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Afghan journalist killed for giving voice to women

MARCUS GEE

From Thursday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 1:46 PM EDT 08/07/07

The murder of two female journalists in Afghanistan in the space of a week has brought home the risks that newswomen face in a country where women are not expected to ask questions. ...Read the full article

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  1. Sean Churchill from Toronto, Canada writes: A very big loss for the people of Aphganistan, those responsible obviously were brought up with a culture that would not allow a female to have the power of the word she possesed. Religion is responsible for everything bad that has been happening in that sad state , get the Iman's out of there and you will see peace. That obviously will never happen and we will be dealing with this same issue ten years from know..
  2. Ron MacGillivray from Flatbush, AB, writes: This should be troubling to those who support our mission in Afghanistan and claim we are there to support the rights of women and to help plant the seeds of freedom and democrarcy. Well, it seems the taliban had nothing to do with this. In fact, the murders may have been carried out by persons connected with the Afghan government who probably felt threatened by the station's allegation of corruption which, as we all know, are plentiful enough to keep an army of investigative journalists busy until doomsday.
  3. W Orr from Burlington, Canada writes: To Ron MacGillivray from Flatbush. How should this trouble the supporters of the mission in Afghanistan, and where is your proof of your aligations in regards to the possible killer connected to the Afghan government (IN fact) were your words to be correct. The only fact of the matter is that two women are dead because they took a risk to get the news out to people. I praise their courage.
  4. Ron MacGillivray from Flatbush, AB, writes: W Orr: Well, if I was a supporter of this mission and believed our prescence there was helping to better the lives of ordinay Afghans I would be troubled. First of all, you would have to assume the people we are backing share our values; the rghts of women, freedom of the press, an open judical system, etc. Yet, every time you turn around you are hearing allegations that they don't, that, in fact, the Afghan gvernment is a quasi-criminal organization filled with corrupt officials, heroin merchants and violent warlords. I have no proof of who was behind the killing but suggests artice the radio station was having trouble with people connected to the Afghan government so I would not be surprized.
  5. W Orr from Burlington, Canada writes: I support our troops, but I feel that the overall mission has gone astray. Bush, "that idiot" stopped short of Torah Bora to get Bin laden. In otherwords, He really didn't want to capture him, because that might damper his families investments with the Saudi Bin Laden's. This war is a disaster, and our Government really needs to sit down and evaluate the moral reason for sending troops away from home to assist a Nato Country ( U.S.A.) whose Government has failed to capture the perpetrator of 911, when he was right in their hands. The outrages incompetence of the Bush administration has blackmailed Nato countries into this war because of our signing of the treaty. Our men and women in uniform feel they are doing the right thing. But it is time for the coalition to set terms with the Afghanistan Government (our terms) or pull our troops out. It makes me angry as hell knowing our Government is stepping down to a puppet Government that relies on Opium to boost their economy.
  6. Ron MacGillivray from Flatbush, AB, writes: W Orr. If you want more evidence of the mission gone astray follow this link: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IF09Df01.html
  7. Brendan Caron from Vancouver, Canada writes: It is evident that these women are going to die for years to come. The anarchy that exists, presently, will not go away until the residents of the nation decide to pull together. It is one of those cold realities with which we, as Canadians, must face as part and parcel of the agony that is life in the present day Afghanistan. These women are heroines and should be respected as so. Regardless of
    what is said they died for being the vanguard of female emancipation in a region of the world where their worth to many is negligible at best. They epitomize being caught between a rock and a hard place. Both sides are gunning for them because they won't conform. God Bless them and all those that are striving to give their fellow citizens
    and women the right to live a free and noble life.

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