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Terror In Afghanistan
Two conflicting readings of the Afghanistan conflict in the Telegraph and the Independent this morning. The Telegraph Telegraph that some Pakistani officials are urging NATO to "accept the Taliban" and work towards the creation of a new governing coalition in Afghanistan. Apparently, Pakistan's foreign minister, Khurshid Kasuri has even gone so far as to warn NATO government leaders that the Taliban will win and NATO should send no more soldiers.
NATO leaders and members of Afghan president Hamid Karzai's government claim that one of the main reasons the Taliban is so hard to hit is because its main bases are now across the border in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, the Independent gives an idea of what sort of Afghanistan can be expected should NATO take this advice and declare defeat. It tells the horrifying story of Mohammed Halim, an Afghani teacher who broke Taliban taboos by teaching girls.
Islamist militants took him from his family, partly disembowelled him, then tied his limbs to motorcycles and pulled him apart. Again, for daring to teach girls.
Another three teachers have met a similar fate in recent days.
Accepting rule by these monsters would be a victory for the worst kind of barbarism.
