Party time in Mazar-i-Sharif

[WriterDom]

In Mazar-i-Sharif Sunday, Afghans queued at barber shops to shave their beards, music blared from shops and women threw off the head-to-toe burqa veil as the city emerged from the draconian lifestyle under the Taliban, according to the Afghan Islamic Press.

 

[Starfish]

They were playing..... Rock the Casbah on the streets.


Really though, that's awesome. I am glad that they apprieciate the fact that they've been freed from that oppression.

 

[lilminx]

Do you have a link to the article? I tried to find in online, but couldn't.

 

[WriterDom]

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011111/ts/attack_dc_731.html

 

[A_Jacks]

But we won't bomb the way into the capitol for fear of a bloodbath. Can you believe it? We expect them to win a war without sacking the enemies crib. No RPB! What an outrage! What's in it for the common soldier who risks his neck on a daily basis.

 

[Kymberley]

Just imagine the freedom the people of this city must be feeling.

Imagine being able to turn a radio on, hear music, get a hair cut.

It would be something like an awakening. The right to listen to your own choice of media and not to have your appearance dictated by a group of terrorist claiming to hide behind the facade of a religious rule dictated by them.

I wonder if the rest of Afghanastan and it's citizens will find the courage to help in the fight against the Taliban now. I wonder if they will revel in the knowledge of another city in their country being a safer place to live.

 

[Thumper]

AJ

For one thing the Taliban troops in Kabul outnumber the Northern Alliance fighters two and a half to one (15,000 compared to 6,000) and the NA fighters aren't exactly crack urban assault commandos.

For another they want to establish some kind of legitimate government before taking the city to keep it from degenerating into another feud.

Why not just surround the city and take the rest of the countryside?

 

[Amused]

Did the women shave their beards too?

 

[Kymberley]

Re: AJ

For one thing the Taliban troops in Kabul outnumber the Northern Alliance fighters two and a half to one (15,000 compared to 6,000) and the NA fighters aren't exactly crack urban assault commandos.

For another they want to establish some kind of legitimate government before taking the city to keep it from degenerating into another feud.

Why not just surround the city and take the rest of the countryside?

I agree with that thought. Surround Kabul, let those wanting out, know you are there, help them out. But let the Taliban know, they aren't leaving alive.

 

[lilminx]

bump

 

[Cheyenne]

Tonight's news say the Taliban is leaving Kabul.