Three press stories from Afghanistan. The country is mainly under the control of the Tabeban, a Muslim fundamentalist authority.
The first, is about the Taliban ordered destruction of the giant Buddhas at Bamiyan..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1196000/1196363.stm
The second story (back in July, 2000) also features their top religious leader. He blames the Afghan people for the drought, the consequential famine of which then threatened 1.6 million of their population (UN estimate).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_860000/860067.stm
In the third, the Taleban have been preventing food reaching this threatened region because it's controlled by one of the armed factions that make up the anti-Taleban alliance.
http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/despatches/west_asia/newsid_32000/32546.stm#top
Why have they been destroying the Buddhist statues? The Taleban have replied simply: "they are UNISLAMIC".
Why did this leadership blame the people for the drought? Answer: "they lacked faith".
Why have the Taleban been preventing international famine relief? Because they are more afraid of their enemies than of starving Afghani people.
IS IT JUST ME, or does anybody else see similarities with WTBTS leasdership style and policy?
philo