting for opening up a market for these human bones.

Source: World Press Review, Vol. 44, No 5, August 1997

Remains unearthed Adults and children in Kabul have found a new way to spend their free time and make ends meet – they scavenge for human bones in gutters, fields and graveyards. They then sell the remains at the town market, where a skeleton can bring up to $1.50. The bones are then shipped to Pakistan, where they are used to make soap, cooking oil and chicken feed. This gruesome trade began last year after the Taliban took control of Kabul and inflation soared due to the regime’s new trade restrictions and labour laws. ‘I used to dig for scrap iron,’ says Faizdeen, a bone gatherer in a graveyard west of the city. ‘So now I dig for bones.’

click here to see small picture of people digging for bones in a pile of debris


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS:

1 posted on 10/11/2001 1:43:27 AM PDT by stlnative
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: brigette
where they are used to make soap, cooking oil and chicken feed

Cooking oil??

2 posted on 10/11/2001 1:58:21 AM PDT by Cachelot
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: brigette
This somehow makes the Chinese seem less barbaric.
3 posted on 10/11/2001 2:12:58 AM PDT by Dataman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: brigette
friggin nazis
4 posted on 10/11/2001 2:37:39 AM PDT by arielb
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cachelot
This is a health disaster in the making... there's a reason we're not supposed to cannabalise each other, and it's called DISEASE.
5 posted on 10/11/2001 2:41:05 AM PDT by dandelion
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: brigette
Diggin's is gonna be rich from now on!

On a side note, who'd want soap that starts out smelling like an unwashed goatherder?!

6 posted on 10/11/2001 2:41:21 AM PDT by Redcloak
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: brigette
The price is probably down quite a bit now as there seens to be a glut of bones in the supply line.
7 posted on 10/11/2001 2:41:34 AM PDT by Cagey
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: arielb
friggin nazis

I thought the same thing........what's next, lampshades made from human skin?

8 posted on 10/11/2001 2:44:05 AM PDT by He Rides A White Horse
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: brigette
Truly Hell on earth...
9 posted on 10/11/2001 3:24:50 AM PDT by Disgusted in Texas
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: brigette
Hey, when they dig up Osama's bones and sell them, I'll buy his skeleton.

I could use something to hang tools on out in the garage.

It'll be handy at Halloween too!

10 posted on 10/11/2001 3:36:08 AM PDT by Bartholomew Roberts
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson