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********** http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia_china/story.jsp?story=104355 New regime gives women more freedom The fall of Mazar-i-Sharif By Justin Huggler in Dasht-E-Qaleh and Raymond Whitaker 11 November 2001 The Independent, UK The inhabitants of Mazar-i-Sharif, the main city in northern Afghanistan, were celebrating their first day of liberation from the Taliban yesterday as the Northern Alliance vowed drastic changes in the way they run the territories they have seized. Women will no longer have to be veiled, said a leading official of the Northern Alliance, which won a key victory when it drove the Taliban out of Mazar on Friday. Mohammed Hasham Saad, the top Alliance official in Uzbekistan, said the university would be re-opened to men and women, and foreign doctors would be invited to the city. "It doesn't matter if it is a man or a woman," Mr. Saad said. "We are different from the Taliban." Under the regime's fundamentalist rule, women were forced to wear the head-to-toe burqa and banned from working, while schools for girls were closed. Another spokesman said UN and non-governmental aid agencies were welcome to return to areas under Northern Alliance control "whenever they want". After the Taliban fled, people gathered to sacrifice sheep and pray in Mazar's famous blue-tiled mosque. "The general mood is very good," said Mr. Saad. The city was largely untouched by the fighting, and there had been little damage to buildings. The Alliance's first priority would be to restore electricity and gas supplies. ********** OBRL News is a product of the non-profit Orgone Biophysical Research Lab Greensprings Research and Educational Center PO Box 1148, Ashland, Oregon 97520 USA http://www.orgonelab.org <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
