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Locals are less enthusiastic about the symbolic occupation. "Mohmand Agency has always been peaceful," says Khushal Bacha, 77, one of the grandsons of Haji Saheb Turangzai. "We started noticing Talibans about two to three months back. The government did not take any action. And now they have taken over the mosque." On August 1 more than 600 local tribesmen met in a "jirga" and asked the militants to leave. The tribesmen agreed to help them build a seminary but the militants continue to hold the premises at gunpoint. "There are over 250 armed people inside. They came from everywhere. Some...
...Grandson Khushal Bacha accuses the government of not doing enough to stop the Talibanization of Mohmand. "These militants are inviting America to attack our region," the old man tells me. "It seems like a conspiracy against the people...
...social progress and the rights of women. This is a vile allegation? Afghan women boast a rich and virtuous history. As long as there have been men in Afghanistan, there have been women. Of course, habiting with womenfolk is not always a blessed mixing. The illustrious and voluminous poet Khushal Khan Khattack expressed this love-hate relationship best in the 17th century...
...more about them, O Khushal...
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