Sharia Lite 7.8 With the zealots in hiding, Afghanistan now returns to a seamy normalcy. In Kandahar, Pashtun big shots may again stroll the streets with their rent boys, while in the hinterlands peasants dream of the coming year’s poppy harvest. Afghan malefactors still face [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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