Afghan Boy With US Dollars Hanged

Afghan Boy With US Dollars Hanged
Published: 10/1/07, 8:46 AM EDT
By NOOR KHAN

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants hanged a teenager in southern Afghanistan because he had U.S. money in his pocket, and they stuffed five $1 bills in his mouth as a warning to others not to use dollars, police said Monday. Taliban militants elsewhere killed eight police.

The 15-year-old boy was hanged from a tree on Sunday in Helmand, the most violent province in the country and the world's No. 1 poppy-growing region.

"The Taliban warned villagers that they would face the same punishment if they were caught with dollars," said Wali Mohammad, the district police chief in Sangin.

Dollars are commonly used in Afghanistan alongside the afghani, the local currency, although the U.S. currency is more commonly seen in larger cities where international organizations are found.

Militants often justify their attacks and executions as a response to U.S. meddling in Afghan affairs.

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Women and AK-47s.

Despicable hanging a child for having dollars. Fuck them.

I'm still sickened and saddened and angered (a decidely non-Buddhist response, I fear)

When it happened, everyone in my Sangha felt sickened, saddened and angered.

:eyes:

:shrug:

in the last moments of his life?

The Taliban needs to go! What in the hell are we doing in Iraq?

Horrifying.

What a nightmare!

* told me so...why would it not be true?

:sarcasm: