Seventeen villagers beheaded in southern Afghanistan

[Baitball Blogger]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai accused the Taliban on Monday of beheading 17 villagers, including two women, in volatile Helmand province, in a gruesome attack recalling the dark days of the hardline group's rule before their 2001 ouster.

He ordered a full investigation into the "mass killing", which a local official said was punishment to revelers attending a party with music and mixed-sex dancing.

"This attack shows that there are irresponsible members among the Taliban," Karzai said in a statement.

The Taliban denied they had taken part in the attack, which Karzai's office said took place in Kajaki district in the southern province.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-08-27/news/sns-rt-us-afghanistan-beheadingsbre87q04t-20120827_1_taliban-insurgents-taliban-gunmen-musa-qala

[johnlucas]

1. When religious control-freakery goes too far

Music & mixed-sex dancing.
Oooooh! So devious!

A society wrapped around weapons & dogmatic belief systems will always end up like this.
I can't stand control freaks. In their most extreme development they turn out like these wackos.
John Lucas