Taliban Losing Support Over Kidnappings

Holding of peaceful protest rallies and staging of demonstrations for the acceptance of demands is not a common practice in the war-battered Afghanistan and people often resort to violence if they see someone is usurping their rights. It is partly because that democracy is quite new to the Afghan people, who are just struggling to shed off the effects and repercussions of the nearly three decades of war and civil strife that killed and maimed millions of people and produced hundreds of thousands orphans and widows. The protestors argued that those taken hostage were their guests and it was against Afghan traditions to harm their guests. They were of the view that as the captives also included women, therefore, the captors must release them forthwith because seizing a guest, and particularly a woman, is grave violation of the local culture and traditions. http://www.southasianmedia.net/cnn.cfm?id=410727&category=Social%20Sectors&Country=AFGHANISTAN And: "The Organisation of the Islamic Conference on Tuesday added its weight to the calls for the release of the South Koreans, saying the act of kidnapping was "un-Islamic"." http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/88242ABB-B5AB-43E0-8773-B9A50CFA35E2.htm

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