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Taliban Behead Seventeen Partygoers in Afghanistran

Fifteen men and two women have been found beheaded in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province. Officials said the victims were killed byTaliban insurgents as punishment for attending a mixed-sex party with music and dancing.

\The bodies were found in a house near the Musa Qala district, 46 miles north of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah, on Monday, said the district governor Nimatullah, who goes by only one name.

Source: Guardian. Read full article. (link)

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  • Brian from Texas| |

    Great work, Mr Bush and Obama! You really showed the Taliban, didn't you?

  • Corporate Drone| |

    BOOOOSH! Derp derp!

  • Silly ol' Bear| |

    The Taliban are a very, very sick people. I wish we could help them evolve but I fear they will constantly be in a state of the Middle Ages.

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