Early Monday morning in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, Gayle Williams a 34 year old woman was shot three times. The gunmen were on a motorcycle. A construction worker was a witness to the horrible crime. He said that he saw one of the gunmen get off the motorcycle, shoot Williams and drive off. The Taliban were responsible for the attack. Their spokesman said that Williams was set as the target because the organization that she worked for, Serve Afghanistan, and the organization was proselytizing. Proselytizing is the recruiting or converting of someone’s religion or political views. Apparently members of the Taliban terrorist organization saw Williams Serve Afghanistan’s group as a threat. In the same residential area that Williams was killed Monday morning, the night before, the presidential candidate was kidnapped. He was a member of the royal family.
The Taliban has been increasing their attacks to raise money from ransoms; and put pressure on the Afghan government. Mr. Atmar is newly appointed in Parliament. He has a large task on his hands with one of the most corrupt systems. Mr. Atmar needs to crack down on Terrorism and straighten out the government before more people are brutally murdered.
New York Times
Tuesday, October 21,2008
International: Page A8
Written by: Carlotta Gall
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