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Freedom Lost

In Afghanistan, not much has changed since the rule of the Taliban.

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Meanwhile hatred of the West continues apace. Hazrat Wahriz, founder of the Union of Freedom of Expression in Afghanistan told the Chicago Tribune that, "in every mosque, [clerics] are agitating against anything having to do with democracy and anything to do with freedom of expression."

One wonders what society President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice were referring to when they said "Afghanistan is now inspiring the world with its march toward democracy," and (referring to the defeat of the Taliban) that "the Afghan people have now been freed from that horror."

The fact is that the keystones of a free society -- freedom of speech, religion, the press, and equal rights for women -- all remain pretty much the same as under the Taliban. So what has changed for the average Afghani? You may want to ask Ali Mohaquq Nasab, while you still can.

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Trade, Television, Religion, Islam, Constitution, Law, Supreme Court, Fascism

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Christopher Orlet writes every Thursday from St. Louis.

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