Insurgents
beheaded 17 civilians in a Taliban-controlled area of southern Afghanistan,
apparently because they attended a dance party that flouted the extreme brand
of Islam embraced by the militants. The killings, in a district where U.S. Marines have
battled the Taliban
for years, were a reminder of how much power the insurgent group still wields
in the south — particularly as international
forces draw down and hand areas over to Afghan forces. The
victims were part of a large group that had gathered late Sunday in Helmand
province's Musa Qala district for a celebration involving music and dancing,
said district government chief Neyamatullah
Khan. He said the Taliban slaughtered them to show their
disapproval of the event. All of the bodies were decapitated and cut into
various pieces. Many Afghans and international observers have expressed worries
that the Taliban's brutal interpretation of Islamic justice will return as
international forces withdraw. Under the Taliban, who ruled the country from 1996
to 2001, all music and film was banned as un-Islamic, and women were barred
from leaving their homes without a male family member as an escort.
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