Sunday, February 24, 2008

Yesterday’s Soviet Union Communists, Today’s Democratic Afghan MPs (Feature)

In search for justice, Friba Nawa travels to Afghanistan, where she finds shocking facts about the torture in the communist era. The astonishing facts she finds are the presence of the communist era war criminals representing Afghans in the parliament in Hamid Karzai’s government.
Who is to be blamed for this injustice; the Afghans—who elected these MPs based on ethnic preferences; the authorities in the Afghan government—who approved these MPs for their political influence and support; or the claimer of democracy—the USA that backs the Afghan government?

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