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To: steve kammerer who wrote (4151)12/31/2003 4:31:14 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Respond to of 22250
 
Who told us that the Northern Alliance and the Tajiks were a beacon of progress and enlightment for Afghanistan??

iht.com
Excerpt:

The two camps remained divided, with the Pashtuns calling for a vote on amendments and the Tajiks pushing for a deal on their outstanding demands.

The Tajiks' demands were for the Parliament to control the printing of money; for the creation of a constitutional court; for three vice presidents rather than one; to ban top officials from holding dual citizenship or having a foreign spouse; to devolve power to provincial councils; and to allow Uzbek and Turkmen language rights in their ethnic regions.
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What next? Perhaps the Tajiks' next law proposal will call for a compulsory burqa for all Afghan women?! LOL... So much for "the liberation of Afghanistan"!

Happy New Year,
Gus