In the welter of comments of Afghans and their predica-ment, is there not the broader question: do not the inhabitants of any country carry some/any/all respon-sibility for the actions of their governments?
The same comment applies in respect of civil wars, "war lords", Talibans ect., all cannot operate without positive or tacit population support on quite a large scale. Presumably the wide-scale suppression of women in Af-ghanistan reflects the wishes of the men in Afghanistan otherwise it would not happen, one does not have the impression that this weighs, or features, much in the minds of male Afghan refugees, whose womenfolk still seem to be pretty well 'wrapped up' a la Taliban.
L G Holt
Oakleigh Park Avenue
Chislehurst
October 24, 2001 9:21
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