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Taliban says ‘misunderstanding’ led to arrest of British couple in Afghanistan (www.theguardian.com)
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“Our parents have always sought to honour the Taliban, so we wanted to give them the opportunity to explain their reasons for this detention. However, after more than three weeks of silence, we can no longer wait,” Entwistle told Times Radio.

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[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What a bunch of ~~fucking morons~~ brave people!

[–] quinceyBones@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

It’s a fine line between both, but they’ve spent their lives dedicated to educating a place where people desperately need it so I can’t hate on them.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 1 week ago

Seeing Taliban learning to how govern has some comedic value... sort like when they realized they need FX and they really don't got much to export...

Alright, let's do tourism but how do convince the world to here... hmmm