Seventeen partygoers 'found beheaded' in Afghanistan
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Taliban">Taliban</span> <span word="beheaded">beheaded</span> 17 <span word="partygoers">partygoers</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="dancers">dancers</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="volatile">volatile</span> <span word="Helmand">Helmand</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="punishment">punishment</span>, <span word="recalling">recalling</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="darkest">darkest</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="rule">rule</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ultra">ultra</span>-<span word="conservative">conservative</span> <span word="Islamist">Islamist</span> <span word="insurgents">insurgents</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="ouster">ouster</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2001.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="bodies">bodies</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Musa">Musa</span> <span word="Qala">Qala</span> <span word="district">district</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="party">party</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="music">music</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="mixed">mixed</span>-<span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="dancing">dancing</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="district">district</span> <span word="governor">governor</span> <span word="Nimatullah">Nimatullah</span>. <span word="Men">Men</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="mingle">mingle</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</span> <span word="unless">unless</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="related">related</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="parties">parties</span> <span word="involving">involving</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="genders">genders</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="rare">rare</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="secret">secret</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="killings">killings</span>, <span word="about">about</span> 75 <span word="km">km</span> <span word="north">north</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="provincial">provincial</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="Lashkar">Lashkar</span> <span word="Gah">Gah</span>, <span word="came">came</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="violent">violent</span> 24 <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="NATO">NATO</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Afghan">Afghan</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> 10 <span word="Afghan">Afghan</span> <span word="soldiers">soldiers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="insurgent">insurgent</span> <span word="attack">attack</span>, <span word="also">also</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Helmand">Helmand</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="soldiers">soldiers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="slain">slain</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="rogue">rogue</span> <span word="Afghan">Afghan</span> <span word="soldier">soldier</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="victims">victims</span> <span word="threw">threw</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="late">late</span>-<span word="night">night</span> <span word="dance">dance</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="music">music</span> <span word="party">party</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Taliban">Taliban</span> <span word="attacked">attacked</span>" <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="night">night</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Nimatullah">Nimatullah</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="name">name</span>.</p><p><span word="There">There</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="immediate">immediate</span> <span word="claims">claims</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="responsibility">responsibility</span>.</p><p><span word="During">During</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="five">five</span>-<span word="year">year</span> <span word="reign">reign</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="toppled">toppled</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="US">US</span>-<span word="backed">backed</span> <span word="Afghan">Afghan</span> <span word="forces">forces</span>, <span word="sparking">sparking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="present">present</span> <span word="NATO">NATO</span>-<span word="led">led</span> <span word="war">war</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Taliban">Taliban</span> <span word="banned">banned</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="voting">voting</span>, <span word="most">most</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="leaving">leaving</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="homes">homes</span> <span word="unaccompanied">unaccompanied</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="husband">husband</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="male">male</span> <span word="relative">relative</span>.</p><p><span word="Though">Though</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="painstakingly">painstakingly</span> <span word="regained">regained</span>, <span word="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</span> <span word="remains">remains</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worst">worst</span> <span word="places">places</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Earth">Earth</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="woman">woman</span>.</p><p><span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="democratic">democratic</span> <span word="freedoms">freedoms</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="wound">wound</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="groups">groups</span> <span word="fear">fear</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reach">reach</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="reconciliation">reconciliation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="power">power</span>-<span word="sharing">sharing</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Taliban">Taliban</span>.</p>
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