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Taliban says Afghanistan will be guided
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Posted By: NorthernDog, 8/19/2021 7:47:22 PM

A senior Taliban commander on Wednesday laid out the broad strokes of how Afghanistan will be governed after the stunning fall of Kabul, saying there will be an Islamic government with Sharia law and no democratic system "at all." Waheedullah Hashimi, the leader, told Reuters that democracy does not have "any base in our country." "We will not discuss what type of political system should we apply in Afghanistan because it is clear. It is Sharia law and that is it," he said. The Taliban said that the rights of women in the country will be respected as long as

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Maybe Joe Biden can be their patron saint.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Come And Take It 8/19/2021 7:50:05 PM (No. 885549)
A surprise to absolutely no one except perhaps Team Xiden, who were expecting the Tallybon to carry the rainbow banner to victory.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: RobertJ984 8/19/2021 7:57:10 PM (No. 885560)
Sharia law = Death to Gays
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Reply 3 - Posted by: dst4life 8/19/2021 7:57:25 PM (No. 885561)
This sure doesn't sound like the "existential crisis" Xiden was describing.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: SALady 8/19/2021 8:06:32 PM (No. 885573)
"I'm shocked" -- said absolutely nobody with more than 6 working brain cells in the entire world!!!
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Reply 5 - Posted by: bpl40 8/19/2021 8:30:19 PM (No. 885606)
What about equal share for women at the table. The way Pelosi wants.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: downnout 8/19/2021 8:36:50 PM (No. 885614)
Oooh, Madam Pelosi will be very angry….
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Pepperpot59 8/19/2021 9:11:29 PM (No. 885635)
The US does not understand the importance of sharia law in Islam. We are never going to convert Islamic States to representative Republic like we have or a democracy. Islam precludes the entire idea of freedom. Those in majority islamic states that try eventually fall to extremists.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: columba 8/19/2021 9:53:33 PM (No. 885658)
Islam is now showing its colors as what it is: A Male oriented tribal cult.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: DVC 8/20/2021 1:08:23 AM (No. 885773)
Thanks , Dubya for all those dead people and lost trillions FOR NOTHING.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: DVC 8/20/2021 11:49:58 AM (No. 886222)
Islam has been a seventh century barbarian death cult for 1400 years. Not going to change. Still a cancer on humanity.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: MDConservative 8/20/2021 12:08:11 PM (No. 886250)
The Afghans voted for this when they apparently refused to resist. Guess they never realized the Taliban meant business, and the US was going to leave someday.
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