Freedom and democracy in Afghanistan

If you bothered to listen to the king this past Monday you’d heard him state that everything’s great in the newly minted democratic Afghanistan. There’s only one problem. A 23 year old journalist was recently sentenced to death for blasphemy in what appears to be vengeance for his elder brother’s stance against local strongmen.

How’s that for freedom and democracy?

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Categories: Politics, Religion

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