http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/pat-buchanan-a-decade-of-war-for-what/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/pat-buchanan-a-decade-of-war-for-what/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 15:20:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132887 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/pat-buchanan-a-decade-of-war-for-what/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/afghanistan-islamic-extremists-poisoned-schoolgirls-water/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/afghanistan-islamic-extremists-poisoned-schoolgirls-water/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:29:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131358 USA Today: At least 140 Afghan schoolgirls and female teachers have been hospitalized after drinking water that local officials say was poisoned by extremists opposed to women's education, CNN reports. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/afghanistan-islamic-extremists-poisoned-schoolgirls-water/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/afghanistan-sees-rise-in-%e2%80%98dancing-boys%e2%80%99-exploitation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/afghanistan-sees-rise-in-%e2%80%98dancing-boys%e2%80%99-exploitation/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:40:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130693 Washington Post: The exploitation of Afghanistan’s ‘dancing boys’: A growing number of Afghan children are being coerced into a life of abuse as a result of the practice of wealthy or prominent Afghans exploiting underage boys as sexual partners. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/afghanistan-sees-rise-in-%e2%80%98dancing-boys%e2%80%99-exploitation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/afghanistan-u-s-military-investigating-gay-pride-flag/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/afghanistan-u-s-military-investigating-gay-pride-flag/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:36:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130331 Fox News reports. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/afghanistan-u-s-military-investigating-gay-pride-flag/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/06/afghan-president-endorses-clerics%e2%80%99-strict-code-of-conduct-for-women-worrying-activists/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/06/afghan-president-endorses-clerics%e2%80%99-strict-code-of-conduct-for-women-worrying-activists/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:56:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127778 Washington Post: Afghanistan’s president on Tuesday endorsed a “code of conduct” issued by an influential council of clerics that activists say represents a giant step backward for women’s rights in the country. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/06/afghan-president-endorses-clerics%e2%80%99-strict-code-of-conduct-for-women-worrying-activists/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/un-chief-in-afghanistan-calls-for-%e2%80%98disciplinary-actions%e2%80%99-against-those-involved-in-qur%e2%80%99an-%e2%80%98desecration%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/un-chief-in-afghanistan-calls-for-%e2%80%98disciplinary-actions%e2%80%99-against-those-involved-in-qur%e2%80%99an-%e2%80%98desecration%e2%80%99/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:26:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127632 CNSNews: The top United Nations official in Afghanistan has raised eyebrows with comments urging disciplinary action against those found to be responsible for damaging copies of the Qur’an at the U.S. military base in Bagram. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/un-chief-in-afghanistan-calls-for-%e2%80%98disciplinary-actions%e2%80%99-against-those-involved-in-qur%e2%80%99an-%e2%80%98desecration%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/02/u-s-to-reprimand-and-possible-demote-5-soldiers-who-mistakenly-burned-korans/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/02/u-s-to-reprimand-and-possible-demote-5-soldiers-who-mistakenly-burned-korans/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:37:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127528 Washington Post: “For the soldiers, it will be serious — they could lose rank. But you’re not going to see the kind of public trial that some here seem to want,” said one U.S. military official. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/02/u-s-to-reprimand-and-possible-demote-5-soldiers-who-mistakenly-burned-korans/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/29/afghanistan-govt-demands-trial-for-quran-burning-soldiers-nato-agrees/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/29/afghanistan-govt-demands-trial-for-quran-burning-soldiers-nato-agrees/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:12:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127268 WorldNetDaily: In a development that could chill the dedication of every soldier in the field, the U.S. government has refused to deny reports by the government of Afghanistan that NATO has agreed to have the soldiers who burned copies of the Quran face trial. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/29/afghanistan-govt-demands-trial-for-quran-burning-soldiers-nato-agrees/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/pat-buchanan-for-what-all-these-wars/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/pat-buchanan-for-what-all-these-wars/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:36:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127072 Townhall: Undeniably, the soldiers who burned the Qurans blundered. Yet there is no evidence that it was malicious. If vandals desecrate a Bible in America, burning and replacing the holy book would not be regarded a valid excuse for mayhem and murder. If Afghans cannot understand this mistake and have no other way to express their rage than rioting and ranting, "Death to America!" what kind of raw material are we working with in building a Western-style democracy in any foreseeable century? ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/pat-buchanan-for-what-all-these-wars/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/pentagon-defended-bible-burning-in-2009/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/pentagon-defended-bible-burning-in-2009/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:07:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126706 Washington Times: The reaction of the U.S. military toward a recent report that NATO forces may have unintentionally burned copies of the Muslim holy book stands in stark contrast to its response when U.S. forces burned copies of the Bible in 2009 – when it refused to apologize and even defended the practice. ... ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/pentagon-defended-bible-burning-in-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/obama-apologizes-to-afghanistan-over-quran-burnings-2-us-troops-shot-dead/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/obama-apologizes-to-afghanistan-over-quran-burnings-2-us-troops-shot-dead/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:04:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126703 MSNBC: Two U.S. soldiers were also shot dead Thursday at a protest about the desecration of the holy books. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/23/obama-apologizes-to-afghanistan-over-quran-burnings-2-us-troops-shot-dead/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/afghan-kin-accused-of-killing-wife-for-not-bearing-a-son/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/afghan-kin-accused-of-killing-wife-for-not-bearing-a-son/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:24:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124567 NYTimes.com: The young Afghan woman gave birth to a third girl three months ago — to a husband, the authorities say, who had been demanding a boy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/afghan-kin-accused-of-killing-wife-for-not-bearing-a-son/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/christianity-may-be-eradicated-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-says-chair-of-u-s-religious-freedom-commission/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/christianity-may-be-eradicated-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-says-chair-of-u-s-religious-freedom-commission/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:17:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121710 CNSnews.com: Despite long-term U.S. military occupations aimed at establishing representative governments in Iraq and Afghanistan, Christianity now faces the real threat of eradication in those countries because of severe and persistent persecution of Christians there, according to the chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/christianity-may-be-eradicated-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-says-chair-of-u-s-religious-freedom-commission/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/us-general-booted-for-afghan-remarks/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/us-general-booted-for-afghan-remarks/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:45:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117840 MSNBC.com: A top U.S. general in Afghanistan was relieved of duty Friday for "inappropriate public comments" after calling the Afghan government "isolated from reality" and President Hamid Karzai "erratic." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/04/us-general-booted-for-afghan-remarks/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/26/us-marines-no-spitting-toward-mecca/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/26/us-marines-no-spitting-toward-mecca/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:44:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116924 Diana West: In other words, Mubarak teaches US Marines to become intensely sensitized to the whereabouts of Mecca, and to be guided by that magnetic North for Muslims as a matter of the most personal habits and hygiene -- in accordance with sharia (Islamic law). ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/26/us-marines-no-spitting-toward-mecca/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/25/death-highlights-womens-role-in-special-ops-teams-in-afghanistan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/25/death-highlights-womens-role-in-special-ops-teams-in-afghanistan/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:34:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116796 News from The Associated Press: Army 1st Lt. Ashley White died on the front lines in southern Afghanistan last weekend, the first casualty in what the Army says is a new and vital wartime attempt to gain the trust of Afghan women. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/25/death-highlights-womens-role-in-special-ops-teams-in-afghanistan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/not-a-single-christian-church-left-in-afghanistan-says-state-department/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/not-a-single-christian-church-left-in-afghanistan-says-state-department/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:39:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115955 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/12/not-a-single-christian-church-left-in-afghanistan-says-state-department/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/30/august-is-deadliest-month-for-us-in-afghanistan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/30/august-is-deadliest-month-for-us-in-afghanistan/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:02:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112159 Findlaw: A record 66 U.S. troops have died so far this month, eclipsing the 65 killed in July 2010, according to a tally by The Associated Press. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/30/august-is-deadliest-month-for-us-in-afghanistan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/24/more-contraceptives-the-solution-to-afghanistan%e2%80%99s-maternal-health-woes-un-trained-health-minister/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/24/more-contraceptives-the-solution-to-afghanistan%e2%80%99s-maternal-health-woes-un-trained-health-minister/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:52:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111749 LifeSiteNews.com: ome Islamic leaders in Afghanistan are objecting strongly to the proposal made by the country’s health minister, Suraya Dalil, to start government-sponsored contraceptive programs to alleviate poverty and maternal mortality. Afghanistan’s nearly 30 million people are over 99 percent Islamic. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/24/more-contraceptives-the-solution-to-afghanistan%e2%80%99s-maternal-health-woes-un-trained-health-minister/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/11/rasmussen-59-want-troops-home-from-afghanistan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/11/rasmussen-59-want-troops-home-from-afghanistan/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:49:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110574 Rasmussen Reports™: Support for bringing home U.S. troops from Afghanistan is on the rise as few Americans think we have a clearly defined mission anymore in that troubled country ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/11/rasmussen-59-want-troops-home-from-afghanistan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/03/armstrong-williams-americas-deepening-immorality/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/03/armstrong-williams-americas-deepening-immorality/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:13:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109814 Townhall: An utterly riveting cable TV show called the "Love Crimes of Kabul" follows the stories of Afghan women who have been imprisoned for breaking strict Sharia law governing sex outside of marriage. Their crimes would be hardly recognizable in the United States: adultery, fornication, prostitution and lewd behavior have become pretty much the norm here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/03/armstrong-williams-americas-deepening-immorality/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/record-number-of-u-s-troops-killed-by-iranian-weapons/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/record-number-of-u-s-troops-killed-by-iranian-weapons/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:05:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109412 NationalJournal.com: June was the deadliest month in more than two years for U.S. troops, with 14 killed. In May, the U.S. death toll was two. In April, it was 11. Senior U.S. commanders say the three primary Iranian-backed militias, Kataib Hezbollah, the Promise Day Brigade, and Asaib al Haq, and their rockets were behind 12 of the deaths in June. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/record-number-of-u-s-troops-killed-by-iranian-weapons/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/21/barack-obama-and-pentagon-split-on-afghanistan-pullout/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/21/barack-obama-and-pentagon-split-on-afghanistan-pullout/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:18:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106970 The Guardian: Barack Obama is set to reject the advice of the Pentagon by announcing on Wednesday night the withdrawal of up to 30,000 troops from Afghanistan by November next year, in time for the US presidential election. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/21/barack-obama-and-pentagon-split-on-afghanistan-pullout/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/afghan-christian-refugees-under-threat/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/afghan-christian-refugees-under-threat/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 16:20:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104775 Persecution.org: In May 2010, an Afghan television network broadcast footage of baptisms involving Afghan Muslim converts to Christianity. When a member of parliament called for the execution of the apostates, President Hamid Karzai . . . called for an investigation into how aid organizations were promoting Christianity in the region. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/afghan-christian-refugees-under-threat/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/01/two-un-staff-beheaded-and-eight-others-murdered-in-protest-against-u-s-pastor-who-burnt-koran/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/01/two-un-staff-beheaded-and-eight-others-murdered-in-protest-against-u-s-pastor-who-burnt-koran/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:38:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99872 Daily Mail: Ten United Nations staff were murdered - two by beheading - after extremists stormed their compound in northern Afghanistan today. Protesters broke into UN offices in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif after a demonstration against Koran burnings in the U.S. turned violent. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/01/two-un-staff-beheaded-and-eight-others-murdered-in-protest-against-u-s-pastor-who-burnt-koran/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/16/in-afghan-kilns-a-cycle-of-debt-and-servitude/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/16/in-afghan-kilns-a-cycle-of-debt-and-servitude/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:37:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98213 NY Times: The labor boss stood looking down at a man and his four sons squatting in the dirt, the boys mechanically rolling and slapping mud as they made line after line of dull gray bricks. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/16/in-afghan-kilns-a-cycle-of-debt-and-servitude/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/25/more-civilians-killed-last-year-in-one-mexican-border-town-than-in-all-of-afghanistan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/25/more-civilians-killed-last-year-in-one-mexican-border-town-than-in-all-of-afghanistan/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:13:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96633 CNSNews: "There were 3,111 civilians murdered in the city of Juarez in 2010 and 2,421 in the entire country of Afghanistan." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/25/more-civilians-killed-last-year-in-one-mexican-border-town-than-in-all-of-afghanistan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/25/fears-for-afghan-converts-after-india-denies-refuge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/25/fears-for-afghan-converts-after-india-denies-refuge/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:00:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96623 Christian Post: "Barnabas Fund is appealing to the United Nations to intervene after India refused to grant refuge to six Afghan converts. The converts were named only as Rahimullah and Rita, who have three children, another couple Mohammad and Aisha, who have two children, and two sisters Shazia and Sunita." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/25/fears-for-afghan-converts-after-india-denies-refuge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/25/jailed-christian-convert-is-freed-in-afghanistan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/25/jailed-christian-convert-is-freed-in-afghanistan/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:56:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96563 AP: "An Afghan man who was jailed for nine months for converting to Christianity has been released after an intense campaign by international diplomatic missions and Christian activists, an official said Friday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/25/jailed-christian-convert-is-freed-in-afghanistan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/23/david-french-exhausting-the-enemy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/23/david-french-exhausting-the-enemy/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:32:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96262 National Review Phi Beta Cons: "Fick and Nagl are correct that we can’t just kill our way to victory, but many casual observers of the war don’t comprehend the psychology of warfare. Fick and Nagl do. They understand the profound impact of continual losses on the human psyche and the emotional devastation of death without victory. If there’s one thing that I learned while in Iraq, it’s that our enemy is every bit as human as we are, and even their religious fanaticism does not make them immune to exhaustion or despair." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/23/david-french-exhausting-the-enemy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/11/afghan-christian-convert-facing-apostasy-charges-solicits-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/11/afghan-christian-convert-facing-apostasy-charges-solicits-prayer/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:41:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95322 AllVoices: "An Afghan Christian convert, Said Musa, facing apostasy charges punishable by death has written a series of letters from his prison cell asking Christians around the world to pray for him." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/11/afghan-christian-convert-facing-apostasy-charges-solicits-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/27/afghan-christians-live-in-fear-of-jail-exile-or-worse/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/27/afghan-christians-live-in-fear-of-jail-exile-or-worse/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:03:28 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=93815 AFP: "In Afghanistan, where insurgents continue to fight their 'holy war' against foreign forces, there are no churches, evangelising is illegal and the country's constitution forbids conversion from Islam to another religion." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/27/afghan-christians-live-in-fear-of-jail-exile-or-worse/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/05/islamic-countries-dominate-open-doors-2011-world-watch-list/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/05/islamic-countries-dominate-open-doors-2011-world-watch-list/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:11:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=89907 ChristianNewsWire: "Despite Communist North Korea topping the annual Open Doors World Watch List (WWL) for the ninth consecutive year, the most dangerous countries in which to practice Christianity are overwhelmingly Islamic ones." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/05/islamic-countries-dominate-open-doors-2011-world-watch-list/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/u-s-contributes-more-than-12-1-million-to-improve-legal-services-in-afghanistan/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/u-s-contributes-more-than-12-1-million-to-improve-legal-services-in-afghanistan/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:43:11 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87966 Department of State: "The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) has contributed $12.1 million to the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) to fund the two-year program: 'Supporting the National Justice Sector Strategy of Afghanistan: Improving Security, Legal Rights and Legal Services for the Afghan People.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/u-s-contributes-more-than-12-1-million-to-improve-legal-services-in-afghanistan/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/afghan-sex-practices-concern-u-s-british-forces/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/afghan-sex-practices-concern-u-s-british-forces/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:02:49 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87869 Washington Examiner: "A document released by WikiLeaks described efforts by high-ranking Afghan officials to quash reports of police officers and other Afghans arrested for 'purchasing a service from a child' . . . The vast gulf between U.S. and Afghan attitudes about homosexuality and pedophilia has generated concern among U.S. advisers in Afghanistan since the American presence there began to expand." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/afghan-sex-practices-concern-u-s-british-forces/feed/ 0